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After Jan. 10, there will be three remaining full-line Nordstrom stores and four Nordstrom Rack stores in the Portland area.

(The Associated Press)

Correction appended.

More than 300 employees will be impacted as Nordstrom closes its Lloyd Center location and its Westfield Vancouver store Jan. 10.



The Seattle-based department store chain announced in February it was closing the two stores because while they were profitable, the stores were underperforming relative to other Nordstrom locations.



The chain filed a layoff notice with Washington state's Employment Security Department on Oct. 31.



According to Nordstrom spokeswoman Tara Darrow, the store closures will affect 142 employees at the Vancouver store and 172 workers at the Lloyd Center.



Darrow said Nordstrom is trying to help workers find jobs within the company, and will offer severance packages to those who leave the company. After Jan. 10, there will be three remaining Nordstrom stores and four Nordstrom Rack stores in the Portland area, and some workers will likely find jobs at those locations, Darrow said.

(The remaining full-line Nordstrom stores in the Portland area will be in Washington Square mall, Clackamas Town Center and in downtown Portland.)



"Our hope is that everyone who wants a job, we're able to find one for them," she said.



However, the remaining Nordstrom stores in the Portland area are strong, Darrow said. The remodel of the downtown Nordstrom store will be complete on Tuesday, with updates to its second and third floors, as well as 15 of its departments.



"Some of our best stores are down in Portland," she said, speaking from Seattle.

The Lloyd Center did not find a replacement anchor tenant, and is instead planning on transforming the 149,000-square-foot space for "alternative uses" as it undergoes a large-scale remodel slated for completion one year from now. (The renovation plans were unveiled after Dallas-based investment and management company Cypress Equities bought the Lloyd Center in 2013.)



A spokeswoman for the Lloyd Center said Monday that no more details about the plans for the space are available at this time, though Chris Maguire, Cypress' chief executive, said in a statement in February that their leasing team was "exploring other retail and service options that will not only complement the mall's existing merchant mix, but provide our shoppers with unique offerings not available at other Portland-area shopping centers."



Meanwhile, Chris Yates, marketing director for Westfield Vancouver, said the Washington mall is in active conversations with multiple tenants, and possible replacements will be announced soon.



-- Anna Marum

Correction: A previous version of this post contained the incorrect number of Nordstrom Rack stores in the area.

