Malls · South Carolina

Rock Hill Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedRock Hill, SC

Opened 1968. Closed 1991. Redeveloped in 2006.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed

documented

The mall was finally demolished in late 2006, making way for a BI-LO supermarket, which became a Publix soon after.

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported

Retrofit year2006extracted, unreviewed reported

Walkability9.5 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Rock Hill Mall — Exterior view of a single-story commercial building with signage indicating upcoming business. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Former anchors

Sears

This site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this

Place

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

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

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 42,900 on CHERRY RD fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Fast-growing county (8%+ 2018–23)

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

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +180% fhfa · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: …a BI-LO supermarket, which became a Publix soon after extraction · all sites with this

New use

Grocery

This site: …a BI-LO supermarket, which became a Publix soon after extraction · all sites with this

Retail (continued)

This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Demolishedextracted, unreviewed documented The mall was finally demolished in late 2006, making way for a BI-LO supermarket, which became a Publix soon after. en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented The mall was finally demolished in late 2006, making way for a BI-LO supermarket, which became a Publix soon after. en.wikipedia.org
New uses	retailextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	a BI-LO supermarket, which became a Publix soon afterextracted, unreviewed documented The mall was finally demolished in late 2006, making way for a BI-LO supermarket, which became a Publix soon after. en.wikipedia.org
Retrofit year	2006extracted, unreviewed reported

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	81, 82A, 82A;82B, 82ABCOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	17: ARCLABS TRADE SCHOOL; CALIBER COLLISION CENTER ROCK HILL; CARRICK BROTHERS LLC; CHERRY ROAD DEVELOPMENT/ANDERSON CROSSING; CITY OF ROCK HILL SCEPA FRS
Census tract 45091060802	1,971 people, 1,907 per sq mi; median household income $74,632; median gross rent $1,192; 18% renters; 5.9% vacant units; 2.5% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 9.5 of 20; 59 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.83; 59,813 jobs within 45 min by car; 1% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 1 schools, 6 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 22 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 7 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, York County (SC), 2024	330 units in 5+ unit buildings, 12 in 2–4, 2,171 single-family; 2023: 296 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.43; socioeconomic 0.41; housing and transport 0.76; 22% below 150% of poverty; 6% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Town Center Mall (5.1 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 6,234 m², 6.703941345214844 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views	2,501 since 2015; 900 in the last 12 months (-8% vs the prior 12); peak 2026-06 with 109Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +5% (1,877 → 1,971); median income +57% ($47,464 → $74,632); renters 21% → 18%; median home value +74% ($128,600 → $224,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	very low overall (score 12.5); expected annual loss $547,181; high: ice storm; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	1 LIHTC properties, 106 units: Arborwood Park Apts (106 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	12,875 jobs in 844 establishments; average annual pay $40,407; employment location quotient 1.23; employment +0.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	954 jobs; 228 in retail trade, 160 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 45091060802)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 48th income percentile as adults; -0.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (163 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; 5% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 14.3%; median family income $62,868; 75 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	York School District 3 (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: W. C. Sullivan Middle; Cherry Park Elementary School of Language ImmersionNCES EDGE
Elevation	609 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	127 county-logged events: 71 thunderstorm wind, 32 hail, 12 flash flood, 7 flood; $27,432,500 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 29730, 2026-09	median list price $343,000 (-4.6% on the year); 172 active listings; median 68 days on market; 27% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	743 establishments (+13%); 12,510 jobs (+31%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $383,056 (-2% 1 yr, +20% 5 yr); typical rent $1,643/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	529 (2000 = 100); +13.4% 1 yr, +79% 5 yr, +180% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	42,900 vehicles a day on CHERRY RD (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 2,925 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Rock Hill Mall opened in 1968 as an enclosed regional shopping mall. Most tenants, including all anchors, departed after the nearby Rock Hill Galleria opened in 1991, leaving the mall vacant and decaying. The structure was demolished in late 2006 and replaced by a BI‑LO supermarket that later became a Publix.

Why. The record attributes the mall’s decline to competition from the newer Rock Hill Galleria, which drew away anchors and tenants; no other causes such as debt or demolition orders are stated.

Where it stands. The mall is currently demolished; the record does not identify a current owner or controlling entity.

For a planner

Redevelopment strategy labeled 'redevelop' with intended new use of retail
Post‑demolition site hosted a supermarket (BI‑LO then Publix)
Open questions: what zoning or incentives facilitated the 2006 demolition and subsequent retail reuse?

For a developer

Site size: unknown from record
Control/ownership after demolition: unknown
Entitlement stage: unknown
Constraints from context layers (flood, transit, environment): unknown
Market signals from tract data: unknown

What we do not know yet

Site acreage and parcel boundaries not provided
Current ownership or controlling entity after demolition not stated
Any environmental review, flood zone status, or transit access details missing
Demographic or tract‑level market data absent
Verification status is 'draft', indicating extracted facts may be unreviewed

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Similar sites

Town Center Mall, Rock Hill, SC · Malls · opened 1975; closed 1993; same strategy: redevelop
Chester Mall, Chester County, SC · Malls · opened 1973; closed 1993; same strategy: redevelop
New Rochelle Mall, New Rochelle, NY · Malls · opened 1968; closed 1995; same strategy: redevelop
Rockville Mall, Rockville, MD · Malls · opened 1972; closed 1995; same strategy: redevelop

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retrofit already built
closed or demolished site (sourced)
county grew 11.6% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Opened	1968extracted, unreviewed
Closed	1991extracted, unreviewed documented Most tenants, including all of its retail anchors, left the mall when the newer Rock Hill Galleria opened nearby in 1991. en.wikipedia.org
Anchors	Sears
County	York County
Census division	5 · South Atlantic
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Rock Hill Mall was an enclosed regional shopping mall located in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It opened in 1968. Most tenants, including all of its retail anchors, left the mall when the newer Rock Hill Galleria opened nearby in 1991. After the closure of the vast majority of the mall in the 1990s, nearly all of it sat vacant and decaying for almost a decade as a dead mall, until it was finally demolished in late 2006.

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

Timeline

1968 opened for business
1991 most tenants left
2006 demolished

Sources

Wikipedia: Rock Hill Mall · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed, year opened
8 quoted sentences
Rock Hill Mall opened for business on August 21, 1968.
Most tenants, including all of its retail anchors, left the mall when the newer Rock Hill Galleria opened nearby in 1991.
The mall was finally demolished in late 2006, making way for a BI-LO supermarket, which became a Publix soon after.
The mall was finally demolished in late 2006, making way for a BI-LO supermarket, which became a Publix soon after.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Rock Hill Mall, Rock Hill, SC." Record m-aeabb032d5, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/sc/rock-hill-rock-hill-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_rockhillrockhillmall,
  title = {Rock Hill Mall, Rock Hill, SC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/sc/rock-hill-rock-hill-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-aeabb032d5, 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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