Malls · Texas
Sharpstown Mall
Opened 1961. Reinhabited in 2010. · from the fields below
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Finance and pipeline
On Facebook
This site: …https://www.facebook.com/132926926743079 overture · all sites with thisWebsite dead or redirecting
This site: …http://www.plazamericas.net/ overture / http check · all sites with thisPlace
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 5 within 10 km computed · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 201,630 on 69 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisCounty permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year
This site: 8,623 units, Harris County census-bps · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 6 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)
This site: 0.97 cdc-svi · all sites with thisHigh tornado risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: 69 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisLower-income tract (< $50k)
This site: $37,874 census-acs · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 99% census-acs · all sites with thisScale
Building footprint 50,000+ m²
This site: 80,337 m² overture · all sites with thisStrategy
Reinhabited
This site: Reinhabitation: ethnic mall record · all sites with thisFrom the authors' map
TX, Houston: Sharpstown Mall/PlazAmericas, 2010
• Reinhabitation: ethnic mall
Now
| Status | Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Reinhabitedauthors' map |
| What is there now | Reinhabitation: ethnic mallauthors' map |
| Retrofit year | 2010authors' map |
Securitised debt and public filers
Filings (2001 to date) that name “Sharpstown Mall” and “Houston” (22 hits, first 22 sampled, 2 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2005-03-18 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2005 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.
| Kind | Filer | Filings | Dates | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMBS trust (weak) | Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2005 HQ5 | 4 | 2005-03-18 to 2005-04-26 | 8-K 2, 8-K/A 2 |
| Public owner (strong) | RAIT Financial Trust | 16 | 2010-03-01 to 2017-05-03 | 10-K 8, 8-K 6, 8-K/A 1, 10-Q 1 |
Site context
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
|---|---|
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 7: 7555 BELLAIRE BLVD; GILLMAN MITSUBISHI SOUTH; MONTGMERY WARD AUTO EXPRESS; SHARPSTOWN CLEANERS; THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYEPA FRS |
| Census tract 48201432805 | 2,290 people, 6,734 per sq mi; median household income $37,874; median gross rent $1,030; 99% renters; 12.3% vacant units; 8.8% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 5 of 6 daily needs: 6 grocers, 0 schools, 20 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 2 civic, 12 food and drink; 4 cycleway segments, 64 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Harris County (TX), 2024 | 8,623 units in 5+ unit buildings, 1,226 in 2–4, 20,087 single-family; 2023: 13,263 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.97; socioeconomic 0.93; housing and transport 0.94; 58% below 150% of poverty; 28% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 5 within 10 km, 18 within 25 km: Westwood Mall (0.1 km); Westbury Square (6.6 km); Saks Fifth Avenue Center of Fashion (6.7 km); Blair House (7.6 km); Town & Country Mall (8.5 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | place Sharpstown Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.97, from Overture, meta); building footprint 80,337 m², 15.9 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | www.plazamericas.net (down or redirecting, status 0) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 80,356 since 2015; 4,486 in the last 12 months (-26% vs the prior 12); peak 2022-02 with 1,467Wikimedia |
| 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 57.4); expected annual loss $935,754; high: tornado; community resilience very lowFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 1 LIHTC properties, 122 units: Lafayette Plaza (122 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 13,613 establishments (+8%); 213,745 jobs (+11%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $276,524 (-2% 1 yr, +11% 5 yr); typical rent $1,583/mo (-0% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 201,630 vehicles a day on 69 (Interstate, 9 lanes); 10,190 trucks; 19 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Chron: Texas News, Weather, Food, Culture, Sports, College blog.chron.com
- Baker Katz buys PlazAmericas, formerly Sharpstown Mall - Housto… bizjournals.com
- [4K] Walking Through Sharpstown Mall now PlazAmericas– Houston’s Forgotten Shopping Center youtube.com
- New signs of life emerge at former Sharpstown Mall - Houst… chron.com
- Shopping Mall «PlazAmericas», reviews and photos, 201 Sharpstown Center ... stores-goods.com
- Map and Directions to Sharpstown Mall in Houston, TX 77036 merchantcircle.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- county grew 3.4% 2018–23
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
| Now called / also known as | PlazAmericas |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1961Wikidata |
| County | Harris County |
| Census division | 7 · West South Central |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer. Know it? Tell us.
Timeline
- 1961 Opened (Wikidata)
- 2010 Retrofit: reinhabit
Sources
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