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| coordinates_footnotes = | established_title = | established_date = | area_footnotes = | dunam_link = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto| population_density_sq_mi=| population_demonym = | timezone1 = Pacific| utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | timezone2 = | utc_offset2 = | timezone2_DST = | utc_offset2_DST = | postal_code_type = Postal code| postal_code = 9712497006| area_code_type = | area_code = | geocode = | iso_code = | blank_name = Part of:Hillsboro, Oregon>HillsboroBeaverton| website = | footnotes = }}Tanasbourne, Oregon, is a neighborhood in Washington County, Oregon, where NW 185th Avenue and the Sunset Highway (part of U.S. Highway 26) intersect. It is located within the greater Portland metropolitan area. The area includes portions of Beaverton and Hillsboro, and is generally considered to be south of U.S. 26, north of Walker Road, west of 158th, and east of Cornelius Pass Road. Adjacent to Aloha and part of the West Metro region, Tanasbourne has many shopping areas and is the former home of the defunct Tanasbourne Mall.

History

In the 1970s, Standard Insurance Company developed a large tract of land along the Sunset Highway near 185th Avenue.OGN, 7th, 936, The name of the development is a hybrid of tenas from the Chinook Jargon and the Middle English term (wikt:bourn|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.Hillsboro Libraries {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305171808www.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.JOURNAL, Sullivan, Edward J., 2005, Cudgels and Collaboration: Commercial Development Regulation and Support in the Portland, Oregon - Vancouver, Washington Metropolitan Region, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, 6,www.vjel.org/journal/VJEL10026.html, dead,www.vjel.org/journal/VJEL10026.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20071008174124www.vjel.org/journal/VJEL10026.html,">web.archive.org/web/20071008174124www.vjel.org/journal/VJEL10026.html, 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.NEWS,news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3706,5590467&dq=tanasbourne&hl=en, Portland may get big shopping mall, The Associated Press, January 27, 1988, Eugene Register-Guard, 6C, 4 March 2010, The mall was never expanded.(File:HillsboroTanasbourne.JPG|thumb|The Streets of Tanasbourne shopping complex)Hillsboro started working to designate the area as a town center within Metro’s planning framework in 1996.NEWS,www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1996/08/12/newscolumn3.html, Town center planned for Tanasbourne area, Williams, Alexander, August 9, 1996, Portland Business Journal, 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. Hillsboro is in the process of planning a major redevelopment of the area.NEWS,blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2009/09/amberglen_plans_open_space_reg.html, AmberGlen plan’s open space regains focus, Gordanier, Susan, September 23, 2009, The Hillsboro Argus, 4 March 2010,

Tanasbourne Mall

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.NEWS,news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3706,5590467&dq=tanasbourne&hl=en, Portland may get big shopping mall, Associated Press, January 27, 1988, Register-Guard, 11 March 2010, 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.NEWS, Washington Square still strong, profitable 20 years after debut, Manning, Jeff, August 11, 1994, The Oregonian, R7, One of that shopping center’s original anchors was a {{convert|75,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} Mervyn’s,NEWS, Manning, Jeff, Tanasbourne boomtown, The Oregonian, July 15, 1994, West Metro edition, p. C2, but it closed in 2006, with the space then divided for use by two smaller stores.

Features

(File:Magnolia Park shelter.JPG|thumb|Magnolia Park)Tanasbourne sits at {{convert|236|ft}} above sea level.GNIS, 1851742, Tanasbounre, February 26, 2010, September 14, 1999, Most of the community is within the city of Hillsboro, which maintains a police stationCity of Hillsboro: Police Department Contact Numbers {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225522www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Police/emergency.aspx |date=2007-09-27 }} in the vicinity.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. “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.WEB,www.beaverton.k12.or.us/pdf/dist/dist_AllHigh_2009.pdf, 2009-2010 High School Attendance Boundaries, Beaverton School District, 4 March 2010,www.beaverton.k12.or.us/pdf/dist/dist_AllHigh_2009.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20110718121040www.beaverton.k12.or.us/pdf/dist/dist_AllHigh_2009.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20110718121040www.beaverton.k12.or.us/pdf/dist/dist_AllHigh_2009.pdf, 2011-07-18, dead, The area is a regional shopping hub that includes the Tanasbourne Town Center, Tanasbourne Village, and The Streets of Tanasbourne.Goldfield, Robert. Hillsboro targeted for specialty mall. Portland Business Journal, January 22, 1999.Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR), Sep 16, 2004 Besides shopping centers, Tanasbourne is home to large apartment complexes, industrial/commercial parks, and many medical facilities. Kaiser Permanente opened a new hospital, Kaiser Westside Medical Center, in the community in August 2013.NEWS,www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2013/07/kaiser_permanentes_west_side_m.html, Kaiser Permanente’s Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro stocked, staffed and ready for opening, Theen, Andrew, July 31, 2013, The Oregonian, 2015-10-13, Located in Oregon’s Silicon Forest, the area is home to Epson’s Portland operation, a Netflix call center, a loan processing center for Bank of America, and OHSU’s West Campus.OHSU {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120805132538www.ohsu.edu/ohsuedu/newspub/releases/010807sale.cfm |date=2012-08-05 }}WEB, Gunderson, Laura, June 13, 2006, Netflix to move call center to Tanasbourne,www.oregonlive.com/business/updates/index.ssf?/mtlogs/olive_businessupdates/archives/2006_06.html#150929, dead,web.archive.org/web/20070930041313/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/updates/index.ssf?%2Fmtlogs%2Folive_businessupdates%2Farchives%2F2006_06.html#150929, September 30, 2007, June 16, 2020, The Oregonian,

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