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City Centre Mart

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRetrofit builtMiddletown, OH

Redeveloped in 2001. · from the fields below

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Place

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

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

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.98 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $16,368 census-acs · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: Snider, Dan F., Ford Dealership Building; Hotel Manchester nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

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

Tract income flat or down since 2013

This site: -12% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract population up 25%+ since 2013

This site: +45% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 18.8 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Redevelopment: restored street grid record · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

OH, Middletown; City Centre Mart/demolished, 2001
• Redevelopment: restored street grid

Now

Status	Retrofit builtauthors' map reported
Strategy	Redevelopedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Redevelopment: restored street gridauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2001authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	13: AMERIPAK INC; CITY OF MIDDLETOWN (FORMER WRENN PAPER MILL); DIAMOND INTERNATIONAL CORP; EN CASE CONCEPTS INC; ESSITY OPERATIONS WAUSAU LLCEPA FRS
Census tract 39017014400	2,287 people, 4,170 per sq mi; median household income $16,368; median gross rent $692; 88% renters; 10.1% vacant units; 0.5% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 18.8 of 20; 170 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 166 m; land-use mix 0.84; 39,325 jobs within 45 min by car, 5,556 by transit; 36% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 1 schools, 25 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 10 civic, 5 food and drink; 8 cycleway segments, 26 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
National Register places within 500 m	3: Snider, Dan F., Ford Dealership Building; Hotel Manchester; Main Street Commercial Historic DistrictNPS
Housing permits, Butler County (OH), 2024	356 units in 5+ unit buildings, 146 in 2–4, 660 single-family; 2023: 58 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.98; socioeconomic 0.93; housing and transport 0.93; 61% below 150% of poverty; 39% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: Towne Mall Galleria (6.7 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 3,243 m², 6.430566310882568 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Tract change 2013–2023	population +45% (1,577 → 2,287); median income -12% ($18,654 → $16,368); renters 84% → 88%; median home value +5% ($55,300 → $57,900)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 54.1); expected annual loss $1.2M; high: tornado; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	2 LIHTC properties, 131 units: Trinity Manor Apts (91 units); Dublin House (40 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	16,397 jobs in 1,092 establishments; average annual pay $40,122; employment location quotient 1.01; employment +0.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	981 jobs; 79 in retail trade, 87 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 39017014400)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 31th income percentile as adults; 1.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (352 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 29% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 35.9%; median family income $30,694; 362 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Middletown City School District (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Middletown Preparatory & Fitness Academy; Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	650 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	170 county-logged events: 80 thunderstorm wind, 38 hail, 24 flash flood, 18 flood; $1,737,950 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 45042, 2026-09	median list price $260,250 (-4.3% on the year); 58 active listings; median 39 days on market; 28% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,071 establishments (+6%); 18,380 jobs (+7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $313,302 (+3% 1 yr, +31% 5 yr); typical rent $1,566/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	6,247 vehicles a day on S CLINTON ST (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 297 trucks; 38 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: City Centre Mart on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and state only, check the city; nothing copied here

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retrofit already built
county grew 3.1% 2018–23

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History and original facts

County	Butler County
Census division	3 · East North Central

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Timeline

2001 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

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

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "City Centre Mart, Middletown, OH." Record m-9d136a7521, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/middletown-city-centre-mart-demolished-unnamed/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_middletowncitycentremartdemolishedunname,
  title = {City Centre Mart, Middletown, OH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/middletown-city-centre-mart-demolished-unnamed/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-9d136a7521, 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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Site profile11 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

From the authors' mapverbatim, Dunham-Jones and Williamson, 2021

Nowauthors' map

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