Retrofit Atlas

Malls · Virginia

Cloverleaf Mall (Richmond)

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRetrofit builtRichmond, VA

Opened 1972. Closed 2008. Redeveloped in 2009.

Status nowRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
What it becamemixed, retail, housingextracted, unreviewed
Site size800,000 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer
Retrofit year2009authors' map
Walkability8.8 of 20 · 15-minute 4 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNo · Opportunity ZoneOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Cloverleaf Mall
Cloverleaf Mall. Photo: Will Fisher from Richmond, VA, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile18 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/157799520921010 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://www.deadmalls.com/malls/cloverleaf_mall.html overture / http check · all sites with this
Ownership
Public bodyThis site: Chesterfield County county-parcels · all sites with this
Place
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 5 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 88,851 on 150 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Fast-growing county (8%+ 2018–23)This site: 9% census-acs · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: 150 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Opportunity ZoneThis site: 51041100210 hud-oz · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 62% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +96% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract population up 25%+ since 2013This site: +25% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets record · all sites with this
New use
HousingThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
Mixed useThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

VA, Richmond: Cloverleaf Mall/Stonebridge, 2009
• Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
StrategyRedevelopedauthors' map
New usesmixed, retail, housingextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowRedevelopment: mixed use, new streetsauthors' map
Retrofit year2009authors' map

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2005Sold—Chesterfield County ← previous ownerWikipedia

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m9: AURA STONEBRIDGE MULTIFAMILY; CROWN STATION VA-38; FIRESTONE COMPLETE AUTO CARE #020796; FORMER CLOVERLEAF MALL; KROGER #514-029EPA FRS
Census tract 510411002102,031 people, 1,557 per sq mi; median household income $79,079; median gross rent $1,618; 62% renters; 8.0% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 8.8 of 20; 26 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.84; 77,523 jobs within 45 min by car; 1% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)4 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 0 schools, 1 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 1 civic, 23 food and drink; 2 cycleway segments, 92 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zoneyes, tract 51041100210 (rural)HUD
Housing permits, Chesterfield County (VA), 2024462 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 1,845 single-family; 2023: 1,456 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.65; socioeconomic 0.70; housing and transport 0.49; 14% below 150% of poverty; 0% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby5 within 10 km, 9 within 25 km: Chesterfield Towne Center (7.3 km); Sauer Center (9.3 km); Main Street Station mall (9.5 km); Willow Lawn Shopping Center (9.6 km); Tobacco Row (9.7 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Cloverleaf Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.77, from Overture, meta); building footprint 11,676 m², 6.428852558135986 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.deadmalls.com (alive); archived 2001–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views11,103 since 2015; 3,047 in the last 12 months (+33% vs the prior 12); peak 2025-12 with 444Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +25% (1,623 → 2,031); median income +96% ($40,395 → $79,079); renters 46% → 62%; median home value +28% ($162,700 → $208,800)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)very low overall (score 2.7); expected annual loss $379,432; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023933 establishments (-1%); 22,577 jobs (+33%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $410,086 (+3% 1 yr, +26% 5 yr); typical rent $1,839/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)88,851 vehicles a day on 150 (freeway or expressway, 6 lanes); 1,792 trucks; 24 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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  • Coliseum Mall, Hampton, VA · Malls · similar GLA (991,000 sq ft); opened 1973; same strategy: redevelop
  • Los Arcos Mall, Scottsdale, AZ · Malls · similar GLA (607,350 sq ft); opened 1969; same strategy: redevelop
  • Bannister Mall, Kansas City, MO · Malls · similar GLA (1,014,390 sq ft); closed 2007; same strategy: redevelop
  • Century Plaza, Birmingham, AL · Malls · similar GLA (740,000 sq ft); opened 1975; closed 2009

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • 800,000 sq ft GLA (large site)
  • county grew 9.5% 2018–23
  • median rent $1,542
  • housing in the record
  • public owner

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 asStonebridge
Opened1972Esri 2014 layer
Closed2008extracted, unreviewed
Gross leasable area800,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer
Stores at peak45Esri 2014 layer
AnchorsVacant, JCPenney, Sears, Thalhimers
AddressMidlothian Tpke. & Rt. 150
CountyChesterfield
Census division5 · South Atlantic

Not yet recorded: acres, original developer. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Stonebridge Shopping Center, formerly Cloverleaf Mall, was a shopping mall located in Chesterfield County, Virginia on U.S. Route 60 just west of State Route 150. The mall opened in 1972 and featured two anchor stores, JCPenney, and Sears. A third anchor, Thalhimers, opened a year later.

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

Timeline

  1. 1972 Opened
  2. 1973 anchor added
  3. 2000 anchor closed
  4. 2001 anchor closed
  5. 2003 anchor closed
  6. 2008 closed
  7. 2009 Retrofit: redevelop
  8. 2011 demolished

Sources

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