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Middletown Mall

Imported, unreviewedClosedFairmont, WV

Middletown Mall opened 1970 in Fairmont, WV; 471,000‑sf, 31 stores; now closed; no further details on cause, ownership, or dates. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline
Closed per a 2014 list or a Wikipedia category, uncheckedThis site: …closed import, no source · all sites with this
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/103144926413832 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …https://sites.google.com/site/middletownmall/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 41,000 on I 79 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: I 79 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -0.8% census-acs · all sites with this

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Now

StatusClosedEsri 2014 layer

Site context

Transit within 800 mno rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km132, 133OpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zoneno NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m20: ADVANCE AUTO PARTS #6099; AMERICAN TRAILERS; BIOSCRIP INFUSION SERVICES LLC; C.W. STICKLEY INC.; DOLLAR GENERAL STORE #900EPA FRS
Census tract 540490212014,018 people, 456 per sq mi; median household income $94,063; median gross rent $1,037; 23% renters; 7.2% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Marion County (WV), 20240 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 6 single-family; 2023: 5 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.40; socioeconomic 0.23; housing and transport 0.65; 16% below 150% of poverty; 4% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Mapsplace Middletown Mall Shopping Center (shopping_mall, confidence 0.91, from Overture, meta); building footprint 43,415 m², 3.7532155513763428 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialsites.google.com (alive); archived 2007–2022 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 57.7); expected annual loss $1.7M; high: inland flooding; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023185 establishments (-3%); 2,166 jobs (-5%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $167,401 (+2% 1 yr, +18% 5 yr); typical rent $1,171/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2024222 (2000 = 100); +7.5% 1 yr, +44% 5 yr, +48% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)41,000 vehicles a day on I 79 (Interstate, 4 lanes); 5,067 trucks; 28 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Middletown Mall opened in 1970 in Fairmont, West Virginia. It operated as a regional mall with approximately 471,000 square feet of gross leasable area and 31 stores at its peak. The record shows the mall is now closed, with no further dates or events listed.

Why. not stated in the record

Where it stands. The mall is currently closed, and the record does not specify an owner or controlling entity.

For a planner

  • No documented precedents or reuse examples in the record.
  • No policy tools or incentives mentioned.
  • Open questions include the timeline of closure, reasons for decline, and current ownership.

For a developer

  • Site size: 471,000 sf GLA.
  • Control and ownership unknown per record.
  • No context-layer data (flood, transit, environment) or market signals provided in the record.

What we do not know yet

  • Closure date unknown; only status 'closed' given.
  • Reason for closure not stated in record.
  • Current owner or controlling entity not identified.
  • No information on zoning, entitlements, or physical constraints (flood, transit, environment).

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  • New Harbour Mall, Fall River, MA · Malls · similar GLA (385,000 sq ft); opened 1971
  • Signal Hill Mall, Statesville, NC · Malls · similar GLA (357,900 sq ft); opened 1973

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Middletown Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

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History and original facts

Opened1970Esri 2014 layer
Gross leasable area471,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer
Stores at peak31Esri 2014 layer
AnchorsAce Hardware, Shop and Save, Save A Lot
AddressRts. 250 & 79
CountyMarion
Census division5 · South Atlantic
NotesListed as a closed mall in Esri's 2014 Closed_US_Malls layer (Directory of Major Malls data). Current status to be checked.

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Timeline

  1. 1970 Opened

Sources

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