Lloyd Center

Lloyd Center’s enclosed mall closed on August 8, 2026. Some businesses on the property continue to operate.

Nordstrom’s 2019 departure from Lloyd Center, following Sears, Macy’s, and the other national chain anchors that had defined the property since its original 1960 open-air debut as one of the first covered retail complexes in the Pacific Northwest, produced something the standard anchor-loss narrative does not predict: a 900,000 square foot enclosed mall in Portland’s Lloyd District whose vacancy was filled by the independent operators, games and hobby retailers, local artisans, and arts organizations that the Portland economy sustains at a density no other major US city can match for a market of its size. The ice rink, installed in the original 1960 design, gave the property a physical heritage continuity that the departed national chains did not. Floating World Comics, the Portland-founded independent comic book store whose rare back-issue collection, small-press publishing relationships, and community programming give it a commercial and cultural significance that the Portland arts and collector community treats as an institution, anchored the arts and culture floor. Gambits Games and Anime, dicepool, and All American Magic Shop and Theater gave the property a tabletop gaming, anime, and performing magic identity whose niche depth the national entertainment retail chains do not match in a format designed for the broadest possible consumer.