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Malls · South Carolina

The Mall at Shelter Cove Mall

From the authors' mapPartial RedevelopedPartial RegreenedPartly retrofittedHilton Head, SC

Opened 1988. Closed 2013. Partial Redeveloped · Regreened in 2013.

Status nowPartly retrofittedauthors' map reported
What it becamepark, housingextracted, unreviewed reported
Site size290,000 sq ft GLAhermes-web reported
Retrofit year2013authors' map reported
Walkability8.5 of 20 · 15-minute 3 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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The Mall at Shelter Cove Mall
Exterior view of a former shopping center with distinctive architectural features and surrounding greenery. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile17 elements · what this site is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
BelkThis site: Belk wikipedia · all sites with this
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Jordan MarshThis site: Jordan Marsh wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/101698363309867 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://www.sheltercovetownecentre.com overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High coastal flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High hurricane riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)This site: Relatively High; hurricane, coastal flooding, lightning fema-nri · all sites with this
High-income tract ($100k+)This site: $138,022 census-acs · all sites with this
Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)This site: 0.20 cdc-svi · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +66% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use Partial regreening: park record · all sites with this
RegreenedThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use Partial regreening: park record · all sites with this
New use
HousingThis site: …evelopment: mixed use Partial regreening: park two luxury apartment buildings extraction · all sites with this
Mixed useThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use Partial regreening: park two luxury apartment buildings extraction · all sites with this
Park and open spaceThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use Partial regreening: park two luxury apartment buildings extraction · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

SC, Hilton Head: The Mall at Shelter Cove Mall/ Shelter Cove Towne Centre, 2013
• Redevelopment: mixed use
• Partial regreening: park
Shelter Cove Town Center, Hilton Head, SC - partial

Now

StatusPartly retrofittedauthors' map reported
StrategyPartial Redeveloped · Regreenedauthors' map reported
New usespark, housingextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there nowRedevelopment: mixed use Partial regreening: parkauthors' map reported
Retrofit year2013authors' map reported

History and original facts

Now called / also known asShelter Cove Towne Centre, Shelter Cove Town Center
Opened1988hermes-web
Closed2013hermes-web reported
Gross leasable area290,000 sq fthermes-web reported
Original developerJim Wilson & Associateshermes-web reported
AnchorsJCPenney, Saks Fifth Avenue, Belk, Kroger, Jordan Marsh, Saks Off Fifth
CountyBeaufort County
Census division5 · South Atlantic
NotesMap entry: Shelter Cove Town Center, Hilton Head, SC - partial

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Planning

Planning notestwo luxury apartment buildingsextracted, unreviewed

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m2: KROGER #671-11; SHELTER COVE PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTSEPA FRS
Census tract 450130111002,316 people, 687 per sq mi; median household income $138,022; median gross rent $2,397; 26% renters; 67.3% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 8.5 of 20; 59 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.79; 8,198 jobs within 45 min by car; 0% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)3 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 0 schools, 4 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 0 civic, 8 food and drink; 8 cycleway segments, 11 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Beaufort County (SC), 2024608 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 1,030 single-family; 2023: 274 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.20; socioeconomic 0.34; housing and transport 0.26; 6% below 150% of poverty; 2% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby0 within 10 km, 1 within 25 kmcomputed
Overture Mapsplace Shelter Cove Towne Centre (shopping_mall, confidence 0.98, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 3,073 m², 5.4630022048950195 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.sheltercovetownecentre.com (alive); archived 2015–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views15,868 since 2015; 1,336 in the last 12 months (+21% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-06 with 351Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +4% (2,221 → 2,316); median income +66% ($82,969 → $138,022); renters 23% → 26%; median home value +37% ($677,100 → $925,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively high overall (score 97.3); expected annual loss $6.4M; high: hurricane, coastal flooding, lightning; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)11,569 jobs in 811 establishments; average annual pay $40,475; employment location quotient 1.62; employment +0.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20222,443 jobs; 667 in retail trade, 761 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 45013011100)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 49th income percentile as adults; -0.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (68 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 6% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 6.9%; median family income $88,971; 0 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsBeaufort County School District (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation14 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025333 county-logged events: 250 thunderstorm wind, 32 lightning, 22 hail, 16 flash flood; $3,306,750 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 29928, 2026-09median list price $451,250 (-20.1% on the year); 556 active listings; median 111 days on market; 17% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023801 establishments (+10%); 11,509 jobs (+27%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $552,182 (+2% 1 yr, +35% 5 yr); typical rent $1,990/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2012223 (2000 = 100), -42% 5 yr, -1% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)27,200 vehicles a day on WILLIAM HILTON PKWY (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,855 trucks; 13 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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  • Arsenal Mall, Watertown, MA · Malls · similar GLA (311,000 sq ft); opened 1983; same strategy: redevelop
  • Totem Lake Mall, Kirkland, WA · Malls · similar GLA (360,000 sq ft); closed 2016; same strategy: redevelop, regreen
  • Centerpoint Marketplace Mall, Stevens Point, WI · Malls · similar GLA (220,735 sq ft); closed 2012; same strategy: redevelop

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • county grew 5.2% 2018–23
  • median rent $1,484
  • housing in the record

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Background

Shelter Cove Towne Centre, formerly The Mall at Shelter Cove, is a mixed-use lifestyle center located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The center features two anchor stores, which include Belk and Kroger, a park, and two luxury apartment buildings.

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

Timeline

  1. 2013 Retrofit: redevelop, regreen

Sources

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