‘Portland icon’ Lloyd Center slated for demolition later in 2026, renderings reveal what could replace it

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If you want to take one last spin on the indoor ice rink at the Lloyd Center, you may want to get to it sooner rather than later.

A new concert venue has been under construction at the site of the old Nordstrom store at the Lloyd Center. Now, KOIN 6 has learned that the plans to tear down the rest of that mall property are moving forward this week.

There were just a few people inside the Lloyd Center mall on Tuesday, as only a few stores are still open. When the mall opened in 1960, it was one of the largest in the country and was home to the first indoor mall skating rink in the U.S.

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“It was a Portland icon. A piece of Portland history,” said Kerry Tymchuk, Executive Director of the Oregon Historical Society. “It was a showplace… It was part of Portland’s DNA for so many years.”

Despite efforts to try and save the mall, current owners of the 29-acre property will present Portland’s Design Review Committee with their plans to tear it all down.

The plan is for thousands of housing units, offices, retail, streets and park spaces.

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“It’s going to be a brand new neighborhood. We have a 30-acre site here. We’re envisioning new streets, new open spaces. There will be retail buildings. There will be thousands of units of new housing. It’s going to be a vibrant new neighborhood that takes shape here over the next 10 years or so,” said Tom Kilburn with Urban Renaissance Group.

Lloyd Center is expected to start being torn down in 2026, and renderings reveal what could replace the shopping center. (Courtesy: Urban Renaissance Group)
Lloyd Center is expected to start being torn down in 2026, and renderings reveal what could replace the shopping center. (Courtesy: Urban Renaissance Group)
Lloyd Center is expected to start being torn down in 2026, and renderings reveal what could replace the shopping center. (Courtesy: Urban Renaissance Group)
An undated aerial view of the Lloyd Center. (Courtesy: Oregon Historical Society)
Lloyd Center is expected to start being torn down in 2026, and renderings reveal what could replace the shopping center. (Courtesy: Urban Renaissance Group)
Lloyd Center is expected to start being torn down in 2026, and renderings reveal what could replace the shopping center. (Courtesy: Urban Renaissance Group)
Bobby Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy at the Lloyd Center ice rink (Courtesy Oregon Historical Society)

Demolition of the mall is expected sometime later this summer, and later this week, the owners of the Lloyd Center will go over their plans with the City of Portland.

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