Back around the late 1990s / early 2000s ODOT came out and did the environmental impact studies and design for a full interchange there at 35/240. They started with buying right of way in bits and pieces including houses and the apartment complex on the NW side. On the NE side, ODOT started negotiating with the then owners of the NE side of the interchange (the owners of the mall properties) when, during negotiations, the mall property sold parcels along the interchange (or did something I'm not sure those details) which ultimately ended up resulting in a Best Buy being built and a couple other buildings. Negotiations stopped at that point and ODOT abandoned their full redesign due to not being able to purchase the desired right-of-way on the NE corner there, thus the environmental and design started all over again from scratch at that point.
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