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Kruse Village shops to open this
month
Created on Thursday, 02 April 2015 01:00 | Written by Cliff Newell |
New 'lifestyle center' is expected to attract thousands of office workers and residents
REVIEW PHOTO: VERN UYETAKE - Noodles & Company is one of many restaurants scheduled to open in Kruse Village. The new
shopping center is located on a 5-acre parcel bordered by Kruse Way, Carman Drive and Meadows Road.
Barry Cain is giving himself the perfect gift for his 30th anniversary as a real estate developer: His
65,000-square-foot Kruse Village shopping center will begin opening for business this month,
offering Lake Oswegans everything from an upscale tavern and 24-hour coffee shop to a tanning
salon and a fitness center.
“I’ve been in a lot of situations with opening building projects, but nothing like this,” says Cain,
who is the executive director of Gramor Development. “It’s right in the middle of so many houses
and office buildings.”
Gramor’s studies show that 41,000 residents live within a two-mile radius of Kruse Village and
37,000 employees work in the corporate parks that surround it. That makes the location bordered by
Kruse Way, Carman Drive and Meadows Road the perfect location for lunchtime options and
evening entertainment, Cain says.
REVIEW PHOTO: CLIFF NEWELL - Developer Barry Cain stands on the path that wraps around his new Kruse Village. Shops are expected
to begin a phased opening in mid-April.
“I could have filled the place entirely with restaurants,” Cain says, and there certainly will be plenty
of places to eat — pizza from MOD Pizza, hamburgers from WOW! Burger Express, Asian food from
Bambuza and Hero Sushi & Sake Bar, Italian cuisine from Noodles & Company, sandwiches from
Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches.
There’s also a 24-hour coffee shop, Ava Roasteria, and the upscale Tavern on Kruse, which is
owned by Lake Oswego resident Kent Lewis. (Lewis also owns Uptown Billiards Club in Northwest
Portland, which has been rated one of the nation’s top restaurants by OpenTable.com.)
But the shopping center also will boast a variety of “lifestyle” businesses, including Tan Republic,
Vida Nails, LunchBOX (A Waxing Salon), Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa, 18-8 Fine Men’s
Salon, a BurnCycle spin-class facility and an Asula Wellness Center.
There are insurance and real estate offices, too. And in a nod to one of Lake Oswego’s most popular
traditions, Parsons Farms will return to the spot it called home for years.
Originally, the idea of a fruit-and-vegetable market operating in the midst of a posh new shopping
center seemed like a sweet but totally impractical idea, Cain says.
“People were always coming up to me and saying, ‘Hey, keep Parsons Farms.’ I was a customer
here myself,” Cain says. “At first, it wasn’t going to be allowed. But then the City Council passed rules
that would allow such a thing, and I said, ‘Let’s give it a shot.’”
The produce stand will now have a more-permanent home in an open-air pavilion, surrounded by
six new buildings that form a “U” around it. The center’s eclectic design actually includes three
central plazas, a pedestrian pathway running behind the buildings and two wooden bridges
connecting the development to the sidewalk along Kruse Way. There’s enough parking for 250 cars.
Kruse Village will open in phases, beginning in mid-April; only a few of the center’s more than 30
spaces remain empty. The development is Gramor’s fourth in Lake Oswego, including the hugely
popular Lake View Village.
For more information, call 503-245-1976 or go to gramor.com.
Contact Cliff Newell at 503-636-1281 ext. 105 [email protected].