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Malls · Missouri

St. Louis Mills

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedReinhabitedRegreenedDemolishedHazelwood, MO

Opened 2003. Closed 2019. Redeveloped · Reinhabited · Regreened in 2023.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
What it becameindustrial, office, retailextracted, unreviewed
Last sale$4.4M · 2016public reporting
Retrofit year2023extracted, unreviewed
Walkability8.3 of 20 · 15-minute 2 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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St. Louis Mills
St. Louis Mills. Photo: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile21 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
Bed Bath & BeyondThis site: Bed Bath & Beyond wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
Sold since 2020This site: 2022 Industrial Commercial Properties LLC (ICP) research-deals · all sites with this
Ownership
Single-purpose entityThis site: LNR Partners LLC county-parcels · all sites with this
Place
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -16% census-cbp · all sites with this
High earthquake riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High heat wave riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)This site: Relatively High; inland flooding, heat wave, earthquake, hail, cold wave fema-nri · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: MO370W TO STLOUISMILLSCIR fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Lower-income tract (< $50k)This site: $45,738 census-acs · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 57% census-acs · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -0.2% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract house prices doubled in 10 yearsThis site: +104% fhfa · all sites with this
Scale
Building footprint 50,000+ m²This site: 124,382 m² overture · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Hazelwood Business Park extraction · all sites with this
RegreenedThis site: Hazelwood Business Park extraction · all sites with this
ReinhabitedThis site: Hazelwood Business Park extraction · all sites with this
New use
Logistics and industrialThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
OfficeThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
Park and open spaceThis site: Hazelwood Business Park extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

StatusDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
StrategyRedeveloped · Reinhabited · Regreenedextracted, unreviewed
New usesindustrial, office, retailextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowHazelwood Business Parkextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2023extracted, unreviewed
RedeveloperBig Sports Propertiesextracted, unreviewed

Planning

Zoning changesports complexextracted, unreviewed
Entitlement year2017extracted, unreviewed

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2022Sold—Industrial Commercial Properties LLC (ICP) ← Big Sports PropertiesWikipedia
2016Sold$4.4M closedNamdar Realty Group ← LNR Partners LLCWikipedia
2007Sold—Simon Property Group ← Mills CorporationWikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “St. Louis Mills” and “Hazelwood” (83 hits, first 83 sampled, 8 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2007-04-12 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2007 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
CMBS trust (weak)MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I TRUST 2007-IQ1362007-04-12 to 2008-01-158-K/A 4, 8-K 2
Public owner (strong)MILLS CORP122002-03-28 to 2003-11-1410-Q 6, 8-K 4, 10-K 2
Public owner (weak)SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)312007-04-27 to 2012-02-288-K 21, 10-K 10
Public owner (weak)SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/102008-03-13 to 2012-03-0210-K 10

As reported by the owner

Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.

Year endFilerName in filingGLA sq ftOccupancyYearsShareSales psfAnchors listed
2009Simon Property Group 10-K, 2010-02-25St. Louis Mills Hazelwood, MO
match: exact		1,174,87680.8% occupiedacquired 200725.0%
Fee		Bed Bath & Beyond, Books-A-Million, Burlington Coat Factory, Cabela's, iceZONE, Marshalls MegaStore, NASCAR SpeedPark, Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse, Sears Appliance Outlet, The Children's Place Outlet, Regal Cinemas, Plan 9 Skatepark

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m7: CABELAS STORE # 020; CRESENT POINT AT THE MILL; DIVE BOMB HBP; JACOBSON WAREHOUSE COMPANY INC; POWERPLEXEPA FRS
Census tract 291892114015,093 people, 534 per sq mi; median household income $45,738; median gross rent $895; 57% renters; 6.8% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 8.3 of 20; 8 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.88; 125,583 jobs within 45 min by car; 10% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)2 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 1 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 1 civic, 0 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 1 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, St. Louis County (MO), 2024504 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 0.57; socioeconomic 0.59; housing and transport 0.37; 18% below 150% of poverty; 7% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby1 within 10 km, 8 within 25 km: Northwest Plaza Mall (6.4 km)computed
Overture Mapsno place match; building footprint 124,382 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views34,005 since 2015; 9,990 in the last 12 months (-16% vs the prior 12); peak 2024-12 with 1,441Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +0% (5,086 → 5,093); median income +14% ($40,313 → $45,738); renters 53% → 57%; median home value +33% ($111,700 → $148,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively high overall (score 91.5); expected annual loss $4.2M; high: inland flooding, heat wave, earthquake, hail, cold wave; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20233,211 establishments (-16%); 58,164 jobs (-13%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical 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, 2025501 (2000 = 100); +0.7% 1 yr, +53% 5 yr, +104% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)3,954 vehicles a day on MO370W TO STLOUISMILLSCIR (freeway or expressway); 2 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

St. Louis Mills opened in 2003 as a super-regional mall but faced tenancy and maintenance challenges, changed ownership several times, and closed in 2019. After a short-lived sports complex (POWERplex STL) operated 2019‑2023, the building was gutted and redeveloped in 2023 into the Hazelwood Business Park, an industrial warehouse and office facility.

Why. The record shows anchor tenant losses (Books‑A‑Million 2017, Regal 2018) and ongoing tenancy/maintenance issues as visible causes of decline; explicit competition, debt, or demolition triggers are not stated.

Where it stands. The site is currently demolished and redeveloped as the Hazelwood Business Park, with Industrial Commercial Properties LLC (ICP) listed as the owner from the 2022 sale and party timeline through 2023.

For a planner

  • Prior reuse as a sports complex shows a precedent for temporary adaptive reuse before industrial conversion.
  • Zoning was changed to a sports complex and entitlement granted in 2017, illustrating use‑change tools available.
  • Open questions include long‑term demand for industrial space, flood‑plain status, and transit access for workers.

For a developer

  • Site size is not provided in the record.
  • Control currently lies with Industrial Commercial Properties LLC (ICP) following the 2022 purchase; entitlement for a sports complex dates to 2017.
  • Context‑layer constraints (flood risk, transit proximity, environmental issues) are unknown, as are tract‑level market signals.

What we do not know yet

  • Site acreage or building square footage is missing.
  • Flood‑plain, wetland, or other environmental constraints are not recorded.
  • Proximity to major highways, public transit, or labor markets is unspecified.
  • Current ownership after 2023 is not confirmed; the party list ends in 2023.
  • Fields such as strategy, new_use, and zoning_change are model‑extracted and marked as extraction, so their accuracy is unverified.

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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History and original facts

Opened2003Wikidata
Closed2019extracted, unreviewed
Stores at peak18extracted, unreviewed
Original developerMills Corporationextracted, unreviewed
ArchitectKiku Obata & Company
AnchorsCircuit City, Burlington Coat Factory, Bass Pro Shops, Bed Bath & Beyond, Saks Off 5th, Marshalls Mega Store, Books-A-Million, Regal Cinemas St. Louis Mills Stadium 18
CountySt. Louis County
Census division4 · West North Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, GLA. Know it? Tell us.

Background

St. Louis Mills, also known as St. Louis Outlet Mall, was a super-regional shopping mall in Hazelwood, Missouri, United States, a suburb of St. Louis. Primarily developed by Mills Corporation, the mall struggled with tenancy and maintenance issues for many years before closing in 2019. The first redevelopment effort, a sports complex called the POWERplex STL, operated from 2019 to 2023. The building's interior was gutted in 2023 and redeveloped into the Hazelwood Business Park, an industrial warehouse and office building.

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

Timeline

  1. 2001 Mills Corporation acquired site
  2. 2003 Opened (Wikidata)
  3. 2003 Opened
  4. 2007 Acquired by Simon
  5. 2012 Renamed Outlet Mall
  6. 2016 Namdar purchase
  7. 2017 Books-A-Million closure
  8. 2018 Regal closure
  9. 2019 Closed
  10. 2022 ICP acquisition
  11. 2023 Renamed Business Park

Sources

  • Wikipedia: St. Louis Mills · supports: after notes, original developer, status, strategy, year closed, zoning change
    16 quoted sentences
    The mall closed in September 2019
    Primarily developed by Mills Corporation
    The building was officially renamed and opened as the Hazelwood Business Park in 2023
    The building's interior was gutted in 2023 and redeveloped into the Hazelwood Business Park

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