Gateway Mall - Springfield, OR - a mall with a heart

The Gateway Mall located at 3000 Gateway Street in Springfield, Oregon is open from 10am until 9pm Monday through Saturday and from 12pm until 6pm on Sunday. The mall first opened during 1990 next to I-5 that separates Springfield and Eugene, Oregon. The plans for the mall with five anchors began during 1988, when it opened the anchor stores were Troutman's Emporium, Sears and Target. A Cinemark theater with seventeen screens opened in the Gateway Mall during 1999. In 2002 a store was added by Ross Dress for Less, then from 2006 until 2007 a two story department store was built by Kohl's.

The mall offers numerous options for family dining, entertainment and shopping to ensure an experience everyone can enjoy. There are twenty-nine movie screen theater and, Chuck E. Cheese is just one of the fourteen eateries located in the Gateway Mall. Other amenities include an indoor play area and family or nursing lounge to make it easier for families patronizing the mall. Those finding them short of cash or in need of a place to answer email while shopping can be assisted as well.

An ATM, community room, jump starts for automobiles, wireless Internet access and lockers are among other amenities offered at the Gateway Mall. Patrons of the Gateway Mall that have lost items should check the malls lost and found; there are also transportation and wheelchair services available. Gift cards are available to the mall as well. Those concerned with their safety can acquire an escort from the Gateway Mall as well.

The Gateway Mall is dedicated to improving the housing available to residents in the Springfield Eugene community and has partnered with the local Habitat for Humanity as a part of this goal. The owner and management company General Growth Properties invites the patrons of the mall to volunteer in the efforts to improve housing, help raise awareness and participate in fund raisers for the cause. Donations can be made in the food court to aid Habitat for Humanity.

Gateway Mall and its management have also partnered with Save the Pets by having Bark Avenue and Meow Place. This is an adoption facility for pets to help prevent animals from being euthanized unnecessarily. The Lane Heart Gallery is another program the mall is affiliated with. This program helps to find homes for children that foster care. A display for this program can be found close to the Children's Play Area inside Cinemark 17.

There are a total of four sit down restaurants and a three-hundred-and-fifty seat food court with eight units in it. There is a club at the Gateway Mall that allows patrons to enter for a chance at a shopping spree worth $5,000 and to receive offers from the store in their emails. Members also receive information about events and sales at the mall. With the numerous options for dining, shopping and relaxing in addition to the special programs that Gateway Mall participates in it is the perfect place to spend the day when visiting Springfield, Oregon.