Valley River Center
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Valley River Center is a super-regional-class shopping mall
located in Eugene, Oregon
, U.S. It is the largest shopping center between the Portland and San Francisco area with over 130 local and national stores and restaurants.
Located on the banks of the Willamette River
, the mall is easily accessible by bike and walking paths. Also located near the mall is the Valley River Inn.
In 2006, The Macerich Company
, the firm managing the property, decided to purchased the property from the previous owner, Grosvenor.
were filmed here.
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
located in Eugene, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...
, U.S. It is the largest shopping center between the Portland and San Francisco area with over 130 local and national stores and restaurants.
Located on the banks of the Willamette River
Willamette River
The Willamette River is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States...
, the mall is easily accessible by bike and walking paths. Also located near the mall is the Valley River Inn.
In 2006, The Macerich Company
The Macerich Company
Macerich is a self-managed Real Estate Investment Trust headquartered in Santa Monica, California.It traces its antecedents to the MaceRich Real Estate Company founded in New York in 1964 by Mace Siegel and Richard Cohen, who combined their first names to name their company...
, the firm managing the property, decided to purchased the property from the previous owner, Grosvenor.
Anchors
- J. C. PenneyJ. C. Penney-External links:*...
(206,365 ft²; opened Winter 1970) - Macy'sMacy'sMacy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
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(52,000 ft²; opened 2007)
Former anchors
- Meier & FrankMeier & FrankMeier & Frank was a chain of department stores founded in Portland, Oregon, and later bought out by the May Department Stores Company. Meier & Frank operated in the Pacific Northwest from 1857 to 2006.-History:Summary...
(1969-2006) - Roos-Atkins (1969-197?)
- Troutman's EmporiumTroutman's EmporiumTroutman's Emporium was a chain of department stores founded in 1955 by Dallas Troutman in North Bend, Oregon. Emporium's headquarters was located in Eugene, Oregon. Emporium operated stores in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California and Washington...
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(1975-2001) (demolished for Regal Cinemas in 2005) - LipmansLipmansLipman's was a department store chain based in Portland, Oregon. The company was originally known as Lipman-Wolfe & Company, named after the two founding partners, Adolphe Wolfe and his uncle, Soloman Lipman. It is now defunct.-History:...
(1975-1979) - Frederick and Nelson (1979-1987)
- The CrescentThe CrescentThe Crescent was a small chain of department store founded and based in Spokane, Washington. Once a subsidiary of Marshall Field & Company, the chain was sold to BATUS Retail Group in 1982. BATUS renamed the stores Frederick & Nelson, the company's Seattle, Washington division, in 1988. Frederick...
(1987-1988) - LamontsLamontsLamonts was a chain of department stores founded in Seattle, Washington. The chain was started in 1970 when Pay 'n Save renamed its suburban branches of Rhodes, a department store chain the company acquired in 1965. Lamonts remained a division of Pay 'n Save until 1985...
(1988-1996) - Copeland Sports (1997-2006)
- Sports AuthoritySports AuthorityThe Sports Authority, Inc. is one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the United States. It is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, and operates more than 460 stores in 45 U.S...
(2007-present) - The Bon MarchéThe Bon MarchéThe Bon Marché, whose name means "the good deal" or "the good market", was the name chosen for a department store launched in Seattle, Washington, United States, in 1890 by Edward Nordhoff. The name comes from Le Bon Marché, a noted Paris retailer and one of the world's first department stores,...
(1990-2003) - Bon-Macy's (2003-2005)
- Macy'sMacy'sMacy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
(2005-2006) - GottschalksGottschalksGottschalks was a middle-tier American department store that operated 58 department stores and three specialty apparel stores in six western states ; some locations ran as Harris-Gottschalks stores...
(2006-2009)
In popular culture
In 1979 parts of the movie How to Beat the High Co$t of LivingHow to Beat the High Co$t of Living
How to Beat the High Co$t of Living is a 1980 comedy film, starring Jane Curtin, Susan Saint James and Jessica Lange. Also in the cast are Dabney Coleman, Fred Willard, Richard Benjamin, Eddie Albert, Cathryn Damon, and a cameo by Jane Curtin's fellow Saturday Night Live co-star Garrett Morris...
were filmed here.
External links
- Valley River Center - Official website