Retrofit Atlas

Buy an empty mall

The sixty closed or demolished US malls in this database whose public record fills the most of a purchase file, each with a deal kit: a site-visit request, the owner of record, what could be built, a business-plan skeleton from sourced numbers, who financed and who designed comparable retrofits, and an offer letter you can draft in a minute. One form starts a purchase file; a person answers within five working days.

Research only. The ranking is a transparent points score over what is on file, not a view on value or merit. Retrofit Atlas is not a brokerage: it takes no fee on any sale, gives no price advice and represents neither side. Owners are contacted once, at a published business address, after a person has read your request.

Seven steps, one kit per site

  1. Site visit (example: Boulevard Mall)
  2. Owner
  3. Massing
  4. Business plan
  5. Financing
  6. Architects and developers
  7. Offer

How the score works

basethe multifamily screen points (closed status, acres, county growth and rents, housing in the plans, distress, public owner)
+15owner of record from a county parcel (a business name; natural persons are never listed)
+10parcel identifiers and an assessed value on file
+10a loan, special-servicing, foreclosure or auction row
+10listed for sale or auctioned
+5 / +5acres and coordinates / a location sheet (tract demographics, market, risk)

Top 60

Readiness points come from the multifamily screen plus what is on file (points, higher is readier); owner of record on file for 48 of 60, debt on 9, listed on 2, massing study on 0 of 60.

RankPointsSiteOwnerParcelDebtListedMassingSheet
1110Boulevard Mall
Erie County, NY · 63.0 ac · Closed
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2105Four Seasons Mall
Plymouth, MN · 22.0 ac · Demolished
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3100Myrtle Square Mall
Myrtle Beach, SC · 48.0 ac · Demolished
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495Eastland Mall
Tulsa, OK · Demolished
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595Northridge Mall
Milwaukee, WI · 58.0 ac · Demolished
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690CityPlace Burlington
Burlington, VT · Closed
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790Hickory Hollow Mall
Nashville, TN · 27.0 ac · Closed
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885Cache Valley Mall
Logan, UT · Demolished
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985Carousel Mall
San Bernardino, CA · 43.0 ac · Demolished
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1085Century III Mall
West Mifflin, PA · 410 ac · Demolished
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1185Lakeside Mall
Sterling Heights, MI · Closed
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1285McFarland Mall
Tuscaloosa, AL · Demolished
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1385Northgate Mall
Durham, NC · Closed
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1485Ogden City Mall
Ogden, UT · 20.0 ac · Demolished
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1585Sunrise Mall
Corpus Christi, TX · Demolished
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1685The Gateway
Salt Lake City, UT · 20.9 ac · Closed
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1785Tri-County Mall
Springdale, OH · 75.0 ac · Closed
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1880Chesterfield Mall
Chesterfield, MO · Demolished
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1980Fairgrounds Square Mall
Muhlenberg, PA · Closed
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2080Jacksonville Landing
Downtown Jacksonville, FL · 9.0 ac · Demolished
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2180Macroplaza Mall
Pasadena, TX · Closed
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2280Mall at Fox Run
Newington, NH · 82.0 ac · Demolished
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2380Mohawk Mall
Niskayuna, NY · 50.0 ac · Demolished
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2480Northwest Mall
Houston, TX · Demolished
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2580Stratford Square Mall
Bloomingdale, IL · Demolished
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2680Sunshine Mall
Clearwater, FL · Demolished
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2775Albany Mall
Albany, GA · 47.4 ac · Closed
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2875DeSoto Square Mall
South Bradenton, FL · 100 ac · Demolished
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2975North Hills Mall
North Richland Hills, TX · Demolished
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3075Rolling Acres Mall
Akron, OH · 260 ac · Demolished
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3175South Square Mall
Durham, NC · Demolished
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3275Tri-City Mall
Mesa, AZ · Demolished
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3370Brevard Mall
Melbourne, FL · Demolished
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3470Crossroads Mall
Oklahoma City, OK · Closed
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3570Crystal River Mall
Crystal River, FL · Demolished
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3670Euclid Square Mall
Euclid, OH · Demolished
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3770Greeley Mall
Greeley, CO · Closed
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3870Jamestown Mall
Florissant, MO · Demolished
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3970Lakeforest Mall
Gaithersburg, MD · 100 ac · Demolished
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4070Lakehurst Mall
Waukegan, IL · 200 ac · Demolished
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4170Madison Square Mall
Huntsville, AL · Closed
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4270Manassas Mall
Manassas, VA · Closed
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4370Metrocenter Mall
Jackson, MS · Closed
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4470Midway Mall
Sherman, TX · Closed
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4570Rivergate Mall
Goodlettsville, TN · Demolished
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4665Berkshire Mall
Wyomissing, PA · 59.0 ac · Closed
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4765Big Town Mall
Mesquite, TX · Demolished
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4865Crossroads Mall
Largo, FL · Demolished
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4965Livingston Mall
Livingston, NJ · Closed
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5065Northline Mall
Houston, TX · Closed
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5165Salem Mall
Trotwood, OH · Demolished
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5265Southland Shopping Center
Tulsa, OK · 22.0 ac · Closed
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5365Tulsa Promenade
Tulsa, OK · 22.0 ac · Closed
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5460Heritage Park Mall
Midwest City, OK · 39.0 ac · Closed
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5560Northgate Mall
Northgate, OH · Demolished
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5660Summit Place Mall
Waterford Township, MI · 74.0 ac · Demolished
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5760Tower Mall
Portsmouth, VA · 53.0 ac · Demolished
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5855Crossroads Mall
Waterloo, IA · Closed
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5955Forest Fair Mall
Hamilton County, OH · Demolished
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6055Northlake Mall
Tucker, GA · 80.0 ac · Closed
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● on file · ○ not on file. Massing exists for the DeKalb County, Georgia prototype only; it is the next layer to extend. The full pool is every closed or demolished US mall (281); scores are in buy.csv.

Every closed or demolished US mall on file: 281 kits

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Who has done this before

Developers
  1. Liberty Property Trust3built retrofits
  2. Hull Property Group2built retrofits
  3. BMW2built retrofits
  4. The Alexander Company2built retrofits
  5. Tom Cousins2built retrofits
  6. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum2built retrofits
  7. Price Development Group2built retrofits
  8. City of Detroit2built retrofits
  9. Merlone Geier Partners2built retrofits
  10. redevelopment agency1built retrofits
Architects
  1. Architects are named on few records yet; the correction form takes additions.
Lenders named in deal rows
  1. COMM 2012-LTRT trust3deal rows
  2. JPMDB 2016-C4 trust2deal rows
  3. U.S. Bank2deal rows
  4. BB-UBS Trust 2012-TFT2deal rows
  5. Banco de San Juan and First Federal Savings1deal rows
  6. Assured Lender Services, Inc.1deal rows
  7. Uniland Development1deal rows
  8. U.S. Bank / Wells Fargo (special servicer Rialto Capital)1deal rows
  9. Merchants Capital1deal rows
  10. Bank of America1deal rows

Counts are of rows in this database, not market share. CMBS trusts are the lender of record in securitised loans; the servicer, not the trust, takes the call.

See also sell or reposition a mall · the location sheet · deals and debt · claim a site.