Malls · Florida
Coral Springs Mall
Opened 1977 mall, failed, 1999 bought by Charter Schools USA, converted to Coral Springs Charter School, now operating education facility. · summary, model-written
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Site profile13 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 3 within 10 km computed · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 38,500 on UNIVERSITY DR fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 33 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisCounty typical rent $2,000+
This site: $2,457/mo zillow · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh hurricane risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)
This site: 0.76 cdc-svi · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 52% census-acs · all sites with thisTract house prices doubled in 10 years
This site: +129% fhfa · all sites with thisWalkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)
This site: …index 15 epa-walkability · all sites with thisReinhabited
This site: Coral Springs Charter School extraction · all sites with thisEducation
This site: Coral Springs Charter School extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Operatingextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Reinhabitedextracted, unreviewed |
| New uses | educationextracted, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Coral Springs Charter Schoolextracted, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Charter Schools USAextracted, unreviewed |
Securitised debt and public filers
Filings (2001 to date) that name “Coral Springs Mall” and “Coral Springs” (7 hits, first 7 sampled, 1 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.
| Kind | Filer | Filings | Dates | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public owner (weak) | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ) | 5 | 2002-05-17 to 2003-05-08 | 8-K 5 |
| Public owner (weak) | Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II, Inc. | 1 | 2010-09-21 to 2010-09-21 | 8-K 1 |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | no rail station; 12 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| FEMA flood zone | X · 0.2 PCT ANNUAL CHANCE FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 10: 1 STOP DRY CLEANERS; BP OIL CO #24509; CORAL SPRINGS CLEANERS; CORAL SPRINGS MUNICIPAL COMPLEX; CORAL SPRINGS, CITY OFEPA FRS |
| Census tract 12011020323 | 3,826 people, 9,006 per sq mi; median household income $57,917; median gross rent $1,844; 52% renters; 6.3% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 15 of 20; 131 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 1,124 m; land-use mix 0.67; 100,315 jobs within 45 min by car, 23,694 by transit; 2% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 2 schools, 6 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 2 civic, 5 food and drink; 33 cycleway segments, 201 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Broward County (FL), 2024 | 902 units in 5+ unit buildings, 56 in 2–4, 697 single-family; 2023: 2,115 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.76; socioeconomic 0.69; housing and transport 0.58; 20% below 150% of poverty; 2% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 3 within 10 km, 16 within 25 km: Carolina Golf Club (5.2 km); Woodlands Country Club (6.5 km); Festival Flea Market Mall (8.6 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 18,670 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 40,514 since 2015; 2,039 in the last 12 months (-32% vs the prior 12); peak 2015-10 with 685Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population +15% (3,314 → 3,826); median income +36% ($42,591 → $57,917); renters 68% → 52%; median home value +247% ($86,300 → $299,100)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively low overall (score 31.9); expected annual loss $1.0M; high: hurricane; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | noneHUD LIHTC |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 21.2%; median family income $50,849; 112 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Broward County School District (PK-12); 5 public schools within 1 mile: FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL; PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; ACADEMIC SOLUTIONS HIGH SCHOOLNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 12 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 7,236 establishments (+2%); 106,344 jobs (+8%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $422,344 (-2% 1 yr, +23% 5 yr); typical rent $2,457/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2024 | 508 (2000 = 100); +5.9% 1 yr, +71% 5 yr, +129% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 38,500 vehicles a day on UNIVERSITY DR (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 6,814 trucks; 18 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
The Coral Springs Mall opened in 1977 as an enclosed mall. By the late 1990s the mall had become nearly vacant. In 1999 Charter Schools USA purchased the vacant structure and converted it into the Coral Springs Charter School, which operates today.
Why. The record does not specify why the mall failed; it only notes that the mall failed before conversion.
Where it stands. The site is currently operating as Coral Springs Charter School under the control of Charter Schools USA.
For a planner
- Precedent: mall reinhabited for educational use (strategy: reinhabit).
- Policy tools: none explicitly mentioned in the record.
- Open questions: reasons for original mall failure, long‑term viability of the school use, potential for further adaptive reuse.
For a developer
- Site size: not stated in the record.
- Control: owned and operated by Charter Schools USA.
- Entitlement stage: conversion already completed; building operates as school.
- Constraints: flood, transit, or environmental limitations not detailed in the record.
- Market signal: opp_reasons cite median rent of $1,804 as a factor in low opportunity score.
What we do not know yet
- Cause of mall failure not provided in the record.
- Current enrollment, staffing, and financial performance of the charter school unknown.
- Exact building dimensions, structural condition, and any needed upgrades not detailed.
- Environmental, floodplain, or transit context layers absent from the record.
- Data verified as draft, indicating possible unreviewed model‑extracted fields.
Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Coral Springs Mall at Sandy Vincent blog storage.googleapis.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- median rent $1,804
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 | 1977extracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| County | Broward County |
| Census division | 5 · South Atlantic |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.
Background
Coral Springs Charter School was established in 1999 in Coral Springs, Florida, United States. The school was originally constructed in 1977 as an enclosed mall. When the mall failed, the nearly vacant structure was purchased by Charter Schools USA and converted into a combination school, serving students in grades 6 through 12. The high school portion also currently utilizes Block Scheduling while the middle school portion uses a double rotating schedule.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1977 Originally constructed as an enclosed mall.
- 1999 Coral Springs Charter School established.
- 1999 Nearly vacant mall purchased by Charter Schools USA and converted into a combination school.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Coral Springs Mall · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year opened
7 quoted sentences
The school was originally constructed in 1977 as an enclosed mall.
When the mall failed, the nearly vacant structure was purchased by Charter Schools USA and converted into a combination school, serving students in grades 6 through 12.
When the mall failed, the nearly vacant structure was purchased by Charter Schools USA and converted into a combination school, serving students in grades 6 through 12.
When the mall failed, the nearly vacant structure was purchased by Charter Schools USA and converted into a combination school, serving students in grades 6 through 12.
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