Lloyd Center
Lloyd Center is a shopping mall in the Lloyd District of Portland, Oregon, United States, just northeast of downtown. It is owned by the Urban Renaissance Group and KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.[4] The mall features three floors of shopping, with the third level serving mostly as professional office spaces, a food court, and U.S. Education Corporation's Carrington College. Lloyd Center also includes the Lloyd Center Ice Skating Rink, which has become the main draw for the mall. There are currently no anchors in the mall. There are vacant anchor spaces left by Macy's, Marshalls, Nordstrom, and Sears. Junior anchors include Barnes & Noble and Ross Dress for Less.
For the New England non-profit, see Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies.Location
Portland, Oregon, United States
August 1, 1960[1]
Lloyd Family and
Prudential Insurance[1]
Urban Renaissance Group[2]
Urban Renaissance Group[2]
178
0 (4 vacant)
1,472,000 sq ft (136,800 m2)(2007)[3]
3 (2 in former Marshalls, 4 in former Sears, 5 in former Macy's)
3 garages
TriMet bus lines 8, 17, 70, 77; Lloyd Center/NE 11th Ave MAX Station
Lloyd Center Ice Rink[edit]
Opening in 1960, the Lloyd Center Ice Rink was the world's first shopping center rink.[35] The open-air rink was widely popular, drawing more than a million visitors in its first two years,[35] and remains the mall's biggest attraction. The Ice Rink has attracted a few notable guests over the years. Actor Jim Backus, the voice of Mr. Magoo, once did a couple's routine with a bear.[35] Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel, circled Lloyd's ice just a month before his assassination in June, 1968.[35] Former Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, at age 3, first learned to skate at the Lloyd Center rink.[35]
The Open-air Ice Rink was covered when the mall went from an open-air configuration to an atrium roof design in the 1990s. The rink was reduced in size in 2016 from a standard rectangular rink design to a smaller oval shape.[36] The redesign moved the rink to a more central location, and opened it up to be visible from all levels of the mall.[37] The renovations to the food court are supposed to make watching the skaters easier, which supposedly will keep people inside shopping longer.[38]
Despite allowing for more natural light, the renovations were met with controversy by some locals, as the size was less than 4/5ths of what it was and some skaters took issue with the oval shape.[39]
Court cases[edit]
Lloyd Center has played a role in the history of freedom of speech in the United States, especially with regard to the scope of free speech within private shopping centers. Lloyd Center was the defendant in the landmark cases of Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner, 407 U.S. 551 (1972), a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involving First Amendment rights and private property, and Lloyd Corp. v. Whiffen, 307 Or. 674, 773 P.2d 1293 (1989), a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court.