Eastport Plaza is a shopping center located in

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, in the United States. It is anchored by Century 16 Theatres, LA Fitness, and

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. Originally an enclosed shopping mall, construction began on October 20, 1959, and was carried out by the Anderson–Westfall Construction Company. It was one of the biggest construction projects in the

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at the time and cost $5 million. It opened on October 27, 1960. Former anchor stores included

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(which replaced

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), Newberry's, Albertsons, Tower Records and

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in the 1990s, particularly after Mervyn's relocated to Clackamas Promenade in 1988, part of a flight of businesses and customers to the newer, larger suburban mall to Eastport's south on 82nd Avenue. The enclosed structure was demolished in 1996, replaced by the current open-air shopping plaza.

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