Oakway Center
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Oakway Center
| image = Oakway Center.jpg
| caption = Panorama of Oakway Center in 2010
| location = Eugene, Oregon
| coordinates = {{coord|44.040231|-123.043692|type:landmark_region:US-OR_source:googleearth|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = 1966
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| number_of_stores = approximately 42
| number_of_anchors = 5
| floor_area =
| floors = 1
| website = {{URL|oakwaycenter.com}}
}}
The Oakway Center is a shopping center in Eugene, Oregon. It is one of the three shopping malls in the area. The annual sales are $1 to 2.5 million (D&B: $1,300,000).{{cite web|title=Oakway-CP|url= http://www.manta.com/c/mm2r7gh/oakway-center}}{{cite web|title=OCE|url=http://www.traveloregon.com/Explore-Oregon/Willamette-Valley/Attractions/Shopping/Oakway-Shopping-Center.aspx}}Oakway Center
Eugene, Oregon Oakway Center is anchored by Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy, and Trader Joe's.
It opened in 1966 as Oakway Mall, with an Albertsons supermarket, Tiffany's Drugstore, and Oakway Department Store as anchors. The Oakway Department store closed after only six years and was subdivided.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6E9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3962,8083763&dq=oakway-mall+department-store&hl=en|title=Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search|accessdate=2016-06-15}} Albertsons moved to a new store in 1990 and converted to TJ Maxx the same year.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rVNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kusDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4281,3730963&dq=oakway-center+albertson%27s&hl=en|title=Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search|accessdate=2016-06-15}} After Tiffany's closed in 1998,{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DFZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3456,3122426&dq=oakway-center+albertson%27s&hl=en|title=Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search|accessdate=2016-06-15}} it became a Borders Books & Music, which closed in 2011 and was rumored to become an H&M.{{Cite web | url=http://www.kezi.com/hm-may-replace-oakway-borders-spot/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127125428/http://www.kezi.com/hm-may-replace-oakway-borders-spot/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 27, 2013 | title=Unknown}} TJ Maxx moved across the street in 2005 and was subdivided among other retailers, including White House/Black Market.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q2BWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4769,76641&dq=oakway-center+maxx&hl=en|title=Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search|accessdate=2016-06-15}}
In 2013 Nordstrom Rack announced that they would open a new store where Borders Books & Music was located.{{Cite web | url=http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/29478183-46/nordstrom-korth-center-store-oakway.html.csp=en | title=Unknown}}{{Dead link | date=May 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}}
On May 21, 2020, it was announced that Pier 1 Imports would be closing all stores, including the Oakway Center location.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pier-1-stores-closing-540-locations/|title = Pier 1 going out of business and closing all 540 stores|website = CBS News| date=21 May 2020 }} On January 31, 2025, it was announced that the Eugene location of REI would be relocating to the Oakway Center in 2026.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-31 |title=REI plans to relocate its Eugene store across the river |url=https://www.klcc.org/economy-business/2025-01-31/rei-plans-to-relocate-its-eugene-store-across-the-river |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=KLCC {{!}} NPR for Oregonians |language=en}} It will occupy the former Bed Bath and Beyond location, which closed in 2023.