# Former Sears building and parking lots at Chapel Hills Mall

Colorado Springs, CO · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-5cfcc5c322` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/co/colorado-springs-former-sears-building-and-parking-lots-at-chapel-hill/  
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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | housing | none |
| What is there now | a 300-unit “suburban-style” apartment complex | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2019 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2021 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **enclosed**: “Chapel Hills Mall is an enclosed shopping mall” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **gla_sqft_before**: “1,103,227 square feet (102,493 m2) of gross leasable area” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **demolition_year**: “The former Sears building and parking lots were razed in 2021” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Anchors

Sears

## Timeline

- 2018: Sears announced closure
- 2019: Sears closed
- 2019: Closed
- 2021: Building and parking lots razed
- 2021: Retrofit: redevelop
- 2023: Apartment complex completed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Chapel Hills Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, with 1,103,227 square feet (102,493 m2) of gross leasable area. The anchor stores are AMC Theatres, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dillard's, H&M, American Freight, and Macy's. There is one anchor space that was redeveloped into housing where the store Burlington was located. It is currently made up of several apartment complexes. 


== History ==


=== 1980s ===
Initial development of the Chapel Hills Mall began in the mid-1970s, with the mall project receiving approval from the board of county commissioners in August 1974. General Growth Properties (GGP) spearheaded development.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel_Hills_Mall

## Sources

- Chapel Hills Mall — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel_Hills_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Former Sears building and parking lots at Chapel Hills Mall, Colorado Springs, CO." Record n-5cfcc5c322, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/co/colorado-springs-former-sears-building-and-parking-lots-at-chapel-hill/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_coloradospringsformersearsbuildingandpar,
  title = {Former Sears building and parking lots at Chapel Hills Mall, Colorado Springs, CO},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/co/colorado-springs-former-sears-building-and-parking-lots-at-chapel-hill/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-5cfcc5c322, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.