# Lloyd Center

Portland, OR · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-4c8be52a32` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/or/portland-lloyd-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4c8be52a32.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4c8be52a32.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-4c8be52a32

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1960 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2026 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 100 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Ralph B. Lloyd | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Opened in 1960” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Center
- **year_closed**: “The mall closed permanently on August 8, 2026.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Center
- **original_developer**: “Ideas for Lloyd Center were conceived as early as 1905. The mall was named after southern Californian oil company executive Ralph B. Lloyd (1875–1953), who aspired to build 'a different kind of shopping center' on the land in NE Portland.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Center
- **status**: “The mall closed permanently on August 8, 2026.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Center

## Anchors

J. C. Penney, Woolworth, Meier & Frank, Best's, Nordstrom's Shoes, J. J. Newberry

## Timeline

- 1960: Mall opened
- 1960: Vice President Richard Nixon spoke
- 1960: Crown Princess Michiko and Crown Prince Akihito visited
- 1960: Ella Fitzgerald performed at opening ceremonies
- 1963: Andy Williams performed
- 1965: Louis Armstrong performed
- 1968: Senator Robert R. Kennedy spoke
- 1971: Lloyd Center's five largest stores listed
- 1972: First significant expansion added six stores
- 1973: JCPenney remodeled and expanded

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Lloyd Center was a shopping mall in the eponymous Lloyd District of Portland, Oregon, United States, northeast of downtown, across the Willamette River. Opened in 1960, it was initially said to have been the largest shopping mall in the world, or at least the Pacific Northwest.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lloyd Center, Portland, OR." Record m-4c8be52a32, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/or/portland-lloyd-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_portlandlloydcenter,
  title = {Lloyd Center, Portland, OR},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/or/portland-lloyd-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-4c8be52a32, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.