Malls · Michigan

Bella Vista Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtGrand Blanc, MI

Reinhabited. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/122339037824506 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://www.grandmall.biz overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -13% census-cbp · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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

Shrinking county

This site: -1.3% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Reinhabitation, mixed use record · all sites with this

New use

Mixed use

This site: Reinhabitation, mixed use arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

MI, Grand Blanc, Bella Vista Mall/Grand Mall & Office Center, 1990s
• Reinhabitation, mixed use

Now

Status	Retrofit builtauthors' map
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map
What is there now	Reinhabitation, mixed useauthors' map

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	6: AMERICAN HOUSE; B H PHOTOGRAPHY; FAITH LUTHERN CHURCH; KMART CORPORATION; KROGER CO OF MICHIGANEPA FRS
Census tract 26049011209	6,438 people, 2,377 per sq mi; median household income $97,898; median gross rent $839; 36% renters; 0.0% vacant units; 0.5% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 7.3 of 20; 33 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.5; 37,697 jobs within 45 min by car; 3% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 2 schools, 18 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 2 civic, 13 food and drink; 4 cycleway segments, 105 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Genesee County (MI), 2024	68 units in 5+ unit buildings, 13 in 2–4, 339 single-family; 2023: 80 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.48; socioeconomic 0.32; housing and transport 0.70; 16% below 150% of poverty; 5% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	place Grand Mall & Office Center (shopping_mall, confidence 0.69, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 13,468 m², 5.468867778778076 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.grandmall.biz (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population +2% (6,302 → 6,438); median income +57% ($62,422 → $97,898); renters 33% → 36%; median home value +65% ($143,400 → $236,900)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 52.1); expected annual loss $1.6M; high: tornado, strong wind, cold wave; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	1 LIHTC properties, 63 units: Grand Meadows Ii (63 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,276 establishments (-13%); 18,788 jobs (-4%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $195,727 (+4% 1 yr, +26% 5 yr); typical rent $1,041/mo (+5% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	472 (2000 = 100); +4.2% 1 yr, +45% 5 yr, +89% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	29,051 vehicles a day on S Saginaw Rd (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 784 trucks; 37 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Bella Vista Mall – 25 años EN el mercado bellavistamall.do
Corotos | Local Comercial en Bella Vista Mall | 1er Piso con corotos.com.do
Bella Vista Mall en la ciudad Santo Domingo do.worldorgs.com
Joseph Cáceres: UNA VISTA FEA DE BELLA VISTA MALL merengala.blogspot.com
THE 10 BEST Restaurants Near B… tripadvisor.com

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Grand Mall & Office Center
County	Genesee County
Census division	3 · East North Central

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Sources

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

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Bella Vista Mall, Grand Blanc, MI." Record m-7552410eb7, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mi/grand-blanc-bella-vista-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).