Washington Square is a shopping mall in the city of Tigard, Oregon, United States. Located in the Portland metropolitan area along Oregon Route 217, the shopping complex is one of the top grossing malls per square foot in the United States, with sales of $716/ft². Opened in 1973, the mall is managed and co-owned by The Macerich Company, a real estate investment trust, and is anchored by Macy’s,
Nordstrom, JCPenney and Sears. A fifth anchor, Dick’s Sporting Goods opened in March 2008.
The current configuration has five department store anchors, 170 specialty shops & restaurants, and a food court. Some of the stores are located in an adjacent outdoor plaza known as “Washington Square Too”. Most of the mall is on a single level; however, the anchor stores have multiple levels, the food court is on a second level, and the expansion in 2005 was built so that it could accommodate a second-level addition at a later date.
TriMet maintains the Washington Square Transit Center on the mall’s premises.
Anchors
Interior of the 2005 addition.
JCPenney (210,585 ft²; opened 1980)
JCPenney Home Store (20,397 ft², outparcel location)
Macy’s (242,505 ft²; opened 1973 as Meier & Frank, renamed 2006)
Nordstrom (180,000 ft²; opened 1974, relocated 1994)
Sears (211,937 ft²; opened 1974)
Sears Tire, Battery & Auto (16,600 ft², outparcel location)
Dick’s Sporting Goods (90,000 ft²; opened March 2008)
Former anchors
Frederick & Nelson (120,000 ft²; closed 1991 and razed for Nordstrom)
Lipman’s (opened 1974, became Frederick & Nelson 1979)
Meier & Frank (opened 1973, renamed Macy’s 2006)
Mervyn’s (89,309 ft²; opened 1980, closed November 2005, site of Dick’s Sporting Goods)
original Nordstrom (108,000 ft²; opened 1974, replaced 1994, became food court and mall retail space)
