Vendors at Lloyd Center celebrated the mall’s 65th birthday on Saturday with sales and special events, while knowing that it could be the last year for the mall .

The Lloyd Center opened Aug. 1, 1960, as a 100-store, open-air mall. In the 1990s, it was remodeled into an enclosed shopping mall.

But by 2021, all the anchor tenants had left, and the mall went into foreclosure. In 2023, the mall’s owners announced plan to demolish and redevelop the 29.3-acre site into an open-air concept with housing, shopping and entertainment venues.

The owners haven’t announced a firm timeline for the redevelopment, which will happen in stages. They have pledged that the Lloyd Center will remain open at least through the end of this year. But during a vendor’s meeting on July 26, tenants said, they a

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