Page 5 - Tigard Monthly - February 2014 Issue

Thursday, February 20, 2014
| TIGARD MONTHLY 5

40th Anniversary

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When the mall was first
said.
built, Randall said, it
But why? What has made sleepy Tigard one
of the best places to shop in the country? was L-shaped, with

Randall said it’s easy: Listen to your
J.C. Penney’s, Sears and
customers.
“It’s about having the right store for the
Fredrick & Nelson.

shoppers,” Randall said. “You can’t have a
shopping center that only has high, high, high-
the business.
end incomes, when your customers are lower-
income.”
He said he was drawn here because of
Washington Square’s reputation as one of the
Instead, Randall said, it’s about finding that
sweet spot.
best shopping centers around.
Most of its everyday shoppers come from “I haven’t had a day where I said, ‘I’m going
to do all these things,’ and it wasn’t completely
Washington County, which has a combination
of affluent and low-income neighborhoods. For thrown off by 9 a.m.,” Randall said. “No day is
the same. But it’s so fun.”
Randall, it’s about finding the right mixture.
A long shot down the main concourse of Washington One of the original tenants in the mall was the Sears
“You want to make it so that customers It takes about 60 people to run the mall’s Square shows the mall project still in the construction store at the south end, a retailer that remains in the
are engaged with the stores that are here and logistics, including security and housekeeping
stage in 1974.
mix today.
they feel comfortable coming to the shopping staff, Randall said.
center,” Randall said. “They want to come That’snotcountingthemall’s170shopsand stores, and Randall said he’s often the last
stores, which each have anywhere from five to person out the door at the end of the day.
helping people on Christmas Eve, or working
here.”
early on Black Friday. Those people are
300 employees.
But Randall wouldn’t give it up for anything.
the truest form of deal hunters. It’s fun and
Home away from home
Washington Square operates as landlord “Seeing that first experience a child has
exciting.”
Randall came to the mall after 15 years in
to the mall’s shops, kiosks and department
with Santa, it just warms you,” he said. “I love
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