Lloyd District News

[M Kass]

M Kass, have you checked out the new-ish book "Capitalism: A Global History" by Sven Beckert? I'm about halfway through and I highly recommend it.[/QUOTE]

I've heard that I should read it from a family member who is an avowed (and annoyingly so, at times) Marxist. Brilliant guy, but a little condescending and sometimes I don't ingest his 'required reading', just due to petulant obstinance that courses through my veins. BUT! Now that I have a second recommendation, I'll definitely get into it.
On the Lloyd front, I have lived in Eliot for 15 years and have been going to that mall since I was a tiny kid-- It is in current form a dysfunctional shell of a building- but I really admire the aforementioned 'carcass pickers' of in town that can make lemonade from lemons. We here, luckily, have a preponderance of those types in the PNW. I'm grateful for them and the vision to see outside the traditional confines of commerce as a system, set up only to maximize profit- not for experience or to engage a consumer's sense of wonder, seemingly. I don't know about razing Lloyd entirely, but I think moving back to open air and finding a way to engage foot traffic without hulking facades and giant parking structures would be a helluva start.

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Lloyd Center Master Plan is on the Design Commission agenda for 2/5.

Drawings [PDF - 37 MB]. Appendices here.

[PhillyPDX]

Originally Posted by tworivers

You might want to try doing the bare minimum of research before posting misinformation. The mall is not offering "essentially free rent" to its current tenants. I know a handful of the folks who have shops, galleries, etc, in there and as far as I know most of them are doing decent business. I personally co-organized a sold-out concert there a few months ago. Just because you went there once on a Friday and thought that was enough to cement an opinion that you probably toted in there with you in the first place does not necessarily make it so. Indeed, a former tenant that I am close with left not because business was bad but because the mall was trying to jack his rent up and (obviously) could only offer a very short term lease.

I support tearing the mall down btw.

M Kass, have you checked out the new-ish book "Capitalism: A Global History" by Sven Beckert? I'm about halfway through and I highly recommend it.

I’m at the mall once a week for 8 straight months, and mall walk while my kids in there doing lessons for an hour. I’ve spent tons of time there.

I’ve been told that rents are stupid cheap, on order of like <$10/SF. From direct sources that rent there, who understand it’s a way to drum up biz before they are inevitably moved out. .

[maccoinnich]

ChefStable selected as operator of $7.5M, 12-cart pod (renderings)



Story Highlights

• Prosper Portland board considers $7.5 million food cart pod project.
• ChefStable selected to operate pod near Oregon Convention Center site.
• Project includes bar, 12 carts, and patio on vacant property.

The Prosper Portland board will consider advancing plans for a new food cart pod near the Oregon Convention Center at its Jan. 14 meeting.

The project is slated for a vacant 14,800 square-foot-building at 910 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The board will consider staff proposals that include approving an intergovernmental loan agreement with Metro to fund part of the project and selection of ChefStable to be the pod's master lease and operator.

The idea to locate a food cart pod at the site emerged from a community engagement process surrounding the new Lloyd-Holladay Tax Increment Financing district. TIFs provide incentives to encourage development in underdeveloped areas. The TIF Working Group suggested the city lease the property for a cart pod with a bar, up to 12 carts and a patio.

...continues at the Portland Business Journal.

[downtownpdx]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

...continues at the Portland Business Journal.

Hopefully this moves forward, i think it’s a much needed amenity in this neighborhood. In addition to convention attendees, concert/game etc goers at Moda Center would also benefit and maybe avoid paying the ridiculous $15 for a beer at the arena. With few other dining/bar options nearby, housing projects soon happening in the area, and the new WNBA team bringing more year round traffic, I’d think this would do well.

[PhillyPDX]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

...continues at the Portland Business Journal.

Is 910 MLK the "Action Sports" company building? Is that being razed/renovated for this?

If so, that's also adjacent to the Inn that was recently purchased, right?(something regarding Prosper Portland....I forget what now). Wouldn't that be great, a refreshed nice hotel adjacent to a well designed pod across from the convention center. And then it would flow naturally to the city park just to the south on MLK.

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by PhillyPDX

Is 910 MLK the "Action Sports" company building? Is that being razed/renovated for this?

Correct. It's being renovated.

[PhillyPDX]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Correct. It's being renovated.

Ok thanks. So let's hope the adjacent hotel gets a nice renovation to really improve that general area across from the convention center.

[downtownpdx]

Originally Posted by PhillyPDX

Ok thanks. So let's hope the adjacent hotel gets a nice renovation to really improve that general area across from the convention center.

Yeah that is a sad looking hotel, it’ll look pretty out of place once it’s sandwiched between this renovated building and the much nicer Hotel Eastlund on the other side.

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Drawings [PDF - 37 MB]. Appendices here.

Staff Report, which recommends approval.

[PhillyPDX]

Lloyd center mall, including ice rink will close this year.

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026...h-teardown-of-mall-and-its-ice-rink.html

These renderings look awesome. Hope they can move on it quickly. I assume they plan to start vertical construction if they are closing the mall soon.

[truebaru]

Originally Posted by PhillyPDX

Lloyd center mall, including ice rink will close this year.

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026...h-teardown-of-mall-and-its-ice-rink.html

These renderings look awesome. Hope they can move on it quickly. I assume they plan to start vertical construction if they are closing the mall soon.

I would anticipate years of infrastructure work (water, sewer, roads) just like Broadway Corridor unfortunately. I don't think it will take quite as long because they won't be dealing with the same level of soil contamination, but I don't think it will go fast :/

[PhillyPDX]

Originally Posted by truebaru

I would anticipate years of infrastructure work (water, sewer, roads) just like Broadway Corridor unfortunately. I don't think it will take quite as long because they won't be dealing with the same level of soil contamination, but I don't think it will go fast :/

Oh yeah. I suppose I meant to start positive progress and not drag feet for years like say the PO site. I don’t want 50 acres of prime real estate to sit as empty lots for a decade while the developer waits. Have a plan and funding to start next phase BEFORE demo. Presumably will go much faster as it’s not dealing with Prosper Portland.

Maybe someone can set up the ice rink on that giant empty lot next to the movie theater, where that Home Depot was proposed a few years ago. Could be a good use of that space. Keep that ice rink history alive.

[PhillyPDX]

The (recently) weird outlet concept Barnes and Noble I Lloyd center is closing in May. I guess this is really happening, that Lloyd center is done. Often talked about for years, rumors, but we’re actually there.

https://www.koin.com/news/business/lloyd...ter-ahead-of-portland-malls-closure/amp/

[maccoinnich]

Permit under review for the District Hotel by OYO Portland Convention Center (former Shiloh Inn). Site is owned by the Holy Rosary Church, who have said they plan to redevelop their campus with affordable housing; fingers crossed that something is planned for this site.

[maccoinnich]

Design Commission approves Lloyd Center redevelopment plan



The master plan for redevelopment of the Lloyd Center Mall site was unanimously approved by the Portland Design Commission Thursday afternoon.

It was the third time commissioners had considered the plan. Design commissioners Thomas Eldridge and Zari Santner were absent from the meeting and did not cast a vote.

“The unanimous approval of this plan by the Portland Design Commission reflects years of meaningful community engagement," Urban Renaissance Group Managing Director Thomas Kilbane said in a statement to the Business Journal. "This vision transforms an aging mall that is no longer economically sustainable into a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood with housing, retail, and open space where Portlanders can live, work, and play. Lloyd Center will always hold a special place in the hearts of Portlanders, and now it’s poised to play a leading role in the city’s revitalization."

...continues at the Portland Business Journal ($).

[maccoinnich]

Final Findings and Decision by the Design Commission for the Lloyd Center Central City Master Plan.

[maccoinnich]

Notice of Intent to Award architectural design and construction administration services for the 910 building food hall project to Works Architecture.

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Notice of Intent to Award architectural design and construction administration services for the 910 building food hall project to Works Architecture.

A food hall across from the convention center and designed by Works, thats a win-win

[maccoinnich]

The approval of the Lloyd Center Master Plan has been appealed to City Council by the "Save Lloyd" group.