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South Park Mall

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedClosedShreveport, LA

South Park Mall opened 1975, lost anchors by 2001, was bought and converted to Summer Grove Baptist Church in 2005. · summary, model-written

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Former anchors
Dillard'sThis site: Dillard's wikipedia · all sites with this
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Montgomery WardThis site: Montgomery Ward wikipedia · all sites with this
Place
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 43,409 on LA 3132 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -15% census-cbp · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: LA 3132 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -6.2% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: Summer Grove Baptist Church extraction · all sites with this
New use
Church and worshipThis site: Summer Grove Baptist Church extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusClosedextracted, unreviewed
StrategyReinhabitedextracted, unreviewed
New useschurchextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowSummer Grove Baptist Churchextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2005extracted, unreviewed
RedeveloperSummer Grove Baptist Churchextracted, unreviewed

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “South Park Mall” and “Shreveport” (47 hits, first 47 sampled, 8 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.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
Public owner (strong)SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)102002-05-17 to 2004-02-068-K 8, 10-K 2
Public owner (strong)SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/42001-03-30 to 2003-03-3110-K 4

Site context

Housing permits, Caddo Parish (LA), 20240 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 221 single-family; 2023: 7 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: Southpark Mall (1.5 km); Mall St. Vincent (8.4 km)computed
Attention: Wikipedia page views1,697 since 2015; 1,615 in the last 12 months; peak 2026-07 with 228Wikimedia
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023811 establishments (-15%); 12,477 jobs (-6%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $151,157 (+5% 1 yr, +11% 5 yr); typical rent $1,118/mo (+6% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)43,409 vehicles a day on LA 3132 (freeway or expressway, 4 lanes); 17,824 trucks; 23 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

South Park Mall opened in 1975 with 74 stores and three anchor tenants. Between 1999 and 2001, Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, and Dillard's closed, leaving the mall without major anchors. In 2005, Summer Grove Baptist Church purchased the property and converted it into a church.

Why. The record shows that the loss of anchor tenants—Montgomery Ward in 1999, JCPenney in 2000, and Dillard's in 2001—precipitated the mall's decline. No other causes such as competition, debt, or demolition are mentioned.

Where it stands. The site is currently operated as Summer Grove Baptist Church after the church's 2005 purchase and conversion of the mall.

For a planner

  • Precedent: reinhabit strategy converting the mall to a church use (new_use: church).
  • Policy tools used: not stated in the record.
  • Open questions: not stated in the record.

For a developer

  • Site size: 850,332 square feet (per narrative excerpt).
  • Control: Summer Grove Baptist Church (developer/owner).
  • Entitlement stage: retrofit completed in 2005 (year_retrofit).
  • Context-layer constraints (flood, transit, environment): not stated in the record.
  • Market signals from tract data: not stated in the record.

What we do not know yet

  • Verification status: draft (unreviewed).
  • Missing details on post‑2001 anchor mix and financial performance.
  • No information on zoning, flood risk, transit access, or environmental conditions.
  • Unclear long‑term viability of the church use or future redevelopment potential.
  • Opp_score 0.0 and opp_reasons indicate the retrofit is already built and the site is considered closed/demolished.

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Similar sites

  • Lexington Mall, Lexington, KY · Malls · opened 1974; closed 2005; same strategy: reinhabit
  • Montgomery Mall, Montgomery, AL · Malls · opened 1970; closed 2008; same strategy: reinhabit
  • Hickory Hollow Mall, Nashville, TN · Malls · opened 1978; same strategy: reinhabit
  • Southpark Mall, Shreveport, LA · Malls · same strategy: reinhabit; also in LA; 2 km away

Elsewhere on the web

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

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • closed or demolished site (sourced)
  • county shrank -6.2% 2018–23

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

Opened1975extracted, unreviewed
Closed2005extracted, unreviewed
Stores at peak74extracted, unreviewed
Original developerMelvin Simon and Associatesextracted, unreviewed
AnchorsDillard's, JCPenney, Montgomery Ward, Selber Bros., Beall-Ladymon, rubenstein's
CountyCaddo Parish
Census division7 · West South Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

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Background

South Park Mall was a 850,332 square feet (78,998.4 m2) shopping mall located in Shreveport, Louisiana that opened July 31, 1975. The mall was converted into the Summer Grove Baptist Church.

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

Timeline

  1. 1975 Opened with 74 stores and 3 anchor tenants
  2. 1999 Montgomery Ward closed
  3. 2000 JCPenney closed
  4. 2001 Dillard's closed
  5. 2005 Summer Grove Baptist Church bought and converted mall into church

Sources

  • Wikipedia: South Park Mall (Louisiana) · supports: after notes, original developer, status, strategy, year closed, year opened
    11 quoted sentences
    South Park Mall was a 850,332 square feet (78,998.4 m2) shopping mall located in Shreveport, Louisiana that opened July 31, 1975.
    In 2005 Summer Grove Baptist Church would buy the mall and convert the mall into a church.
    South Park Mall was developed by Melvin Simon and Associates out of Indianapolis.
    In 2005 Summer Grove Baptist Church would buy the mall and convert the mall into a church.

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