Malls · Pennsylvania

Trexler Mall

Imported, unreviewedStatus not verifiedTrexlertown, PA

Trexler Mall opened as an enclosed mall, later became the open‑air Shoppes at Trexler; current status and ownership are unknown. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

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Website alive

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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 inland flooding risk

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

High-income tract ($100k+)

This site: $106,146 census-acs · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Status not verifiedWikipedia reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Trexler Mall” and “Trexlertown” (136 hits, first 100 sampled, 1 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 (strong)	CEDAR SHOPPING CENTERS INC (CDR-PB, CDR-PC)	85	2005-08-04 to 2026-03-05	8-K 73, 10-K 8, 10-Q 2, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (strong)	Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (WHLR, WHLRD, WHLRL, WHLRP)	12	2022-11-08 to 2026-08-06	8-K 12

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	9: AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC; AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC; EVONIK CORP/UPPER MACUNGIE; INTERTEK USA; PRESTIGE CLEANERSEPA FRS
Census tract 42077006309	4,180 people, 3,305 per sq mi; median household income $106,146; median gross rent $1,756; 45% renters; 2.2% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 0 schools, 11 parks or playgrounds, 3 health, 3 civic, 15 food and drink; 3 cycleway segments, 13 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Lehigh County (PA), 2024	501 units in 5+ unit buildings, 20 in 2–4, 541 single-family; 2023: 8 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.48; socioeconomic 0.18; housing and transport 0.77; 8% below 150% of poverty; 8% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 3 within 25 km: Whitehall Plaza (7.4 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Trexler Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.99, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 32,419 m², 6.125133991241455 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.cclaundries.com (alive); archived 2011–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	9,342 since 2015; 858 in the last 12 months (+7% vs the prior 12); peak 2015-10 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 64.0); expected annual loss $1.5M; high: inland flooding, winter weather, cold wave; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	18,306 jobs in 1,107 establishments; average annual pay $36,831; employment location quotient 0.91; employment -1.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	262 jobs; 1 in retail trade, 10 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 42077006309)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 59th income percentile as adults; 1.9% incarcerated at the 2010 count (115 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; 53% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 1.5%; median family income $97,531; 126 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	East Penn School District (KG-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation	400 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	312 county-logged events: 200 thunderstorm wind, 44 flash flood, 38 hail, 13 heavy rain; $20,038,010 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 18087, 2026-09	median list price $299,900 (-16.4% on the year); 1 active listings; median 14 days on market; 0% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,172 establishments (-6%); 27,011 jobs (+32%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $363,024 (+4% 1 yr, +34% 5 yr); typical rent $1,820/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	444 (2000 = 100); +5.5% 1 yr, +53% 5 yr, +82% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	13,128 vehicles a day on HAMILTON BL (minor arterial, 2 lanes); 394 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Trexler Mall originally operated as an enclosed community shopping mall in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania. It was later reconfigured into an open‑air center known as The Shoppes at Trexler. The record does not specify when these changes occurred or the mall’s current operational status.

Why. not stated in the record

Where it stands. The site’s current status is unknown and no owner or controlling entity is identified in the record.

For a planner

No prior redevelopment precedents or policy interventions are documented for this site.
Open questions include the current ownership, zoning designation, and any pending entitlements for future use.

For a developer

Site size and parcel boundaries are not provided in the record.
Control and entitlement stage are unknown; no information on flood risk, transit access, environmental constraints, or local market signals is available.

What we do not know yet

Opening date and original anchor tenant list are missing.
Reasons for the mall’s transition to an open‑air format are not stated.
Current ownership, lease status, and operational condition are unknown.
No data on site dimensions, zoning, entitlements, floodplain, transit proximity, or environmental constraints are present.
The opportunity score and its rationale rely on unverified county‑growth data.

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

6900 Hamilton Blvd, Trexlertown, PA 18087 - Trexler Mall | LoopNet loopnet.com
Trexler Mall - 6900 Hamilton Blvd, Trexlertown, PA 18087 - Hours ... businessyab.com
Lane - Trexlertown, PA | Trexler Mall, 6900 Hamilton Blvd; o… | … flickr.com
The Gone-Ton: Trexler Mall (Trexlertown, PA) the-gone-ton.blogspot.com
Trexler Mall - store list, hours, (location: Trexlertown, Pennsylvania ... mallsinamerica.com
TREXLER MALL - Updated July 2026 - 29 Photos - 6900 Hamilton Blvd ... yelp.com
Rare interior photo of the former Trexler Mall in Tre… tumblr.com

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county grew 3.5% 2018–23

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History and original facts

County	Lehigh County
Census division	2 · Mid-Atlantic
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

The Shoppes at Trexler, formerly Trexler Mall, is an open-air shopping center and former enclosed community shopping mall in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania.

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

Sources

Wikipedia: Trexler Mall · 2026-08-06 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Trexler Mall, Trexlertown, PA." Record m-d8e4476551, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/trexlertown-trexler-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_trexlertowntrexlermall,
  title = {Trexler Mall, Trexlertown, PA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/trexlertown-trexler-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-d8e4476551, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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