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Clackamas Town Center 
Location Clackamas, Oregon
45°26′10″N 122°34′26″W / 45.436°N 122.574°WCoordinates: 45°26′10″N 122°34′26″W / 45.436°N 122.574°W
(USPS mailing address is 12000 SE 82nd Avenue, Happy Valley, OR 97086, but mall is actually located in the unincorporated Clackamas area, not in Happy Valley)Opening date March 6, 1981[1]
(The Meier & Frank store opened in September 1980.)Management General Growth Properties Owner General Growth Properties No. of stores and services 185 [2] No. of anchor tenants 4 Total retail floor area 1,230,000 sq ft (114,000 m2) [2] Parking 6,800 [2] No. of floors 2 Website Official Website Clackamas Town Center is a shopping mall in Clackamas, Oregon (a Census-designated place in Clackamas County). It opened in 1981.[1] It is managed and co-owned by General Growth Properties and is currently anchored by J.C. Penney, Macy's (including a separate home store), Nordstrom, and Sears. It also includes a 20-screen Century movie theater.
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History
One of the mall's entrances
Interior view in 2011The two-level enclosed mall, with 1,218,000 square feet (113,200 m2) of retail space opened in 1981, built by Ernest W. Hahn, Inc.[1] and designed by Seattle architects John Graham & Company.[3] Original anchors included J. C. Penney, Meier & Frank, Nordstrom, Sears and Montgomery Ward. There was also an ice rink, a five-screen movie theater and a branch of the Clackamas County Library.[1] In the 1990s, skater Tonya Harding practiced on the ice rink.
The mall remained largely unchanged until Montgomery Ward went bankrupt and closed its store in 2001. Meier & Frank acquired the former Ward building and opened a home store in 2002 in the upper level, while leasing out the lower level to Copeland Sports. The ice rink closed in 2003, the original movie theater closed in 2005, and Copeland in turn closed in 2006.
General Growth Properties acquired a half-interest in the property in 2002 and assumed management. A major redevelopment began in 2005 to add 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m2) to the center. As part of the construction the area formerly occupied by the ice rink was gutted. Designed by architectural firm DLR Group, the renovation and expansion added approximately 40 new stores and restaurants, many in a new lifestyle center on the south side, and a new 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2), 20-screen Century multiplex theater. The renovation also put in tranquility ponds, new flooring, lighting, furniture, escalators, elevators, handrails, and exterior upgrades. It was completed in late 2007. The new, larger movie theater opened in December 2007.[4]
Clackamas Town Center Transit Center, the southern terminus of the MAX Light Rail Green Line, opened on September 12, 2009.
Anchors
- J.C. Penney (158,000 ft², opened 1981)
- Macy's
- Macy's Apparel Store (199,000 ft², opened 1981 as Meier & Frank, renamed 2006)
- Macy's Home Store (165,000 ft², opened 1981 as Montgomery Ward, closed 2001, renamed as Meier & Frank Home, renamed Macy's 2006)
- Nordstrom (121,000 ft²)
- Sears (143,695 ft²)
Former anchors
- Meier & Frank, opened September/October 1980; rebranded as Macy's in 2006
- Copeland Sports (96,000 ft²; opened 2002 in lower level of former Montgomery Ward, closed 2006, space reclaimed by Macy's Home 2007)
- Montgomery Ward (165,000 ft²; closed 2001, subdivided 2002 into Meier & Frank Home, Copeland Sports)
References
- ^ a b c d Sorenson, Donald J. (March 7, 1981). "Clackamas Town Center opens its doors". The Oregonian, p. A19.
- ^ a b c "Clackamas Town Center". General Growth Properties. http://www.ggp.com/properties/center-information/clackamas-town-center. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ MacIntosh, Heather M. (November 3, 1998). "Graham, John Jr. (1908-1991)". Historylink. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=140. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ Wolfe, Tom (December 19, 2007). "20-screen theater opens Friday in Clackamas". The Oregonian. http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/12/20screen_theater_opens_friday.html. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
See also
- List of shopping malls in Oregon
External links
Media related to Clackamas Town Center at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:- Shopping malls in Oregon
- Shopping malls established in 1981
- Buildings and structures in Clackamas County, Oregon
- General Growth Properties
- Visitor attractions in Clackamas County, Oregon
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