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Castle

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedRetrofit builtWindcrest, TX

Rackspace occupies a completed 221-acre office retrofit of the former Castle Mall (1976–2005), adjacent to Windcrest Business Park in a growing county. · summary, model-written

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Former anchors
Dillard'sThis site: Dillard's wikipedia · all sites with this
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Mervyn'sThis site: Mervyn's wikipedia · all sites with this
Montgomery WardThis site: Montgomery Ward wikipedia · all sites with this
Place
County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a yearThis site: 2,506 units, Bexar County census-bps · all sites with this
Policy tool
Public grant or loanThis site: …grant corporate headquarters of Rackspace newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Scale
1M+ sq ft GLAThis site: 1,200,000 sq ft newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
60+ acre siteThis site: 221 acres newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: …corporate headquarters of Rackspace record · all sites with this
New use
OfficeThis site: …corporate headquarters of Rackspace newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusRetrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported
StrategyReinhabitedWikipedia no source
New usesofficeWikipedia no source
What is there nowcorporate headquarters of Rackspacenewtypes-extraction reported
RedeveloperRackspacenewtypes-extraction reported

Planning

Public purchase or subsidygrantnewtypes-extraction reported

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2007Sold$27.0M closedRackspace ← Whichard Real EstateWikipedia

Site context

Housing permits, Bexar County (TX), 20242,506 units in 5+ unit buildings, 28 in 2–4, 5,815 single-family; 2023: 4,932 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 4 within 25 km: Windcrest International Business Park (0.0 km); Windsor Park Mall (1.6 km)computed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)95,933 jobs in 4,936 establishments; average annual pay $43,680; employment location quotient 1.04; employment +0.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20223,388 jobs; 461 in retail trade, 458 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 48029121300)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 40th income percentile as adults; 3.0% incarcerated at the 2010 count (328 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; 11% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 12.7%; median family income $81,202; 151 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsNorth East Independent School District (PK-12); 8 public schools within 1 mile: HERITAGE ACADEMY OF WINDCREST; HERITAGE ACADEMY; HERITAGE ACADEMY OF SAN ANTONIO; PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL-SAN ANTONIO WINDCRESTNCES EDGE
Elevation789 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025578 county-logged events: 294 hail, 174 flash flood, 95 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood; $1,386,756,000 property damage reported; 20 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 78239, 2026-09median list price $241,250 (-10.6% on the year); 155 active listings; median 69 days on market; 31% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20235,037 establishments (+3%); 98,269 jobs (+20%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $250,969 (-2% 1 yr, +4% 5 yr); typical rent $1,393/mo (-1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Site metrics5,430 sq ft GLA per acre; FAR 0.12computed

Summary, model-written

Castle Mall (opened 1976, closed 2005) was redeveloped as Rackspace's corporate headquarters (2007).

Why. The retrofit is complete (status: built), using 221 acres (1.2M sq ft GLA) for office use. Adjacent to Windcrest International Business Park (0km), with county population growing 5.8% 2018–2023. Peer comparisons show similar scale/era (e.g., Windcrest Business Park, Windsor Park Mall).

Where it stands. Rackspace occupies the site as its headquarters. No current vacancy data provided. County housing market shows modest growth (ZHVI +4.5% 5y).

For a planner

  • Completed retrofit, not speculative
  • Large-scale office conversion on 221 acres
  • Adjacent to established business park

For a developer

  • Proven successful reinhabit (office) on 221 acres
  • No new construction needed (already built)
  • Context: Growing county with peer validation

What we do not know yet

  • No current occupancy rate
  • No public subsidy details
  • No tenant mix beyond Rackspace

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Similar sites

  • Windcrest International Business Park, Windcrest, TX · Malls · similar size (221 acres); similar GLA (1,200,000 sq ft); opened 1976
  • Windsor Park Mall, Windcrest, TX · Malls · similar GLA (1,079,250 sq ft); opened 1978; same strategy: reinhabit
  • Bannister Mall, Kansas City, MO · Malls · similar size (236 acres); similar GLA (1,014,390 sq ft); opened 1980
  • Rolling Acres Mall, Akron, OH · Malls · similar size (260 acres); similar GLA (1,014,000 sq ft); opened 1975

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • 221 acres
  • county grew 5.8% 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

Opened1976newtypes-extraction
Closed2005newtypes-extraction reported
Acres221newtypes-extraction reported
Gross leasable area1,200,000 sq ftnewtypes-extraction reported
Original developerMelvin Simon and Associatesnewtypes-extraction reported
AnchorsDillard's, JCPenney, Montgomery Ward, Mervyn's, Joske's
CountyBexar County
Census division7 · West South Central
NotesDraft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The former Windsor Park Mall was reinhabited as Rackspace's corporate headquarters, "The Castle", in 2007.

Not yet recorded: retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Timeline

  1. 1976 Windsor Park Mall and Dillard's and Joske's opened to the public
  2. 1976 Opened
  3. 2005 mall itself closing along with Mervyn's
  4. 2005 Closed
  5. 2007 building became the new corporate headquarters of Rackspace

Sources

  • Windsor Park Mall · CC BY-SA 4.0
    4 quoted sentences
    now known as "The Castle"
    Windsor Park Mall and Dillard's and Joske's opened to the public on July 29, 1976
    the mall itself closing along with Mervyn's in 2005.
    the building, of which ownership was transferred to the suburb of Windcrest, Texas, became the new corporate headquarters of Rackspace

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