The largest tenant of the old Nordstrom building at Clackamas Town Center finally has a date. Sky Zone Happy Valley opens its indoor trampoline park on October 17, 2026, according to the park's own site, turning a long-running construction story into an actual place families can visit tomorrow. Here is what opens, what still comes behind it, and why it matters for anyone weighing a move near the valley.
What opens October 17
Sky Zone's Happy Valley location takes up roughly 54,000 square feet on the lower level of the former Nordstrom, the building at 11900 SE 82nd Avenue that has sat mostly dark since the department store closed in 2020. The park's published opening date is October 17, following a soft-launch event earlier this month. In practical terms, the valley's biggest family-entertainment addition in years stops being a rendering and becomes a place to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon.
The old Nordstrom, divided four ways
Sky Zone is the headline, but the old Nordstrom was never a single-tenant project. The building is being carved into four pieces, and the other three are all in various stages of moving. Kids Empire, the indoor children's playground chain, is planned for the upper level. Movement Climbing, Yoga & Fitness is lined up for a bouldering gym, with 2027 as the announced year. And a new Oregon DMV field office, replacing the Mall 205 office that closed in January 2025, is hoped to be operating by summer 2027. Our earlier explainer on the Nordstrom remake walks through the full layout of all four tenants.
The rest of the mall keeps moving
The Nordstrom project is the biggest single piece of the mall's reinvention, but it is not the only one. Buffalo Wild Wings opened on September 4 in a slice of the old Sears building, giving the complex its first full-service sports bar in the redeveloped anchor. Between the wings, the trampoline park, the climbing gym, and the DMV on the way, the campus that spent years shedding big anchors is now filling them back up with destinations. Our fall opening-wave post has the full rundown of what has already arrived this season.
What it means for the valley
For buyers and sellers, the opening is one more line in the quality-of-life argument for this side of the metro. A trampoline park, a children's playground, a climbing gym, and a DMV office within minutes of home changes the weekend and weekday calculus for families, and it keeps more of the errands and the entertainment inside the 97086 ZIP. The mall's reinvention is no longer a plan on paper: the biggest tenant opens tomorrow, and the rest of the old Nordstrom has a public timeline.
Before you go
Opening weeks at a new attraction are the busiest, so expect crowds and check the park's site for session times and waivers before you drive over. For anyone exploring the area around the mall, the community calendar tracks the rest of what is happening in the valley this fall, from the farmers market's final Saturdays to the holiday tree lighting in December.