Tanasbourne, Oregon

In the 1970s, Standard Insurance Company developed a large tract of land along the Sunset Highway near 185th Avenue.{{Cite OGN|7th|page=936}} The name of the development is a hybrid of tenas from the Chinook Jargon and the Middle English term bourn. Tenas translates as small and bourn as creek (see burn in Scottish English), giving the term tanasbourne the meaning of small, pretty creeks.

Standard developed an indoor mall at the site, with the mall opening in 1975. In 1976, a library was opened in the community, and in 1990 the city of Hillsboro took over those operations and maintained the branch until 2007, when it was closed and a new main branch of the Hillsboro Public Library was opened farther west.[http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Library/tanasbourne.aspx Hillsboro Libraries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305171808/http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/library/tanasbourne.aspx |date=2007-03-05 }} In 1983, the county approved a master plan created by Standard to develop {{convert|850|acre}} at Tanasbourne.{{cite journal|last=Sullivan |first=Edward J. |date=2005 |title=Cudgels and Collaboration: Commercial Development Regulation and Support in the Portland, Oregon - Vancouver, Washington Metropolitan Region |journal=Vermont Journal of Environmental Law |volume=6 |url=http://www.vjel.org/journal/VJEL10026.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008174124/http://www.vjel.org/journal/VJEL10026.html |archivedate=2007-10-08 }} Hillsboro annexed much of the Tanasbourne area in 1987. The next year plans were announced for an expansion of the old mall along with construction of new retail buildings in the area.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3706,5590467&dq=tanasbourne&hl=en|title=Portland may get big shopping mall|last=The Associated Press|date=January 27, 1988|work=Eugene Register-Guard|pages=6C|accessdate=4 March 2010}} The mall was never expanded.

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Hillsboro started working to designate the area as a town center within Metro's planning framework in 1996.{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1996/08/12/newscolumn3.html|title=Town center planned for Tanasbourne area|last=Williams|first=Alexander |date=August 9, 1996|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=4 March 2010}} The Streets of Tanasbourne lifestyle shopping mall opened along Cornell Road in October 2004 after original approval for the project in 2000. A series of new hotels opened starting in 2015 with an Embassy Suites location, and included Hampton Inn, Home2Suites, and a Holiday Inn.{{cite news |last1=Hohnholz |first1=Linda |title=Embassy Suites debuts in Portland’s tech hub |url=https://eturbonews.com/embassy-suites-debuts-portland-s-tech-hub/ |access-date=December 22, 2024 |work=eturbonews |publisher=TravelNewsGroup |date=February 7, 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Hammill |first1=Luke |title=Hillsboro's hotel boom continues: Proposed inn would have 237 rooms, restaurant |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/2015/04/hillsboros_hotel_boom_continue.html |access-date=December 22, 2024 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=April 21, 2015 |language=en}} An Oxford Suites Hotel and a Candlewood Suites were also planned along Cornell Road at Aloclek Drive.{{cite news |last1=Hammill |first1=Luke |title=Hillsboro hotel boom would double city's rooms, but can the market sustain it? |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/2015/07/hillsboro_hotel_boom_would_dou.html |access-date=December 22, 2024 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=30 July 2015 |language=en}}

In 1974, construction began on a $6 million shopping mall to be named Tanasbourne Town Center, located on the east side of Northwest 185th adjacent to the Sunset Highway."Shopping center contribute to fast-growing phenomenon", Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976. This two-story, {{convert|152000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} mall was completed in 1975 by owners Standard Insurance. The original tenants included a library, a day care, professional offices and a three-screen movie theater named Town Center Cinemas."Grand opening Wednesday of the new Town Center Cinemas at Tanasbourne" (advertisement). The Oregonian, June 17, 1975, p. B5.

A TriMet park-and-ride lot was constructed adjacent to the mall."Tanasbourne lot constructed". The Sunday Oregonian, June 22, 1975, p. F12. Tanasbourne Town Center also had an official alternative name of Tanasbourne Mall, which was commonly used by the public.

In 1988, plans called for developing a shopping area around the mall that would have more than {{convert|1000000|ft2}}, including the mall.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3706,5590467&dq=tanasbourne&hl=en|title=Portland may get big shopping mall|agency=Associated Press|date=January 27, 1988|work=Register-Guard|accessdate=11 March 2010|location=Eugene, Oregon}} The mall would also be renovated as part of the plan that included Standard selling part of their development, including the mall, to Pacific Rim Development Corporation.

In 1990, a new outdoor shopping center was opened across 185th Avenue from the indoor mall.Mayes, Steve. "Neighbor drains tenants from mall", The Oregonian, October 9, 1991. Many of the mall's tenants, such as anchors Safeway and PayLess Drug (now Rite Aid), moved to the newer shopping center, creating vacancies in the enclosed mall. The old building was torn down in 1993"Mauling the mall" (photograph with caption). The Oregonian, July 27, 1993. and replaced with an outdoor shopping center that includes Target.Mayes, Steve. Mall make-over. The Oregonian, July 23, 1995.{{cite news|title=Washington Square still strong, profitable 20 years after debut|last=Manning|first=Jeff|date=August 11, 1994|work=The Oregonian|pages=R7}} One of that shopping center's original anchors was a {{convert|75,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} Mervyn's,{{cite news|last=Manning|first=Jeff|title=Tanasbourne boomtown|work=The Oregonian|date=July 15, 1994|at=West Metro edition, p. C2}} but it closed in 2006, with the space then divided for use by two smaller stores.

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Tanasbourne sits at {{convert|236|ft}} above sea level.{{cite gnis|id =1851742| name=Tanasbounre|accessdate=February 26, 2010|entrydate=September 14, 1999}} Most of the community is within the city of Hillsboro, which maintains a police station[http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Police/emergency.aspx City of Hillsboro: Police Department Contact Numbers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225522/http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Police/emergency.aspx |date=2007-09-27 }} in the vicinity.[https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/bitstream/1794/1360/1/Hillsboro_Compplan_part2.pdf City of Hillsboro: Planning Department]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} Hillsboro also has several parks in the area including Evergreen Park, Orchard Park, and Magnolia Park.Diehl, Angella Foret. [http://www.oregonlive.com/kiddo/index.ssf/2008/09/new_urban_park_offers_fun_for.html “Hillsboro's new Magnolia Park has something for everyone”], The Oregonian, September 25, 2008. The area is split between the Hillsboro School District and the Beaverton School District.{{cite web|url=http://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/pdf/dist/dist_AllHigh_2009.pdf|title=2009-2010 High School Attendance Boundaries|publisher=Beaverton School District|accessdate=4 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718121040/http://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/pdf/dist/dist_AllHigh_2009.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-18|url-status=dead}}

The area is a regional shopping hub that includes the Tanasbourne Town Center, Tanasbourne Village, and The Streets of Tanasbourne.Goldfield, Robert. [http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/01/25/story1.html Hillsboro targeted for specialty mall.] Portland Business Journal, January 22, 1999.[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4184/is_20040916/ai_n10047235 Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR), Sep 16, 2004] Besides shopping centers, Tanasbourne is home to large apartment complexes, industrial/commercial parks, numerous hotels, and many medical facilities. Kaiser Permanente opened a new hospital, Kaiser Westside Medical Center, in the community in August 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2013/07/kaiser_permanentes_west_side_m.html|title=Kaiser Permanente's Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro stocked, staffed and ready for opening|last=Theen|first=Andrew|date=July 31, 2013|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=2015-10-13}} Located in Oregon's Silicon Forest, the area is home to Epson's Portland operation, a large Tokyo Electron office, the headquarters for Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, a complex housing offices for Standard Insurance Company, and OHSU's West Campus.[http://www.ohsu.edu/ohsuedu/newspub/releases/010807sale.cfm OHSU] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120805132538/http://www.ohsu.edu/ohsuedu/newspub/releases/010807sale.cfm |date=2012-08-05 }}{{cite web |title=Tokyo Electron America, Inc. {{!}} About TEL |url=https://www.tel.com/about/locations/tea.html |publisher=Tokyo Electron Ltd. |access-date=December 22, 2024 |language=en}}

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