Big boxes · Oregon

Circuit City

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedRetrofit builtPortland, OR

Retrofit complete: Kaiser Permanente healthcare facility (41 exam rooms, etc.) built on former Circuit City site; no further development opportunity. · summary, model-written

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Place

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 4 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

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Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: A LEED Gold medical office building containing 41 exam rooms, 2 treatment rooms, 1 injection room, 31 offices, an X-Ray room, 2 ultrasound rooms, a blood lab,… record · all sites with this

New use

Medical and health

This site: A LEED Gold medical office building containing 41 exam rooms, 2 treatment rooms newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

Office

This site: A LEED Gold medical office building containing 41 exam rooms, 2 treatment rooms, 1 inj newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Retrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported
Strategy	ReinhabitedWikipedia no source
New uses	healthcareWikipedia no source
What is there now	A LEED Gold medical office building containing 41 exam rooms, 2 treatment rooms, 1 injection room, 31 offices, an X-Ray room, 2 ultrasound rooms, a blood lab, pharmacy, and additional support spaces.newtypes-extraction reported
Redeveloper	Kaiser Permanentenewtypes-extraction reported

Site context

Housing permits, Multnomah County (OR), 2024	905 units in 5+ unit buildings, 100 in 2–4, 1,035 single-family; 2023: 2,397 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby	4 within 10 km, 6 within 25 km: Bowstring Truss House (0.0 km); Lloyd Center (2.1 km); Eastport Plaza (8.2 km); Mall 205 (8.8 km)computed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	37,024 jobs in 2,806 establishments; average annual pay $48,312; employment location quotient 0.76; employment -2.7% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	41,447 jobs; 1,514 in retail trade, 2,683 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 41051010602)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 43th income percentile as adults; 1.8% incarcerated at the 2010 count (31 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 45.8%; median family income $115,179; 996 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Portland School District 1J (KG-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Lincoln High School; Emerson SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	34 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	27 county-logged events: 8 heavy rain, 5 debris flow, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud; $161,000 property damage reported; 4 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 97204, 2026-09	median list price $599,000 (+71.8% on the year); 1 active listings; median 5 days on market; 0% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	2,783 establishments (-4%); 43,723 jobs (+17%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $496,807 (+0% 1 yr, -1% 5 yr); typical rent $1,683/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	22,786 vehicles a day (Interstate, 2 lanes); 18 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Former Circuit City (33,300 sq ft electronics store) in Portland, OR, was retrofitted into a Kaiser Permanente medical office building (LEED Gold), completed as a built project. The facility includes 41 exam rooms, treatment rooms, labs, pharmacy, and support spaces.

Why. Retrofit is already built (status: built), and median rent is $1,582 per sq ft (opportunity score: 0.0).

Where it stands. No further development opportunity identified; current use is healthcare.

For a planner

Site is fully repurposed for healthcare; no vacant retail space noted.
Adjacent to closed mall (Lloyd Center, 2.1km), but no other relevant context provided.

For a developer

Not available for new development (retrofit complete).
Median rent data suggests healthcare occupancy is established.

What we do not know yet

No vacancy data or tenant turnover details provided.
Housing market trends (ZHVI, ZORI) not directly relevant to this site.

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retrofit already built
median rent $1,582

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History and original facts

Gross leasable area	33,300 sq ftnewtypes-extraction
Anchors	Circuit City
County	Multnomah County
Census division	9 · Pacific
Notes	Draft from rclco.com, model-extracted, unreviewed: Kaiser Permanente converted a 33,300 sq ft former Circuit City store in Portland, OR, into a LEED Gold medical office building.

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Sources

Retail Reimagined: 8 Ways Retail Spaces are Being Converted and ...
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Circuit City

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Circuit City, Portland, OR." Record n-d7f60b72f1, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/or/portland-circuit-city/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_portlandcircuitcity,
  title = {Circuit City, Portland, OR},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/or/portland-circuit-city/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-d7f60b72f1, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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