Matthew Henderson

For The Oregonian/OregonLive

Henderson owns Virtua Gallery in the Lloyd Center. He lives in Portland.

The old Nordstrom building at Lloyd Center has been demolished to make room for a music venue . But what happens to the rest of Portland’s most iconic mall is still an open question. Will it be a baseball stadium? A return to an open-air shopping center? Or something different?

The owners, Urban Renaissance Group and KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, have drawn up a master plan that envisions the mall as a mixed-use district with a blend of residential mid-rises , ground-level commercial, green spaces and new roadways connecting the area to the street grid. Although the owners have not provided specifics on how they will achieve this, their own drawings indicat

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