Jantzen Beach SuperCenter
 Jantzen Beach sign |
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| Location | Portland, Oregon |
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| Address | 1405 Jantzen Beach Center |
| Opening date | 1972 |
| Management | Edens & Avant |
| No. of stores and services | 30+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Jantzen Beach SuperCenter is a shopping mall located in Portland, Oregon on Hayden Island in the Columbia River. Opened in 1972 as Jantzen Beach Mall, it was largely torn down in the mid-1990s for big box development. The remaining enclosed portion includes Ross Dress for Less, Burlington Coat Factory and Target as its anchor stores.
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[edit] History
Jantzen Beach Mall opened September 28, 1972[1] on the site of the former Jantzen Beach Amusement Park which operated from 1928 to 1970. The C. W. Parker merry-go-round is the only surviving ride from the amusement park and is now located inside the mall by the food court. One of the mall's early anchor stores, a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) Liberty House which was that chain's first store in the Portland area, opened in November 1973.[2] It later operated as Frederick & Nelson from 1979 until 1984, The Crescent until 1988 and Lamonts from then until 1994.
The mall features approximately 30 tenants, including three anchor stores: Burlington Coat Factory, Ross Dress for Less and Target. The Target building was previously occupied by Montgomery Ward until 2000,[3] and the Burlington Coat Factory store was originally a Kmart which closed in 2003.[4]
In 1995, MBK Northwest acquired Jantzen Beach Center for about $18 million. About two-thirds of the mall was demolished in 1995 and 1996 including the former Lamonts wing, a cinema and around 150 small stores to make room for big box development which includes The Home Depot, Barnes & Noble and Toys "R" Us.[5] The east wing of the mall was left intact with three anchor stores and a newly created food court.[6] Two years later, MBK Northwest sold Jantzen Beach SuperCenter for $76 million to Compass Retail, Inc.[7]
The mall's owners announced further renovation plans in July 2010. Preliminary redevelopment plans would include the demolition of the remaining enclosed portion, as well as the area around the existing Barnes & Noble store.[8]
On August 23, 2011, Barnes & Nobles and Starbucks both announced that they would be shuttering their stores for good by September 2, 2011. The owners of the Jantzen Beach SuperCenter, Jantzen Dynamic Corporation, also announced that a free-standing Target will be going in at the former Barnes & Nobles site, and that the current Target store and adjacent wing of the mall would be permanently demolished.[9]
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- ^ Jantzen Beach SuperCenter History
- ^ "Liberty House to make debut as Jantzen Beach store opens". (November 10, 1973). The Oregonian, p. 19.
- ^ Gardner, Steven (18 April 2001). "Jantzen Beach, Wash., Montgomery Ward Site Bought by Target Corp.". The Columbian. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73396528.html. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ The Columbian, The Associated Press. "Jantzen Kmart among stores on closure list. " Columbian [Vancouver, Wash.] 15 January2003, E1.
- ^ Baker, Dean. "Jantzen Beach Reborn - Again." Oregon Business. 1 February 1997, 15.
- ^ Hill, Jim. "A Jazzed-Up Jantzen." Oregonian [Portland, Ore.] 17 August 1996, B7.
- ^ Baker, Dean. "Jantzen Beach Reborn - Again." Oregon Business. 1 February 1997, 15.
- ^ Njus, Elliott (29 July 2010). "Jantzen Beach mall presses for major renovation". Oregon Live.com. http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/jantzen_beach_mall_presses_for.html. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ "No more Barnes & Noble at Jantzen Beach". KATU.com. http://northportland.katu.com/news/business/442600-no-more-barnes-noble-jantzen-beach. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
