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Mankato Place Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtMankato, MN

Reinhabited in 2012. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

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Website alive

This site: …http://www.mankatoplace.com/ 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

200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km

This site: 255 units in 4 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 15 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -14% census-cbp · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: Romans Ave fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $36,991 census-acs · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: Cray, Lorin, House; First Presbyterian Church nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Opportunity Zone

This site: 27013170700 hud-oz · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 88% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Reinhabitation, government office record · all sites with this

New use

Civic and government

This site: Reinhabitation, government office arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Office

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From the authors' map

MN, Mankato: Mankato Place Mall/Intergovernmental Center, 2012
• Reinhabitation, government office

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Reinhabitation, government officeauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2012authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA WITH REDUCED FLOOD RISK DUE TO LEVEEFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	28: 04705 SIOUX ROCK ASPHALT PLANT; A1 AUTO BODY OF MANKATO; ANDERSON DENNIS W DDS; ARTCRAFT PHOTO LAB; ARTCRAFT PRESSEPA FRS
Census tract 27013170700	2,655 people, 5,007 per sq mi; median household income $36,991; median gross rent $846; 88% renters; 12.4% vacant units; 3.5% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 11.8 of 20; 115 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.84; 20,701 jobs within 45 min by car; 24% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 0 schools, 7 parks or playgrounds, 3 health, 3 civic, 30 food and drink; 15 cycleway segments, 53 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	yes, tract 27013170700 (rural)HUD
National Register places within 500 m	7: Cray, Lorin, House; First Presbyterian Church; Mankato Public Library and Reading Room; First National Bank of MankatoNPS
Housing permits, Blue Earth County (MN), 2024	154 units in 5+ unit buildings, 36 in 2–4, 81 single-family; 2023: 345 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.74; socioeconomic 0.72; housing and transport 0.96; 55% below 150% of poverty; 18% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: 602-634 S. Front St. and 112 W. Liberty St. (0.4 km); Madison East Mall (2.8 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Mankato Place Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 3,442 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.mankatoplace.com (alive); archived 2012–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population -9% (2,913 → 2,655); median income +42% ($26,094 → $36,991); renters 76% → 88%; median home value +74% ($122,300 → $212,800)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 60.0); expected annual loss $1.4M; high: tornado, strong wind, winter weather, cold wave; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	4 LIHTC properties, 255 units: Gus Johnson Plaza (108 units); Cherry Ridge Apartments (83 units); Dublin Road Townhomes (40 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	5,467 jobs in 278 establishments; average annual pay $36,106; employment location quotient 1.33; employment -2.4% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	5,524 jobs; 212 in retail trade, 652 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 27013170700)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 43th income percentile as adults; 2.9% incarcerated at the 2010 count (201 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 40.4%; median family income $65,469; 190 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Mankato Public School District (PK-12); 16 public schools within 1 mile: Kato Public Charter School; Central High Area Learning Center; LIFE LINES ADULT CONNECTION; FRANKLIN ELEMENTARYNCES EDGE
Elevation	780 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	121 county-logged events: 46 thunderstorm wind, 42 hail, 10 heavy rain, 8 funnel cloud; $1,127,000 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 56001, 2026-09	median list price $341,150 (-6.5% on the year); 161 active listings; median 62 days on market; 23% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	280 establishments (-14%); 5,953 jobs (-4%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $301,642 (+2% 1 yr, +24% 5 yr); typical rent $1,274/mo (+6% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2024	245 (2000 = 100); +16.1% 1 yr, +42% 5 yr, +97% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	21,109 vehicles a day on Romans Ave (freeway or expressway, 4 lanes); 3,393 trucks; 25 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Pages with photos

Mankato Place Mall-01 commons.wikimedia.org

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retrofit already built
county grew 4.6% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Intergovernmental Center
County	Blue Earth County
Census division	4 · West North Central

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Timeline

2012 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

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

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Mankato Place Mall, Mankato, MN." Record m-b597c8849d, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mn/mankato-mankato-place-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_mankatomankatoplacemall,
  title = {Mankato Place Mall, Mankato, MN},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mn/mankato-mankato-place-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-b597c8849d, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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Nowderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)

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