Mall 205

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Mall 205
Facts and statistics
Location Portland, Oregon, Flag of the United States USA
Opening date 1970
Developer Victor Gruen
Management CenterCal Properties
No. of stores and services 40
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 477,000 ft.²
No. of floors 1 (except for Target, which has two)

Mall 205 is an enclosed shopping mall located at the junction of Interstate 205 and S.E. Washington Street in Portland, Oregon, United States. The mall features over 40 stores and a food court; anchor stores include Bed Bath & Beyond, The Home Depot, Target, and 24 Hour Fitness.[1] The mall's two-story Target store is the largest Target in the state of Oregon; in addition, the mall's Bed Bath & Beyond is the chain's second location to feature an interior mall entrance.[1] Mall 205 is managed by the CenterCal corporation, who acquired and renovated the mall in 2001.[1]

[edit] History

Mall 205 opened 1970[2] with Montgomery Ward, Troutman's Emporium, and White Front as its anchor stores;[3] other major tenants at the time included Musicland, A&W, Payless Drug, and KB Toys.[4] White Front closed in the early 1970s and was replaced with mall space.[2][3] Otherwise, the mall remained mostly unchanged throughout the 1990s,[4] despite competition from Clackamas Town Center, a larger mall which opened nearby in 1981.[3]

A 75,000 square foot multi-screen movie theater and food court were originally planned in a 1996 expansion of Mall 205;[5] while the theater never came to fruition, a food court would be added in 2003.

In early 2001, Montgomery Ward and Emporium both closed the last of their stores, leaving both of the anchor slots vacant at Mall 205. As a result, many inline tenants began to leave the mall.[4] Center Oak Properties of Gresham, Oregon (now known as CenterCal Properties) acquired the mall the same year and began a $20 million renovation[6], adding a two-level Target store on the site of the former Montgomery Ward, while the former Emporium was partially demolished and replaced with The Home Depot.[1][4] Center Oak also added many other tenants to the mall, including Bed Bath & Beyond, 24 Hour Fitness, Famous Footwear and the pizzeria chain Pizza Schmizza.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d CenterCal Properties, LLC (html). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  2. ^ a b c An Old Mall 205 Gets a New Life (html). ICSC.org. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  3. ^ a b c Senior, Jeanie (2001-10-5). After redo, mall may shine (html). Portland Tribune. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
  4. ^ a b c d Feature: Mall 205: Portland, Oregon (html). DeadMalls.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  5. ^ Will multiscreen theater be new star at Mall 205? (html). BizJournals.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  6. ^ Mall 205 breaks ground on $20 million face lift (html). BizJournals.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.