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Windcrest International Business Park

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedRetrofit builtWindcrest, TX

221-acre former mall retrofitted to industrial/office use (2024) with tax exemption; peer context shows similar size/era sites. · 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
Finance and pipeline
Sold since 2020This site: 2024 Industrial Commercial Properties LLC research-deals · 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
Tax abatement or incentiveThis site: …tax exemption Windcrest International Business Park 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: Windcrest International Business Park record · all sites with this
New use
Logistics and industrialThis site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
OfficeThis site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Park and open spaceThis site: Windcrest International Business Park newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusRetrofit builtnewtypes-extraction
StrategyReinhabitedWikipedia
New usesindustrial, officeWikipedia
What is there nowWindcrest International Business Parknewtypes-extraction
Retrofit year2024newtypes-extraction
RedeveloperIndustrial Commercial Properties LLCnewtypes-extraction

Planning

Public purchase or subsidytax exemptionnewtypes-extraction

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2024Sold—Industrial Commercial Properties LLC ← RackspaceWikipedia

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: Castle (0.0 km); Windsor Park Mall (1.6 km)computed
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

Former Windcrest Mall (opened 1976) retrofitted to industrial/office use as Windcrest International Business Park. Retrofit completed in 2024.

Why. Rackspace vacated 2022; sold to Industrial Commercial Properties LLC (2024). Strategy: 'reinhabit' (convert to new use).

Where it stands. 221-acre site (1.2M sq ft GLA) in Windcrest, TX. Nearest peer: Windsor Park Mall (1.6km, built 1978).

For a planner

  • 221 acres matches peer Castle (221 acres, 1976 opening).
  • County grew 5.8% 2018–23 (per opp_reasons).
  • Retail establishments rose 3.4% 2012–2023.

For a developer

  • Tax exemption subsidy noted.
  • No yield/value data available (value_per_acre null).
  • Peer Windsor Park Mall (1.6km) uses same 'reinhabit' strategy.

What we do not know yet

  • Strategy 'reinhabit' details unknown.
  • Gla_per_acre 5,430 (no context for industrial use).
  • Housing market shows -2.3% annual change (Zillow).

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Similar sites

  • Castle, 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
  • Highland Mall, Austin, TX · Malls · similar GLA (1,116,000 sq ft); opened 1971; same strategy: reinhabit

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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
Acres221newtypes-extraction
Gross leasable area1,200,000 sq ftnewtypes-extraction
Original developerMelvin Simon and Associatesnewtypes-extraction
AnchorsDillard's, JCPenney, Montgomery Ward, Mervyn's, Joske's
CountyBexar County
Census division7 · West South Central
NotesDraft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The former Rackspace headquarters, "The Castle" (originally Windsor Park Mall), was sold in 2024 and became the Windcrest International Business Park.

Timeline

  1. 1976 Opened
  2. 2022 Rackspace announced its intention to vacate the property
  3. 2024 building was sold to Industrial Commercial Properties LLC, becoming known as the Windcrest International Business Park
  4. 2024 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

  • Windsor Park Mall · CC BY-SA 4.0
    3 quoted sentences
    Windcrest International Business Park
    Rackspace remained in the area through 2022, when it announced its intention to vacate the property
    In early 2024, the building was sold to Industrial Commercial Properties LLC, becoming known as the Windcrest International Business Park.

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