Malls · Missouri
Westfield Shoppingtown West County
Opened 1969. Closed 2001. Redeveloped in 2002. Owner of record West County Mall Cmbs LLC.
Status nowOperatingextracted, unreviewed
documented
The original mall closed in 2001, and a new mall on the site opened in 2002.
What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported
Owner of recordWest County Mall Cmbs LLCcounty assessor, 2026-10-21 reported
Site size24.949 acres (parcels)county assessor reported
Retrofit year2002extracted, unreviewed reported
Walkability8.2 of 20EPA, 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
JCPenney
This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with thisMacy's
This site: Macy's wikipedia · all sites with thisNordstrom
This site: Nordstrom wikipedia · all sites with thisOwnership
Single-purpose entity
This site: WEST COUNTY MALL CMBS LLC county-parcels · all sites with thisPlace
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012
This site: -16% census-cbp · all sites with thisHigh heat wave risk
This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh inland flooding risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)
This site: Relatively High; inland flooding, heat wave, hail, cold wave fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh-income tract ($100k+)
This site: $186,595 census-acs · all sites with thisLow social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)
This site: 0.08 cdc-svi · all sites with thisShrinking county
This site: -0.2% census-acs · all sites with thisStrategy
Redeveloped
This site: A new mall opened on the site in 2002. extraction · all sites with thisNew use
Retail (continued)
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Operatingextracted, unreviewed documentedThe original mall closed in 2001, and a new mall on the site opened in 2002. |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documentedThe original mall closed in 2001, and a new mall on the site opened in 2002. |
| New uses | retailextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | A new mall opened on the site in 2002.extracted, unreviewed documentedThe original mall closed in 2001, and a new mall on the site opened in 2002. |
| Retrofit year | 2002extracted, unreviewed reported |
| Owner of record | West County Mall Cmbs LLCcounty assessor reported |
Parcels, tax and title
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22O610845all 65 county fields
| West County Mall Cmbs LLC | 24.9 | · Municipal | — (appraised) assessed — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 24.9 | $0 |
Securitised debt and public filers
Filings (2001 to date) that name “Westfield Shoppingtown West County” and “Des Peres” (6 hits, first 6 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 (weak) | WESTFIELD AMERICA INC | 1 | 2001-04-02 to 2001-04-02 | 10-K 1 |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | no rail station; 3 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| Motorway junctions within 2 km | 8, 9, junctionOpenStreetMap |
| FEMA flood zone | no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 15: AMOCO OIL CO 5473; DES PERES CORNERS; DOBBS TIRE & AUTO CENTERS; EDWARD D JONES-SOUTH CAMPUS; EDWARD JONESEPA FRS |
| Census tract 29189218012 | 4,872 people, 2,302 per sq mi; median household income $186,595; 2% renters; 2.6% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 8.2 of 20; 68 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.67; 143,569 jobs within 45 min by car; 0% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, St. Louis County (MO), 2024 | 504 units in 5+ unit buildings, 2 in 2–4, 687 single-family; 2023: 296 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.08; socioeconomic 0.01; housing and transport 0.33; 3% below 150% of poverty; 2% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 2 within 10 km, 13 within 25 km: Crestwood Court (7.6 km); Westroads Shopping Center (9.4 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 8,119 m², 5.835820198059082 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 58,233 since 2015; 4,957 in the last 12 months (-9% vs the prior 12); peak 2018-03 with 795Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population +11% (4,378 → 4,872); median income +41% ($132,125 → $186,595); renters 3% → 2%; median home value +49% ($365,400 → $544,600)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively high overall (score 91.4); expected annual loss $4.3M; high: inland flooding, heat wave, hail, cold wave; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | noneHUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 56,251 jobs in 3,256 establishments; average annual pay $44,777; employment location quotient 0.97; employment -2.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 6,554 jobs; 1,562 in retail trade, 546 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 29189218012)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 61th income percentile as adults; 0.4% incarcerated at the 2010 count (83 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 21% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 1.3%; median family income $159,410; 19 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Kirkwood R-VII School District (KG-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 634 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 342 county-logged events: 163 hail, 125 thunderstorm wind, 25 flash flood, 17 tornado; $61,208,500 property damage reported; 5 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 63131, 2026-09 | median list price $1,712,450 (-15.7% on the year); 41 active listings; median 33 days on market; 13% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 3,211 establishments (-16%); 58,164 jobs (-13%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $285,675 (+3% 1 yr, +24% 5 yr); typical rent $1,490/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2025 | 776 (2000 = 100); +11.5% 1 yr, +34% 5 yr, +67% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 10,144 vehicles a day on N BALLAS RD (minor arterial, 4 lanes); 10 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
The mall opened in 1969 as a retail center in Des Peres, Missouri. It closed in 2001, and a new mall was built on the same site, opening in 2002. The site currently operates as a retail mall with anchor stores Macy's, Nordstrom, Dick's Sporting Goods, and JCPenney.
Why. The record does not specify why the original mall closed or what factors led to its redevelopment.
Where it stands. The site is presently operating as a retail mall, but the record does not identify the current owner or controlling entity.
For a planner
- Redevelopment strategy executed in 2002 replaced the closed mall with a new retail mall.
- Policy tools or incentives used for the redevelopment are not detailed in the record.
- Open questions include long-term viability of the retail format and potential need for future adaptive reuse.
For a developer
- Site size: not stated in the record.
- Control/ownership: not stated in the record.
- Entitlement stage: not stated in the record.
- 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
- Key missing facts: site size, ownership/deal details, reasons for original closure.
- Missing context-layer data (flood risk, transit access, environmental constraints).
- Tract-level market data and demographic indicators are not provided.
- The record is marked as 'draft' verification status, indicating possible unreviewed extraction.
- Fields such as strategy, new_use, and year_retrofit are model-extracted and lack independent verification.
Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.
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Elsewhere on the web
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
Links out
Every link is built from an id this record holds (parcel number, filer CIK, Wikidata item, Census tract, coordinates) or from the name and city typed into a search. Nothing here is a guessed address. Search links are marked search in their source note; commercial listing links are marked for search engines not to follow. Hover a link for why it is here.
Official records (9)
government and regulatory records for this site, built from ids on the record
- County GIS parcel record · 22O610845from parcel.source_url + PARENT_LOC
- EDGAR filer · Westfield America Incfrom edgar.cik 0000913283
- Filing 0000912057-01-506422 (10-K)from edgar.acc 0000912057-01-506422
- EDGAR full-text search: “Westfield Shoppingtown West County”from edgar.query → search
- Census tract 29189218012 profile (data.census.gov)from tract.geoid 29189218012
- Census tract 29189218012 on Census Reporterfrom tract.geoid 29189218012
- St. Louis County (29189) profile (data.census.gov)from site.county_fips 29189
- FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this pointfrom site.lat/lon
- EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom site.lat/lon
Reference (3)
encyclopaedic and research references
- Wikipedia articlefrom site.wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom site.lat/lon
- Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from constant
Place (8)
map and street views by coordinates
- Google Mapsfrom site.lat/lon
- Street Viewfrom site.lat/lon
- Bing Mapsfrom site.lat/lon
- Apple Mapsfrom site.lat/lon
- OpenStreetMapfrom site.lat/lon
- Walk Score at this pointfrom site.lat/lon
- Transitland mapfrom site.lat/lon
- USGS National Mapfrom site.lat/lon
Market (1)
listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow
- LoopNet: for sale in Des Peres, MOfrom site.city + state → search
News (2)
news searches and archived pages
- Google News: “Westfield Shoppingtown West County”from site.name + city → search
- Bing News: “Westfield Shoppingtown West County”from site.name + city → search
Planning (1)
the jurisdiction's own pages
- Des Peres, Missouri on Wikipediafrom city_wikipedia.json (Wikipedia API)
History and original facts
| Opened | 1969extracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2001extracted, unreviewed |
| Anchors | Macy's, JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods, Nordstrom |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Census division | 4 · West North Central |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States |
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Background
West County Center is a shopping mall located in Des Peres, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. The original mall was built in 1969. The original mall closed in 2001, and a new mall on the site opened in 2002. The anchor stores are Macy's, Nordstrom, Dick's Sporting Goods, and JCPenney.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1969 Original mall built
- 2001 Original mall closed
- 2002 New mall opened
Sources
- Wikipedia: Westfield Shoppingtown West County · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed, year opened
8 quoted sentences
The original mall was built in 1969.
The original mall closed in 2001
The original mall closed in 2001, and a new mall on the site opened in 2002.
The original mall closed in 2001, and a new mall on the site opened in 2002.
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