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Old Capital Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtCedar Rapids, IA

Reinhabited in 2009. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

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Website alive

This site: …http://teach.its.uiowa.edu/ overture / http check · 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

Bike network nearby

This site: 121 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 11 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High heat wave risk

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

High inland flooding risk

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

High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)

This site: Very High; tornado, inland flooding, heat wave, hail, strong wind, winter weather, ice storm, cold wave, lightning fema-nri · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $22,273 census-acs · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: Boerner-Fry Company/Davis Hotel; Paul--Helen Building nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 96% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 15.5 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Reinhabitation: education and office record · all sites with this

New use

Office

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From the authors' map

IA, Cedar Rapids: Old Capital Mall/University of Iowa, 2009
• Reinhabitation: education and office

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Reinhabitation: education and officeauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2009authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	18: CAMPUS AMOCO SERVICE; CENTURYLINK - IOWA CITY; CHRISPIX INC DBA UNIVERSITY CAMERA; CVS PHARMACY 8539; DODGE CLEANERS/RAC MAILEPA FRS
Census tract 19103002100	4,717 people, 14,722 per sq mi; median household income $22,273; median gross rent $1,226; 96% renters; 11.2% vacant units; 3.9% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 15.5 of 20; 233 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 72 m; land-use mix 0.41; 28,171 jobs within 45 min by car, 58,937 by transit; 38% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 11 grocers, 2 schools, 17 parks or playgrounds, 6 health, 22 civic, 70 food and drink; 121 cycleway segments, 238 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
National Register places within 500 m	11: Boerner-Fry Company/Davis Hotel; Paul--Helen Building; Franklin Printing House; Congregational Church of Iowa CityNPS
Housing permits, Johnson County (IA), 2024	158 units in 5+ unit buildings, 44 in 2–4, 512 single-family; 2023: 687 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.59; socioeconomic 0.73; housing and transport 0.99; 80% below 150% of poverty; 39% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company–Shrader Drug Company Building (0.7 km)computed
Overture Maps	place University of Iowa Center for Teaching (college_university, confidence 0.76, from Overture, meta); building footprint 16,361 m², 8.16214656829834 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	teach.its.uiowa.edu (alive); archived 2014–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population +13% (4,171 → 4,717); median income +57% ($14,184 → $22,273); renters 99% → 96%; median home value n/aCensus ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	very high overall (score 98.3); expected annual loss $5.5M; high: tornado, inland flooding, heat wave, hail, strong wind, winter weather, ice storm, cold wave, lightning; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	2 LIHTC properties, 51 units: Del Ray Ridge Lp (33 units); Citizen Building Apts (18 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	9,256 jobs in 487 establishments; average annual pay $35,513; employment location quotient 1.09; employment -0.4% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	2,709 jobs; 465 in retail trade, 1,418 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 19103002100)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 68.4%; 73 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Iowa City Community School District (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Horace Mann Elementary School; Longfellow Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	690 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	192 county-logged events: 88 thunderstorm wind, 71 hail, 19 flash flood, 13 tornado; $1,510,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 52240, 2026-09	median list price $434,725 (+19.6% on the year); 84 active listings; median 51 days on market; 11% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	479 establishments (-5%); 10,137 jobs (+16%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $309,187 (+3% 1 yr, +23% 5 yr); typical rent $1,760/mo (+8% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	25,500 vehicles a day on US 6 E (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 862 trucks; 30 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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UI to purchase remainder of the Old Capitol Town Center in 2025 - The ... dailyiowan.com
University of Iowa pursuing $20.6 million full acquisition of Old ... corridorbusiness.com

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retrofit already built
county grew 5.4% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	University of Iowa
County	Johnson County
Census division	4 · West North Central

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Timeline

2009 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Old Capital Mall, Cedar Rapids, IA." Record m-cf31d46cb4, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ia/cedar-rapids-old-capital-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_cedarrapidsoldcapitalmall,
  title = {Old Capital Mall, Cedar Rapids, IA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ia/cedar-rapids-old-capital-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-cf31d46cb4, release 2026.10.20, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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