Malls · North Carolina
University Mall (Chapel Hill)
University Mall in Chapel Hill shifted from enclosed mall to lifestyle center with housing and retail, now operating as mixed-use. · summary, model-written
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Site profile17 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
On Facebook
This site: …https://www.facebook.com/140747355963566 overture · all sites with thisWebsite alive
This site: …http://www.universityplacenc.com overture / http check · all sites with this15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 37,988 on US-15 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 129 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisCounty lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012
This site: -12% census-cbp · all sites with thisFEMA special flood hazard area
This site: AE fema-nfhl · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 6 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh inland flooding risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)
This site: 0.88 cdc-svi · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: US-15 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 63% census-acs · all sites with thisTract house prices doubled in 10 years
This site: +102% fhfa · all sites with thisReinhabited
This site: Today, the mall has become similar to that of a lifestyle center that features a mix of national stores, with some local retailers and an apartment community,… extraction · all sites with thisHousing
This site: a mix of national stores, with some local retailers and an apartment community, 900 Willow apartments. an apartment community, 9 extraction · all sites with thisMixed use
This site: Today, the mall has become similar to that of a lifestyle center that features a mix of national stores, with some local ret extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Operatingextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Reinhabitedextracted, unreviewed |
| New uses | housing, retailextracted, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Today, the mall has become similar to that of a lifestyle center that features a mix of national stores, with some local retailers and an apartment community, 900 Willow apartments.extracted, unreviewed |
Planning
| Planning notes | an apartment community, 900 Willow apartments.extracted, unreviewed |
|---|
Securitised debt and public filers
Filings (2001 to date) that name “University Mall” and “Chapel Hill” (107 hits, first 100 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.
| Kind | Filer | Filings | Dates | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public owner (weak) | Brixmor Property Group Inc. (BRX) | 49 | 2013-12-03 to 2022-11-01 | 8-K 37, 10-K 11, 8-K/A 1 |
| Public owner (weak) | Brixmor Operating Partnership LP | 42 | 2015-02-09 to 2022-11-01 | 8-K 32, 10-K 10 |
| Public owner (weak) | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ) | 16 | 2005-02-10 to 2007-02-28 | 8-K 9, 10-K 6, 8-K/A 1 |
| Public owner (weak) | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/ | 6 | 2005-03-31 to 2007-03-16 | 10-K 6 |
| Public owner (weak) | Seritage Growth Properties (SRG, SRG-PA) | 3 | 2018-02-28 to 2020-03-02 | 10-K 3 |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | no rail station; 7 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| Motorway junctions within 2 km | junctionOpenStreetMap |
| FEMA flood zone | AE · special flood hazard areaFEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 6: BAILEY CLEANERS; GENE CARE MEDICAL CTR; NCDSCA DC680002( AMERICAN DRY CLEANERS ); OKLAHOMA INSTALLATION CO #442; RAM REALTY ACQUISITIONS V LLCEPA FRS |
| Census tract 37135012101 | 3,387 people, 2,562 per sq mi; median household income $56,250; median gross rent $1,092; 63% renters; 7.3% vacant units; 2.7% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 5 of 6 daily needs: 6 grocers, 0 schools, 16 parks or playgrounds, 6 health, 3 civic, 21 food and drink; 129 cycleway segments, 124 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Orange County (NC), 2024 | 34 units in 5+ unit buildings, 16 in 2–4, 325 single-family; 2023: 604 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.88; socioeconomic 0.73; housing and transport 0.90; 15% below 150% of poverty; 10% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 1 within 10 km, 3 within 25 km: South Square Mall (7.6 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | place Madison University Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.52, from Overture, meta); building footprint 16,929 m², 6.669529438018799 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | www.universityplacenc.com (alive); archived 2015–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 4,240 since 2015; 1,416 in the last 12 months (+17% vs the prior 12); peak 2026-07 with 159Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively moderate overall (score 56.6); expected annual loss $1.6M; high: inland flooding, winter weather, lightning; community resilience very highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | noneHUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 337 establishments (-12%); 5,938 jobs (+6%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $494,660 (-2% 1 yr, +24% 5 yr); typical rent $1,685/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2025 | 505 (2000 = 100); +2.8% 1 yr, +62% 5 yr, +102% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 37,988 vehicles a day on US-15 (freeway or expressway, 4 lanes); 884 trucks; 25 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
University Mall opened as an enclosed shopping mall in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, anchored by SilverSpot Cinema. Over time it was reconfigured into a lifestyle center featuring national and local retailers alongside the 900 Willow apartment community. The site now operates as a mixed-use housing and retail property.
Why. not stated in the record
Where it stands. The mall is currently operating as a lifestyle center with housing and retail, but the record does not identify its current owner or controlling entity.
For a planner
- Reinhabit strategy converting enclosed mall to mixed-use housing/retail.
- Planning notes indicate integration of 900 Willow apartments as part of the retrofit.
- Open questions include long-term market demand for the housing and retail mix and any needed zoning adjustments.
For a developer
- Site size: 366,000 sq ft GLA.
- Control/ownership not specified in the record.
- Entitlement stage: reinhabit strategy with housing and retail new use, status operating, verified draft.
- Market signals: county population grew 3.0% 2018‑23 and existing housing component noted in opp_reasons.
What we do not know yet
- Exact opening date and timeline of transformations are not provided.
- Ownership, deed, and any controlling entity are missing.
- Financial details, debt, or anchor tenant performance are absent.
- Context‑layer constraints (flood risk, transit access, environmental issues) are not described.
- Data are marked as draft and unverified, indicating potential extraction errors.
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- University Mall exterior commons.wikimedia.org
- University Mall, 201 South Estes Drive, Chapel Hill, North Carolina bridgeandtunnelclub.com
- University Mall, Chapel Hill, NC : r/deadmalls reddit.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- county grew 3.0% 2018–23
- housing in the record
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
| Gross leasable area | 366,000 sq ftextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Anchors | SilverSpot Cinema |
| County | Orange County |
| Census division | 5 · South Atlantic |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States |
Not yet recorded: acres, year opened, original developer, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.
Background
University Place is a formerly-enclosed shopping mall in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The mall is anchored by SilverSpot Cinema.The gross leasable area of the center is 366,000 square feet. The mall is located about two miles northeast from downtown and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Today, the mall has become similar to that of a lifestyle center that features a mix of national stores, with some local retailers and an apartment community, 900 Willow apartments.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Sources
- Wikipedia: University Mall (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) · supports: after notes, gla sqft, status, strategy
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The gross leasable area of the center is 366,000 square feet.
Today, the mall has become similar to that of a lifestyle center that features a mix of national stores, with some local retailers and an apartment community, 900 Willow apartments.
Today, the mall has become similar to that of a lifestyle center that features a mix of national stores, with some local retailers and an apartment community, 900 Willow apartments.
Today, the mall has become similar to that of a lifestyle center that features a mix of national stores, with some local retailers and an apartment community, 900 Willow apartments.