Malls · California

Barstow Mall

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedUnder constructionBarstow, CA

Opened 1975. Reinhabitation, under construction in 2010.

Status nowUnder constructionextracted, unreviewed

What it becameofficeextracted, unreviewed

Site size144,600 sq ft GLAextracted, unreviewed

Retrofit year2010extracted, unreviewed

Rail within 800 mNo · Opportunity ZoneOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Barstow Mall — Exterior view of a shopping center with large glass facade and entrance. · verified by a vision model. Photo: The original uploader was Caldorwards4 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Former anchors

Kmart

This site: Kmart wikipedia · all sites with this

Sears

This site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this

Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/196702220351392 overture · all sites with this

Retrofit in the pipeline

This site: …under construction extraction · all sites with this

Website dead or redirecting

This site: …http://www.760barstowauto.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 48,000 on 15 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This site: 2,289 units, San Bernardino County census-bps · all sites with this

County typical rent $2,000+

This site: $2,479/mo zillow · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 4 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High earthquake risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.92 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: 15 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $44,138 census-acs · all sites with this

Opportunity Zone

This site: 06071009500 hud-oz · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 53% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +160% fhfa · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: extraction · all sites with this

New use

Office

This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Under constructionextracted, unreviewed
Strategy	Reinhabitation, under constructionextracted, unreviewed
New uses	officeextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year	2010extracted, unreviewed

Securitised debt and public filers

As reported by the owner

Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.

Year end	Filer	Name in filing	GLA sq ft	Occupancy	Years	Share	Sales psf	Anchors listed
2016	Tanger Factory Outlet Centers 10-K, 2017-02-23	Barstow Barstow, CA match: name-city	105,793				$171

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	20: 1729 ARMONY RD.; 313 PALM AVE; BARSTOW COMMUNITY COLLEGE DBA CEWFDC; BARSTOW FUEL; BARSTOW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTEPA FRS
Census tract 06071009501	3,877 people, 4,818 per sq mi; median household income $44,138; median gross rent $1,067; 53% renters; 9.8% vacant units; 1.9% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 4 grocers, 2 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 12 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 39 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	yes, tract 06071009500 (rural)HUD
Housing permits, San Bernardino County (CA), 2024	2,289 units in 5+ unit buildings, 320 in 2–4, 3,617 single-family; 2023: 3,395 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.92; socioeconomic 0.82; housing and transport 0.86; 30% below 150% of poverty; 23% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	place Barstow Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 1,554 m², 4.413695812225342 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.760barstowauto.com (down or redirecting, status 0); archived 2016–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	21,831 since 2015; 2,235 in the last 12 months (+24% vs the prior 12); peak 2026-06 with 358Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 65.0); expected annual loss $1.5M; high: earthquake; community resilience very lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	5,362 establishments (+13%); 112,696 jobs (+41%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $548,565 (+1% 1 yr, +18% 5 yr); typical rent $2,479/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2024	298 (2000 = 100); +1.0% 1 yr, +76% 5 yr, +160% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	48,000 vehicles a day on 15 (Interstate, 6 lanes); 1,938 trucks; 18 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Barstow Mall opened in 1975 and was originally anchored by Kmart and Sears. Sears opened in 1976, but Kmart closed in 1992, Sears closed in 1993, and Big Lots left in 2003. Renovations for an office conversion began in 2010 and the site is currently under construction.

Why. The decline is visible in the record through the loss of anchor tenants—Kmart in 1992, Sears in 1993, and Big Lots in 2003. These vacancies prompted the shift to office use recorded as a reinhabit strategy.

Where it stands. The mall is under construction for office conversion, but the record does not specify the current owner or controlling entity.

For a planner

Reinhabit strategy with office conversion approved and underway since 2010.
Policy tools are not detailed in the record; any zoning or incentives used are unknown.
Open questions include the expected completion date, final office tenant mix, and any required infrastructure upgrades.

For a developer

Site size: 144,600 sq ft GLA.
Control/ownership not stated in the record.
Entitlement stage: under construction, implying permits are secured.
Context-layer constraints (flood, transit, environment) are not mentioned in the record.
Market signal: median rent $1,706 noted in opp_reasons.

What we do not know yet

Owner/controlling entity is not specified in the record.
Exact timeline for construction completion and final build‑out details are missing.
Environmental or flood‑zone constraints are not documented.
Transit access and surrounding land‑use context are absent from the record.
The record is marked as 'draft' verified, indicating some fields may be model‑extracted and unreviewed.

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Similar sites

200 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk, CT · Office parks · similar GLA (130,000 sq ft); opened 1977; same strategy: reinhabit
Arden Fair, Sacramento, CA · Malls · similar GLA (175,000 sq ft); same strategy: reinhabit; also in CA
Chapel Square Mall, New Haven, CT · Malls · similar GLA (165,000 sq ft); same strategy: reinhabit
Sandusky Mall, Sandusky, OH · Malls · opened 1977; same strategy: reinhabit

Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Barstow Mall, Barstow CA : r/deadmalls reddit.com
BARSTOW MALL OFFICE - Upda… yelp.com
Where Is The Barstow Mall? _ OUTLETS AT BARSTOW – ELACI manage.cranewandsworth.co.uk

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Multifamily screen

already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
median rent $1,706

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Opened	1975Wikidata
Gross leasable area	144,600 sq ftextracted, unreviewed
Original developer	Ernest Hahnextracted, unreviewed
Anchors	Sears, Kmart
County	San Bernardino County
Census division	9 · Pacific
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Abandoned shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Barstow Mall is a small shopping mall in Barstow, California. It was formerly anchored by Kmart and Sears.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

1975 Opened (Wikidata)
1976 Construction began
1976 Sears store opened
1976 Grand opening
1992 Kmart closed
1993 Sears closed
2003 Big Lots closed
2010 Renovations began for office conversion

Sources

Wikipedia: Barstow Mall · supports: gla sqft, original developer, status, strategy
11 quoted sentences
The mall, previously delayed due to financial issues, began construction in March 1976, and was planned to have 144,600 sq ft of space including both anchors and 40 interior tenants.
Ernest Hahn was the mall's developer.
In August 2010, renovations began on the mall at the Sears end for conversion to office space.
In August 2010, renovations began on the mall at the Sears end for conversion to office space.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Barstow Mall, Barstow, CA." Record m-dbf9b78307, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/barstow-barstow-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).