This center hosts quite a variety of stores. The best thing about this place for me is it got three TJMaxx corporate stores, always a great treasure hunt. And, a Panera for a quick quality bite. Plus a Petco to look at some cute pets. They also have a Target, but I frankly don't know what Target is doing these days, I am not part of the loyal fans group for it ever but some ppl seem to really like it. Ross is great for finding relatively cheap canvases and decors. Best Buy is decent. Michael's is fun if you are into DIY. I wish there was a Nordstrom Rack or at least one higher end store there. read more

Janzen Beach is not a beach but a shopping center with big box stores - Target, Home Depot, Best Buy and Staples, West Marine - plus a mix of discount stores (Home Goods, Ross, TJ Maxx, Burlington Coat Factory) located right off I-5 on the OR and WA border. You will see a lot of WA license plates because tax free shopping is a big plus for those living there. Rounding out the shopping options are Michaels Crafts, Old Navy, Lane Bryant, Ulta Beauty, and several places to eat. Panera Bread has a big following, but I'm more of a Jimmy John's fan. There is a McDonalds for those Mickey D lovers and even a Stanford's. HomeGoods is definitely what brings me to this shopping area. Put in a HomeGoods or a Marshall's and I'm there! Always lots of fantastic and affordable priced home decor, bed and bath items, art, pantry staples, and fun seasonal items in every department. It's worth a visit just to see what you can discover. Rarely do I leave HomeGoods without a purchase. This isn't an outdoor mall where you walk the entire area. It's more like a ginormous parking area with clusters of stores throughout so you do have to drive and park then drive if you are hitting up a lot of stores. They no longer have the outdoor carousel and while many who grew up in this area and have memories of a vastly different Janzen Beach are disappointed in the change, for me this shopping area is convenient and serves a purpose. read more

To call it a strip mall would be a stretch because the location is ginormous however this place has all your day to day shopping needs taken care of . Don't go looking for high end clothing etc because you wont find it here but it has stores like Ulta , Home Depot, Target, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Ross Stores, Burlington, Petco, Best Buy, DSW and Michaels etc with a few restaurants thrown in . Lots and lots of parking , infact it's a parking lot that also happens to have stores around it . Most of the shops do curbside pickup here and a few of them are also Amazon Lockers . The only reason this shopping center exists is to provide WA residents with tax-free shopping and I think it serves its purpose very well in that case . read more

For a place that was once nearly as depressing as Mall 205 (http://www.yelp.com/biz/mall-205-portland), it is certainly nice to see Jantzen Beach back up on its feet again. The revival isn't entirely complete, but time has birthed new stores and more activity in a mall that so desperately needed it. Jantzen Beach screams more Shopping Center than Mall, mostly because the businesses that get any human traffic tend to be standalone stores only accessible from the outside. The interior of the mall is not nearly as ghost like as it once was, but a far cry from its lowest point. It is still slow during non-holiday shopping seasons and no one beyond the venue's employees are ever here to really hang out. The reopening was over a year and a half ago and the stores are slowly starting to show their way. There is a Target, Sephora, Lane Bryant, Burlington Coat Factory and Petco for the department stores and a couple of eateries in Panera Bread and Jimmy John's. The food court is still AWOL and the vintage carousel is no where to be seen. You will never find easier parking at a mall. Trust me on this one. read more

This has to be the worst managed store I've ever been in nothing in order of sizes dirty dirty store very rude sales people they act like your bothering them if you ask a question where something is located. I used to love shopping here but never again. read more

It may not be pretty, but this center is convenient, and I use it more than I first anticipated. It still looks a bit like a ghost town with its vast, empty parking lot, but the shops are actually places I now frequent: Target, Ulta, West Marine, Home Depot, Panera Bread and Jimmy John's Sandwiches. I can't remember what it looked like when it was a mall with a carousel, but I only came here a handful of times before it closed and reopened. Could it be more charming? Absolutely, but I'm glad for the easy access without having to travel or navigate traffic. I upgraded to 4 stars--always clean, lots of parking, and very safe. I'm growing fond of this place. read more

Right on the Columbia River and before the Interstate Bridge off the 5 Freeway This poor Outdoor Mall gets a really bad rap! Originally opened in 1972 they really are trying and I'm pretty confident things will continue to grow. Businesses that were already here or that have moved in really seem to be taking a gamble as right now things are kind of slow and empty over there, but I'm convinced that with the population boom that this place will eventually get the attention it deserves and all those stuck in that traffic on the 5 may just decide to take a well deserved respite by visiting this great center for commerce. There are quite a few sit down restaurants here, but I'm not sure if there are any quick eateries... wait I take that back... there is a Jimmy John's Subs. The property is quite large and fairly empty, but like I said... I'm pretty confident that will change. Anchor Stores include: Ross Dress for Less, Burlington Coat Factory and Target. They also have Best Buy, TJ Maxx, Staples, Petco, Michael's, Old Navy, and Home Depot over here as well. The runners of their Facebook page seem to really push the Panera Bread over there. Those that have had Panera Bread seem to either really love it or just think it's "ok." I'd say my favorite eatery over there so far and I know I'm probably going to catch a lot of heat for this, but is BJ's simply because I enjoy it and it reminds me of California where I lived for over 20 years! read more

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"Your behavior is atrocious, but I didn't notice, because mine is, too." That should be the slogan of this 'plaza' filled with garbage. I came up here to get away from the actual City of Portland and Hipster Row on every main drag. Well, come here, and just a bunch of soccer moms, who are 'parenting' children. This means while you are trying to eat, shop, browse, etc. -A child will scream. His parents will laugh, and not remedy his behavior (unless with a piece of candy or lollipop). Your meal/coffee will be disrupted. -A child will run around with some piece of mass produced garbage from Target in its hand, and the parents will laugh and think it's so cute Johnny has a new, "toy ruler Made in China." -You will be dining alone, then PLOP, a huge family of four sits right next to you, behind you, etc. You will (willfully) be displaced (and relocate yourself) from YOUR seating, which you RIGHTFULLY had first by the calamity of "Children Win, Children are First" parents. You will watch a child climb and squirm in his seat while his dad conducts business on his I-Phone and feeds him orange juice drink to get him to, "sit still" in between business calls. This is what you will see. Happy Shopping, solo men and women. read more

Master planned shopping center as a mecca for cheap bastards crossing the border to save a few dollars by avoiding sales tax . Other than an historic carousel, there is absolutely nothing unique about this place. 2 walls barely showcase the history of Jantzen Beach and intrigue you only long enough to realize how sad this place has become. (I am a jaded Angelino and as Portland has so much too offer, letting go of Jantzen Beach really seems like a crime to me!) No children laughing, no swimsuits, no amusement park, no museum, almost no reason to stop. Just a beautiful historic carousel reminiscing about 40 years of lost innocence. Like an old man just waiting for something to happen, its lost here. But who cares . . . really. Ross, Target and Burlington Coat Factory are the anchor stores and the center has all the RV Parking a materialistic soul could desire. With any luck, one day, it might just become an outlet . . . we can only hope. Still, for a fifteen minute side trip, you can see one of the largest, fastest 4 row wooden carousels still around. 5 stars for the carousel. A sigh and a tear for everything else. read more

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I uploaded a photo of the mall sign with a snarky little caption, and ever since Yelp has been nagging me to write a review. Here it is. According to Wikipedia, this used to be a huge indoor mall. Then Americans gave up walking, and indoor malls began to be replaced by huge parking lots with a few islands of actual shopping. They sort of did this here, tearing down most of the original mall, but they left a small piece of the original mall, whose main purpose seems to be housing the carousel. Big mistake, since all those empty storefronts emphasize the overall failure of the mall. One expects Mitt Romney to appear and start denouncing the Obama Economy. If I owned this property, I'd give up on the whole mall thing. The only reason to even have a mall on Hayden island is to provide WA residents with tax-free shopping. But that role has been preempted by Cascade Station, which is more modern and easier to get to. read more

Jantzen Beach Center - They're just not open *here*... - Shopping Centers Near Me - Portland, Oregon

I remember when this used to be a mall, now the property is a collection of big boxes. They carry all kinds of stuff here, Its just huddled on I-5 on the river luring Washingtonians across the bridge to shop with no sales tax. It's not pretty, It feels like you need to drive from one store to the next. The restaurants seem to be on the outside edges of the complex, mostly by the freeway. It isn't a destination that draws me in. There isn't anything here that there isn't a nicer store closer to me, well at least no business I want to shop at. Rather a place I stop in when I am driving past. That said the lot is usually quite full. With mostly Washington plates. read more

Yo I'm with Julie B. on this one. This place is all kinds of depressing. We used to hit up the Target when we lived in NoPo and even there it felt like the unhappiest place on earth. I guess I don't really have much more to say about this blight other than if you're going to be in the area anyway, save yourself a trip to the therapist by finding a little goodness at Norma's Kitchen. read more

If you enjoy misery, or if you hate yourself and your life, or if you feel like you need a strong dosage of depression, then by-all-means, go to Jantzen Beach "Super"center. I worked at the Michael's there for about a year and I nearly committed suicide, not so much because of Michael's in particular, but because being in that shopping center is DEPRESS MODE 101. It's like watching a herd of Unicorns get slaughtered and turned into glue, which is then purchased by impoverished children who subsequently take the glue and sniff it to get high and escape their morbidly-painful existence. Seriously, the place needs to be leveled. HOWEVER, if you are out there, check out the nearby trailer park. I'm not kidding. It's surprisingly wonderful and has an amazing picnic area next to the Columbia river. I was on a lunch break one day and thought "what the hell, why don't I check out this trashy-ass trailer park?" and was super-amazed! Anyways, just a weird side note. Jantzen Beach Supercenter is HELL. read more

I remember coming to Jantzen Beach every year as a kid to buy new shoes for school. A lot has changed since then... I stopped by Target to pick up some eyeliner. A lady pushing a cart down the aisle was talking about her pelvic examination very loudly on her cell phone and to get past me she yelled, "COMING YOUR WAY MISS LADY!" At checkout the lady in front of me was buying a single Marie Callinder's Chicken Pot Pie, and the guy in front of her was buying a single tube of Pringles. I wanted to go to Ross to look for something, but the walk across this tiny mall seemed to last forever-- it is completely desolate and the music playing faintly over the intercom echoes off the walls. One single person was in there buying a lotto ticket from a store dedicated solely to selling them. Shopping has never made me sad before, but it kinda did today. P.S.- the employees at the Old Navy across the street are incredibly obnoxious and a little bit racist. Please don't ask me how I know that. read more

The only way to reach Jantzen Beach is to take I-5 exit #308, the last exit in northern Portland, Oregon. In other words, it's the first exit after you cross the Columbia River traveling southbound from Washington into Oregon (the land of no sales tax). If you're caravaning, I suggest meeting up at McDonalds or Denny's -- with signs visible from both sides of the freeway. There are numerous stores to the west side of the mall; such as Home Depot, Circuit City, office supply stores, etc. This area gets busy at Christmas time, with all the Washingtonians shopping in Oregon to avoid state sales tax. The best food in the Supercenter fast food court is Gyros Gyros -- www.yelp.com/biz/gryos-gyros-portland read more

I don't know where to start. This place is depressing. Most of the stores are gone. I used to come here to eat when I worked nearby but man... most of the food stores are gone and the chinese place and cajun place were being run by one person. The girl who made my latte was friendly in the face of the desolate lanscape. I came to go to the discount shoe store but it's gone. I bought some pants at target and peeked at Ross but I could have done that at home. So yeah I guess if you live nearby it's worth going to but man. I almost expected tumbleweed. read more

This place used to be an armpit. There were no good stores to waste time driving here for, no restaurants to consider dining in. Fortunately now there has been a huge influx in business and restaurant additions to bring more patrons, and thusly more businesses! I'm glad this shopping center has made this wonderful revival. I enjoy visiting, shopping, and dining! read more

Dawn of the Retail Dead 70% vacancy. No ATMS in the mall (not even one). Target has now closed off its former entrance to the mall -- to get from Target (where there is an ATM) to the mall interior, you have to go outside. Barnes & Noble in the parking lot has been leveled to make way for... parking lot. Even the big box stores that once kept the place busy have largely shut down. Aside from the carousel in the mall and the Home Depot out in the parking lot, no reason whatsoever to go west of the freeway here. If you're feeling optimistic and want to get over it go spend an hour strolling these haunted hallways. read more

Kinda run down over the years. The hobby shop is gone. Dont see any interest in ever going back. The carousel was cool. I think I may be to old for it but it was nice. -B read more

Well its no longer a mall.. its more of a huge parking lot for black Friday when all the people from Washington state come over her to save a double buck. The driving on that day for anyone who lives around here is terrible. There are alot of big retailers on this island but its no longer a mall. No more carousel, not alot of small businesses. Hopefully something is done to revitalize the mall and hopefully before the Columbia Crossings Bridge too! read more

Okay, so the Carousel was fast and the kids loved it. But sadly, this place is otherwise desolate. Imagine empty shopping bags like tumbleweeds dancing past vacant store fronts. I feel I should have to say more, but less is like the mall itself. read more

Decent shopping center. They are really trying. With some of the new businesses coming in: Ulta and Carter's, they might eventually get to be a really cool place. Right now? Excellent place right before Vancouver to go when you want to avoid paying sales tax. read more

Since this is so close to Washington, there are a lot of Washington license plates over here in no-sales tax zone, and Jantzen Beach's Supercenter is one of the main places. The place is never really all that packed (except the Target sometimes), and it's probably not really worth a trip on its own unless you are looking in particular for a magic store (they have a good one) or an Orange Julius (they have one of those, too, that even sells decent Chicago dogs) or cheap clothes from Burlington Coat Factory or Ross. Right in the same area are Best Buy, Circuit City and Comp USA, too. And tons of other stores (all listed on their website). Kiddies will love the carousel in the food court, and even as an adult it's kind of fun to look at while you have a snack. read more

Jantzen Beach Center has one of the most amazing gems in Oregon. The Historic 1921 CW Parker Carousel, is simply majestic.

You have heard the saying. ."you've come a long way!" Well my friends this is true of Jantz en beach mall. They have done a great job with building this area out. Now when I need to study, I hit up panera bread or all my bany essentials at babies r us and target. And if you are a makeup lovet, they have a Sepora now! It's worth the drive to get hear folks. Trust me read more

I'm only here because I work nearby and had time to kill. Mostly empty, this mall is a testament to failed business practices. The carousel is awesome, food court is boring, and most of the store fronts are empty. What a sad, pathetic place! read more

This is the saddest mall I have ever seen. Not many shops in there and the ones that are in the mall aren't worth seeing. The carousel is nice for kids. I ended up here by chance because I needed to get something at Best Buy. I hope I never end up here ever again! read more

Handy having many of my favorite stores near to each other. A pain having to cross the bridge to get there. And PLEASE bring back the carousel and some of the amusements! read more

I was looking for a computer and after going to the Staples in the Jantzen beach center I couldn't believe how totally inconsiderate the employee's there were.. They did not care that I existed, So I ventured over to Best buy next door and low and behold just when you didn't think it could get any worse IT DID!!! So I left to venture back over the 3 trillion dollar bridge back into washington, but wait in the corner of the parking lot hidden behind tree's and a fresh pile of newly laid bark dust was a small little cottage like building named OFFICE DEPOT.. THEY WERE AWESOME!!!! I bought a latop, protection plan for it, services on the laptop and a pack of beef jerky from this glorious store. Good thing too because it took me 2 hours to get across the bridge from the on Ramp to Washington, Thank God for the Jerky. Thank you Office Depot you have earned my Business!!! read more

Jantzen Beach was like a Coney Island on the Columbia, with a fabulous roller coaster and lots of other rides. The Jantzen Beach Ballroom housed the big bands of the era - during WW II and into the late 50's. Saw many of 'em. Moved away from Portland in the 60's, missed the mall development, so I have lots of good memories. Nothing like doing the swing to Les Brown, Count Basie, others B read more

Unfortunately, much of their merchandise is very cheaply made and they won't allow returns because they apparently are aware it is worth nothing. I received several gifts for Christmas from their seasonal collection and didn't have a receipt. The items were not anything I needed. So I drove out to their store intending to look around and shop a bit after getting store credit. Despite the products having all their original packaging and being in perfect condition they refused to issue store credit for the last price the items were sold for. They actually admitted the products were such junk that they had no retail value. Their return policy states 'most items returned for store credit without a receipt'. The 'most' word allows them to arbitrarily deny return for store credit on whatever they choose. Actually, I want to say a big 'THANK YOU' to target. Thank you for not letting me get store credit for returned items because you admitted that you sell complete JUNK I realized I should never shop their again. read more