Malls · Colorado
Villa Italia Mall
Opened 1966. Redeveloped · Regreened in 2004. Owner of record B33 Belmar II LLC.
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Website alive
This site: …https://www.belmarcolorado.com overture / http check · all sites with thisSingle-purpose entity
This site: B33 BELMAR II LLC county-parcels · all sites with this15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km
This site: 248 units in 2 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 10 within 10 km computed · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 52,000 on SH 121 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 146 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 4 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 77% census-acs · all sites with thisBonds
This site: …ing structures) in partnership with Continuum Partners. TIF/bond amount not found. Approved by Lakewood voters (1997 referen research-planning · all sites with thisMaster plan or PUD
This site: …opping center zoning (district code not found) → Mixed-use (PUD ordinance and date not found) (rezoning to mixed-use within research-planning · all sites with thisRezoning
This site: Enclosed shopping center zoning (district code not found) → Mixed-use (PUD ordinance and date not found) (rezoning to mixed-use within an urban renewal area) research-planning · all sites with thisTax increment financing
This site: …parking structures) in partnership with Continuum Partners. TIF/bond amount not found. Approved by Lakewood voters (1997 re research-planning · all sites with this1M+ sq ft GLA
This site: 1,400,000 sq ft research-planning · all sites with this60+ acre site
This site: 104 acres research-planning · all sites with thisRedeveloped
This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Partial regreening: park arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisRegreened
This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Partial regreening: park arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisMixed use
This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Partial regreening: park Approved by Lakewoo arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisPark and open space
This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Partial regreening: park Approved by Lakewood voters (1997 referendum); Lakewood Rei arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisFrom the authors' map
CO, Lakewood: Villa Italia Mall/Belmar, 2004
• Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets
• Partial regreening: park
Now
| Status | Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
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| Strategy | Redeveloped · Regreenedauthors' map |
| What is there now | Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Partial regreening: parkauthors' map |
| Retrofit year | 2004authors' map |
| Redeveloper | Continuum Partnerspublic sources |
| Owner of record | B33 Belmar II LLCcounty assessor |
Planning
| Zoning change | Enclosed shopping center zoning (district code not found) → Mixed-use (PUD ordinance and date not found) (rezoning to mixed-use within an urban renewal area)research |
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| Public purchase or subsidy | Urban renewal; Lakewood Reinvestment Authority funded public infrastructure (sidewalks, streetlights, parks, parking structures) in partnership with Continuum Partners. TIF/bond amount not found.research |
| Entitlement year | 1997research |
| Planning notes | Approved by Lakewood voters (1997 referendum); Lakewood Reinvestment Authority / city. West Alameda Avenue Corridor Reinvestment Area, Phase II (Villa Italia site) https://www.lakewoodco.gov/Business/Reinvestment-Authority/LRA-Projectsresearch |
Parcels, tax and title
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49-141-09-002all 164 county fields
| B33 Belmar II LLC | 2.0 | 2112 | $11.9M (appraised) assessed $3.0M | 2021-06-28 $113.0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49-141-09-074all 144 county fields
| Master Condominium Association For | 1.4 | $0 (appraised) assessed $0 | 2007-09-07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3.4 | $11.9M |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | no rail station; 18 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap |
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| Motorway junctions within 2 km | junctionOpenStreetMap |
| FEMA flood zone | no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 20: AGFA/VILLA ITALIA UNIT H-22; BELMAR; BELMAR AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER LLC; BELMAR APARTMENTS; BELMAR BLOCK 1EPA FRS |
| Census tract 08059011807 | 2,758 people, 12,312 per sq mi; median household income $70,795; median gross rent $1,903; 77% renters; 6.9% vacant units; 1.6% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 4 grocers, 1 schools, 14 parks or playgrounds, 8 health, 5 civic, 38 food and drink; 146 cycleway segments, 154 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Jefferson County (CO), 2024 | 234 units in 5+ unit buildings, 6 in 2–4, 932 single-family; 2023: 166 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.43; socioeconomic 0.53; housing and transport 0.51; 13% below 150% of poverty; 9% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 10 within 10 km, 27 within 25 km: Lamar Plaza Station (3.7 km); Broadway Plaza (7.6 km); Kmart in the Broadway Marketplace (7.7 km); Celebrity Sports Center (8.6 km); Former Park Hill Golf Club (8.6 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | place Belmar (shopping_mall, confidence 0.95, from BrightQuery, Overture, Overture-signals); building footprint 2,581 m², 11.052306175231934 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | www.belmarcolorado.com (alive)Overture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 21,838 since 2015; 1,385 in the last 12 months (-3% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-06 with 389Wikimedia |
| 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) | very low overall (score 7.2); expected annual loss $646,287; high: hail, lightning; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 2 LIHTC properties, 248 units: Cityscape At Belmar (130 units); Belmar Groves (118 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 11.1%; median family income $100,709; 110 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Jefferson County School District R-1 (PK-12); 5 public schools within 1 mile: Deane Elementary School; Emory Elementary School; New America School; Rose Stein International ElementaryNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 5,497 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 1,778 establishments (-5%); 30,504 jobs (+11%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $606,904 (-2% 1 yr, +6% 5 yr); typical rent $1,931/mo (+0% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 52,000 vehicles a day on SH 121 (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 1,200 trucks; 22 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
| Site metrics | appraised value $11.9M on parcels; $114,544 per acre; 13,462 sq ft GLA per acre; FAR 0.31computed |
Similar sites
- Cinderella Mall, Englewood, CO · Malls · similar GLA (1,400,000 sq ft); opened 1968; 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
- Crossroads Mall, Boulder, CO · Malls · opened 1963; same strategy: redevelop; also in CO
Elsewhere on the web
Retail history: Villa Italia on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here
Pages with photos
- That’s Why They Saved The Bricks: A History of Villa Italia Mall | His historycolorado.org
- Abandoned Mall: Villa Italia Mall - Lakewood, CO fourbaggersandforeclosures.blogspot.com
- WE KILL EVERYTHING wekilleverything.com
- Mall profile villa italia mall lakewood colorado – Artofit artofit.org
Search images: Google · Bing · Commons · references: ULI case studies · Google Scholar
Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- 104 acres
- median rent $1,792
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 as | Belmar, Villa Italia |
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| Opened | 1966research |
| Acres | 104research |
| Gross leasable area | 1,400,000 sq ftresearch |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Census division | 8 · Mountain |
Not yet recorded: original developer. Know it? Tell us.
Background
Belmar is a shopping mall in Downtown Lakewood, Colorado that opened in 2004 as a redevelopment of the Villa Italia Mall. It is owned and managed by Bridge33 Capital.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 2004 Retrofit: redevelop, regreen
Sources
- ULI · supports: zoning change
1 quoted sentence
The site was rezoned (from that of an enclosed shopping center to a mixed-use development) and the redevelopment plan put in motion.
- lakewoodco.gov
- Wikipedia
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
- ArcGIS Online · 2022
- ULI · 2022
- Wikipedia: Villa Italia · 2026-08-09 · CC BY-SA 4.0