Mall 205
Encyclopedia
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. The mall's two-story Target store is the largest Target in the state of Oregon, and its Bed Bath & Beyond is the chain's second location to feature an interior mall entrance. Mall 205 was acquired and renovated in 2001 by CenterCal properties.
, Emporium
, and White Front
as its anchor stores. White Front closed in the mid 1970s and was replaced with mall space. Otherwise, the mall remained mostly unchanged throughout the 1990s, despite competition from Clackamas Town Center
, a larger mall which opened just a few miles away in 1981.
A 75000 square feet (6,967.7 m²) multi-screen movie theater
and food court
were originally planned for inclusion in a 1996 expansion of Mall 205. 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 spaces vacant at Mall 205. As a result, many inline tenants began to leave the mall. Center Oak Properties of Gresham, Oregon
(now known as CenterCal Properties) acquired the mall the same year and began a $20 million renovation, adding a two-level Target store on the site of the former Montgomery Ward, and the Home Depot
opened on the site of the former Emporium. 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
.
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
located at the junction of Interstate 205
Interstate 205
Interstate 205 is the designation for two Interstate Highways in the United States, both of which are related to Interstate 5:*Interstate 205 , a connector in the San Francisco Bay Area...
and S.E. Washington Street in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, United States. The mall features over 40 stores and a food court
Food court
A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...
; anchor stores include Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. was formed in 1971 and today operates a chain of domestic merchandise retail stores across United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. They feature mostly medium-ranged, but also a limited selection of high quality, domestic merchandise: items for the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen,...
, The Home Depot
The Home Depot
The Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.The Home Depot operates 2,248 big-box format stores across the United States , Canada , Mexico and China, with a 12-store chain...
, Target
Target Corporation
Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
, and 24 Hour Fitness. The mall's two-story Target store is the largest Target in the state of Oregon, and its Bed Bath & Beyond is the chain's second location to feature an interior mall entrance. Mall 205 was acquired and renovated in 2001 by CenterCal properties.
History
The site was formerly the location of Morningside Hospital, which closed in 1968. Mall 205 opened in 1970 with Montgomery WardMontgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward is an online retailer that carries the same name as the former American department store chain, founded as the world's #1 mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, and which went out of business in 2001...
, Emporium
Troutman's Emporium
Troutman's Emporium was a chain of department stores founded in 1955 by Dallas Troutman in North Bend, Oregon. Emporium's headquarters was located in Eugene, Oregon. Emporium operated stores in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California and Washington...
, and White Front
White Front
White Front was a chain of discount stores in Southern California and the western United States from 1959 through the mid-1970s. They were noted for the architecture of their store fronts which was an enormous, sweeping archway with the store name spelled out in individual letters fanned across the...
as its anchor stores. White Front closed in the mid 1970s and was replaced with mall space. Otherwise, the mall remained mostly unchanged throughout the 1990s, despite competition from Clackamas Town Center
Clackamas Town Center
Clackamas Town Center is a shopping mall in Clackamas, Oregon . It opened in 1981. It is managed and co-owned by General Growth Properties and is currently anchored by J.C. Penney, Macy's , Nordstrom, and Sears...
, a larger mall which opened just a few miles away in 1981.
A 75000 square feet (6,967.7 m²) multi-screen movie theater
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
and food court
Food court
A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...
were originally planned for inclusion in a 1996 expansion of Mall 205. 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 spaces vacant at Mall 205. As a result, many inline tenants began to leave the mall. Center Oak Properties of Gresham, Oregon
Gresham, Oregon
- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 90,205 people, 33,327 households, and 22,695 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,071.6 people per square mile . There were 35,309 housing units at an average density of 1,593.8 per square mile...
(now known as CenterCal Properties) acquired the mall the same year and began a $20 million renovation, adding a two-level Target store on the site of the former Montgomery Ward, and the Home Depot
The Home Depot
The Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.The Home Depot operates 2,248 big-box format stores across the United States , Canada , Mexico and China, with a 12-store chain...
opened on the site of the former Emporium. Center Oak also added many other tenants to the mall, including Bed Bath & Beyond, 24 Hour Fitness, Famous Footwear
Famous Footwear
Famous Footwear is a nationwide chain of retail stores in the United States dealing in branded footwear, generally at prices discounted from manufacturer's suggested prices. Established in 1960 as a single store, "Famous" is regarded as both a forerunner and champion of the trend towards the...
and the pizzeria chain Pizza Schmizza
Pizza Schmizza
Pizza Schmizza is an American pizza chain with 26 locations throughout the Portland, Oregon area. Pizza Schmizza, primarily selling thin crust pizza by-the-slice, is owned and operated by Salem, Oregon, based company Figaro's Pizza.-History:...
.