Malls · Kentucky
Lexington Mall
Opened 1974. Closed 2005. Reinhabited in 2013.
Status nowRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
What it becamechurchextracted, unreviewed
Site size508,000 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer
Retrofit year2013authors' map
Walkability12.8 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Site profile13 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
Former anchors
Dillard's
This site: Dillard's wikipedia · all sites with thisOwnership
University, hospital or church
This site: Southland Christian Church county-parcels · all sites with thisPlace
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 56,977 on E NEW CIRCLE RD fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 21 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh tornado risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: E NEW CIRCLE RD fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisLow social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)
This site: 0.25 cdc-svi · all sites with thisTract income flat or down since 2013
This site: -3% census-acs · all sites with thisWalkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)
This site: …index 12.8 epa-walkability · all sites with thisStrategy
Reinhabited
This site: Reinhabitation: religious record · all sites with thisNew use
Church and worship
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisFrom the authors' map
KY, Lexington: Lexington Mall, Southland Christian Church, 2013
• Reinhabitation: religious
Now
| Status | Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Reinhabitedauthors' map |
| New uses | churchextracted, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Reinhabitation: religiousauthors' map |
| Retrofit year | 2013authors' map |
| Redeveloper | Southland Christian Churchextracted, unreviewed |
Deals and debt
| Date | Event | Price | Parties | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sold | — | Southland Christian Church ← Saul Centers Inc | Wikipedia |
Securitised debt and public filers
Filings (2001 to date) that name “Lexington Mall” and “Lexington” (53 hits, first 53 sampled, 3 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 (strong) | SAUL CENTERS INC (BFS, BFS-PD, BFS-PE) | 47 | 2001-05-14 to 2010-03-16 | 10-Q 31, 10-K 8, 8-K 6, 10-K/A 2 |
Site context
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
|---|---|
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 28: 6TH STREET WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT; APPALACHIAN FUELS LLC (880-0180); ATHENS-BOONESBORO WATER LINE EXTENSION; CHEVRON USA, INC.; CHICK-FIL-A RICHMOND ROAD FSUEPA FRS |
| Census tract 21067001700 | 2,152 people, 2,298 per sq mi; median household income $56,149; median gross rent $935; 32% renters; 5.8% vacant units; 2.6% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 12.8 of 20; 22 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 98 m; land-use mix 0.69; 62,715 jobs within 45 min by car, 48,661 by transit; 6% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 2 schools, 12 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 13 food and drink; 21 cycleway segments, 8 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Fayette County (KY), 2024 | 542 units in 5+ unit buildings, 2 in 2–4, 492 single-family; 2023: 768 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.25; socioeconomic 0.32; housing and transport 0.16; 21% below 150% of poverty; 8% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 1 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: Turfland Mall (7.0 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 11,201 m², 6.734344482421875 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 32,244 since 2015; 2,672 in the last 12 months (-14% vs the prior 12); peak 2024-11 with 436Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population +9% (1,977 → 2,152); median income -3% ($57,650 → $56,149); renters 43% → 32%; median home value +40% ($260,100 → $365,500)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively low overall (score 35.2); expected annual loss $862,390; high: tornado; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | noneHUD LIHTC |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 44% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 13.0%; median family income $100,938; 71 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Fayette County School District (PK-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: Henry Clay High School; Madeline M Breckinridge Elem School; Eastside Technical Center; Martin L King Acad for Excellence AltNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 990 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 1,173 establishments (-2%); 20,244 jobs (+2%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $330,784 (+3% 1 yr, +33% 5 yr); typical rent $1,628/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2025 | 578 (2000 = 100); -2.8% 1 yr, +55% 5 yr, +94% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 56,977 vehicles a day on E NEW CIRCLE RD (freeway or expressway, 4 lanes); 2,737 trucks; 31 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Similar sites
- Turfland Mall, Lexington, KY · Malls · similar GLA (552,000 sq ft); opened 1967; closed 2008
- Dutchess Mall, Fishkill, NY · Malls · similar GLA (580,000 sq ft); opened 1974; closed 2001
- Kildonan Place, Winnipeg · Malls · similar GLA (460,498 sq ft); opened 1980; same strategy: reinhabit
- Prestonwood Mall, Dallas, TX · Malls · similar GLA (462,277 sq ft); opened 1979; closed 2004
Elsewhere on the web
Retail history: Lexington Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here
Pages with photos
- Lexington Mall abandonedonline.net
- SOUTHLAND CHRISTIAN CHURCH - LEXINGTON C… yelp.com
- Unusual Kentucky: Goodbye, Lexington Mall unusualkentucky.blogspot.com
- Category:Southland Christian Church (Lexington, Kentucky) - Wikimedia ... commons.wikimedia.org
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- 508,000 sq ft GLA (large site)
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 | Southland Christian Church |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1974Esri 2014 layer |
| Closed | 2005extracted, unreviewed |
| Gross leasable area | 508,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer |
| Stores at peak | 9Esri 2014 layer |
| Anchors | Dillard's, Home Depot, Border's Books, Wild Oats, McAlpin's, Shoppers Choice Supermarket, CSC discount store, County Market |
| Address | Richmond Rd. & New Circle Rd. |
| County | Fayette |
| Census division | 6 · East South Central |
Not yet recorded: acres, original developer. Know it? Tell us.
Background
Lexington Mall was a small shopping mall located in Lexington, Kentucky along US 25/US 421. The mall portion was built in 1975.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1971 Original opening of anchor stores
- 1974 Opened
- 1975 Mall completed and opened
- 1984 County Market expands into former CSC
- 1988 Karmelkorn Shoppe national sales leader
- 1993 McAlpin's renovation
- 1995 County Market closes
- 2005 Dillard's departs
- 2010 Southland Christian Church purchases mall
- 2011 Demolition begins
- 2013 Retrofit: reinhabit
- 2013 New church opens
Sources
- Wikipedia: Lexington Mall · supports: year closed
11 quoted sentences
The mall's only remaining tenant, Dillard's left the mall in September 2005 to focus its operations at the Fayette Mall store.
It originally opened with a 2-story McAlpin's, Shoppers Choice Supermarket and a CSC discount store in 1971; however, the enclosed mall portion was not completed due to the bankruptcy of its primary developers.
In 1975, the remainder of the mall was completed and opened with 48 stores.
County Market replaced Shoppers Choice Supermarket in the 1980s, eventually expanding into the former CSC in 1984.
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
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