Retrofit Atlas

Malls · Colorado

Cinderella Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRegreenedRetrofit builtEnglewood, CO

Opened 1968. Closed 1997. Redeveloped · Regreened in 2020.

Status nowRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
What it becamehousing, retailextracted, unreviewed reported
Site size60 acresresearch reported
Retrofit year2020authors' map reported
Rail within 800 mYes · Opportunity ZoneOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Site profile24 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
Foley'sThis site: Foley's wikipedia · all sites with this
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Montgomery WardThis site: Montgomery Ward wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/233167623551013 overture · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 14 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 77,000 on U.S. 85 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 22 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 4 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: U.S. 85 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Opportunity ZoneThis site: 08005005700 hud-oz · all sites with this
Rail within 800 mThis site: Englewood openstreetmap · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 70% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract house prices doubled in 10 yearsThis site: +110% fhfa · all sites with this
Policy tool
RezoningThis site: City-sponsored CityCenter rezoning (district name not found) (city-sponsored rezoning (2021); TOD plan adopted 1998) research-planning · all sites with this
Tax increment financingThis site: …opted 1998) Englewood DDA formed by voters in Nov 2020 with TIF authority. Nov 2021 voters approved $70M of DDA debt author research-planning · all sites with this
Scale
1M+ sq ft GLAThis site: 1,400,000 sq ft research-planning · all sites with this
60+ acre siteThis site: 60 acres research-planning · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Redevelopment: transit-oriented mixed use Partial regreening: park arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
RegreenedThis site: Redevelopment: transit-oriented mixed use Partial regreening: park arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
New use
HousingThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
Mixed useThis site: Redevelopment: transit-oriented mixed use Partial regreening: park Approved by Englewood City Counc extraction · all sites with this
Park and open spaceThis site: …velopment: transit-oriented mixed use Partial regreening: park Approved by Englewood City Council. Englewood Downtown Plan extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

CO, Englewood: Cinderella Mall/Englewood City Center, 2004, 2020
• Redevelopment: transit-oriented mixed use
• Partial regreening: park

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
StrategyRedeveloped · Regreenedauthors' map reported
New useshousing, retailextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there nowRedevelopment: transit-oriented mixed use Partial regreening: parkauthors' map reported
Retrofit year2020authors' map reported
RedeveloperEnglewood Environmental Foundation, Miller Weingarten, Trammell Crowpublic sources reported

Planning

Zoning changeCity-sponsored CityCenter rezoning (district name not found) (city-sponsored rezoning (2021); TOD plan adopted 1998)research
documented
The city-sponsored rezoning of CityCenter received final approval from City Council in September 2021.

engaged.englewoodco.gov

Public purchase or subsidyEnglewood DDA formed by voters in Nov 2020 with TIF authority. Nov 2021 voters approved $70M of DDA debt authorization backed by tax increment.research reported
Entitlement year2021research reported
Planning notesApproved by Englewood City Council. Englewood Downtown Plan (adopted 2021); Comprehensive Plan (2017) https://www.engaged.englewoodco.gov/citycenter-redevelopment/news_feed/site-history-and-redevelopment-guidanceresearch reported

Site context

Transit within 800 mEnglewood (rail); 8 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 kmjunctionOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m26: 1050 W HAMPDEN AVE; 20839 E HAMPDEN AVE RESURFACING AND CURB RAMPS; ALLEN FILTER PLANT; AUTOTECH AUTO BODY; BRIDENT DENTALEPA FRS
Census tract 080050057022,421 people, 5,387 per sq mi; median household income $89,925; median gross rent $1,741; 70% renters; 7.9% vacant units; 6.3% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 4 grocers, 2 schools, 11 parks or playgrounds, 4 health, 2 civic, 14 food and drink; 22 cycleway segments, 130 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zoneyes, tract 08005005700 (rural)HUD
Housing permits, Arapahoe County (CO), 20241,449 units in 5+ unit buildings, 45 in 2–4, 2,362 single-family; 2023: 3,170 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.36; socioeconomic 0.39; housing and transport 0.70; 12% below 150% of poverty; 8% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby14 within 10 km, 27 within 25 km: Kmart at Belleview and Broadway (3.4 km); James (3.8 km); Broadway Plaza (5.7 km); Kmart in the Broadway Marketplace (6.4 km); SouthGlenn Mall (7.6 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Englewood City Center (park, confidence 0.59, from Overture, meta); building footprint 11,961 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialno website listed · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views90,092 since 2015; 7,943 in the last 12 months (+0% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-04 with 1,350Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 22.3); expected annual loss $897,907; high: hail; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km2 LIHTC properties, 154 units: Broadway Lofts (111 units); Canterbury Apts (43 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)31,124 jobs in 1,708 establishments; average annual pay $50,118; employment location quotient 0.92; employment -3.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20222,906 jobs; 715 in retail trade, 374 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 08005005702)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 41th income percentile as adults; 1.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (475 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 18.0%; median family income $68,625; 132 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsEnglewood School District 1 (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Englewood Early Childhood Education Center at Madd; Wm E Bishop Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation5,305 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025231 county-logged events: 158 hail, 53 thunderstorm wind, 11 tornado, 4 flash flood; $277,316,000 property damage reported; 2 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 80110, 2026-09median list price $549,950 (-0.0% on the year); 82 active listings; median 41 days on market; 35% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20231,832 establishments (-2%); 33,241 jobs (+7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $499,630 (-2% 1 yr, +3% 5 yr); typical rent $1,798/mo (-1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025326 (2000 = 100); +2.8% 1 yr, +39% 5 yr, +110% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)77,000 vehicles a day on U.S. 85 (freeway or expressway, 6 lanes); 5,800 trucks; 37 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS
Site metrics23,333 sq ft GLA per acre; FAR 0.54computed

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  • Villa Italia Mall, Lakewood, CO · Malls · similar GLA (1,400,000 sq ft); opened 1966; same strategy: redevelop, regreen
  • Lafayette Square Mall, Indianapolis, IN · Malls · similar size (80 acres); similar GLA (1,200,000 sq ft); opened 1968
  • Summit Place Mall, Waterford Township, MI · Malls · similar size (74 acres); similar GLA (1,300,000 sq ft); opened 1962
  • Place Versailles, Montreal · Malls · similar size (45.91 acres); similar GLA (1,720,000 sq ft); opened 1963

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Cinderella City on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
  • 60 acres
  • median rent $1,812
  • housing in the record

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

Now called / also known asEnglewood City Center, Englewood CityCenter, Cinderella City
Opened1968extracted, unreviewed
Closed1997extracted, unreviewed
documented
The last remaining anchor, Montgomery Ward, remained in the semi-abandoned mall until December 1997, when it was forced to end its lease so the property could be redeveloped. This officially marked the operational end for Cinderella City.

en.wikipedia.org

Acres60.0research reported
Gross leasable area1,400,000 sq ftresearch reported
Original developerGerri Von Frellickextracted, unreviewed
documented
developer Gerri Von Frellick proposed to build a new shopping center

en.wikipedia.org

AnchorsJCPenney, Montgomery Ward, Foley's, Cinderella City Cinema, Neusteter's, Joslins
CountyArapahoe County
Census division8 · Mountain

Background

Cinderella City Mall was a large shopping center located in Englewood, Colorado, United States. The mall was officially opened for business on March 7, 1968, and demolished in 1999. It once was the largest covered shopping center west of the Mississippi River.

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

Timeline

  1. 1968 Mall opened
  2. 1981 Renovation began under KRAVCO
  3. 1997 Operational end as last anchor closed
  4. 1998 Final plan adopted for transit-oriented development
  5. 1999 Mall demolished
  6. 2020 Retrofit: redevelop, regreen

Sources

  • Wikipedia · supports: original developer, year closed, year opened
    8 quoted sentences
    On March 7, 1968, the mall officially opened.
    The last remaining anchor, Montgomery Ward, remained in the semi-abandoned mall until December 1997, when it was forced to end its lease so the property could be redeveloped. This officially marked the operational end for Cinderella City.
    developer Gerri Von Frellick proposed to build a new shopping center
    On March 7, 1968, the mall officially opened.
  • City of Englewood · supports: zoning change
    1 quoted sentence
    The city-sponsored rezoning of CityCenter received final approval from City Council in September 2021.
  • City of Englewood
  • Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
  • ArcGIS Online · 2022

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