What a difference a couple of years makes. When I first moved to Tualatin 20 years ago, the running joke when I was telling people how to get to our home was to "exit at Jiggles." The long-time strip club was at the I-5 exit and the rest of stores in the area were nothing special, anchored by a rundown K-Mart.
As part of the new Nyberg Rivers shopping center, almost the entire area was rebuilt and the K-Mart was one of the first to go, paving the way for new anchor stores, Cabelas, Home Goods, and New Seasons. In this case a rising tide lifts all boats, so most of the other stores in this re-branded shopping center have also improved during the past two years.
In the last few months, more restaurants (Veri Bowl Chinese Innovation Kitchen and Sharky's Woodfired Mexican Grill) and nicer shopping options (Mud Bay pet store) continue to open and expand the offerings.
In the first few months, the crowds and parking were atrocious, but it seems to have evened out during the last year. Pretty good blend of casual dining and shopping options, but still a strip mall of sorts and not a full blown mall like Bridgeport Shopping Center (exit at the Stars Cabaret). read more