{"id": "m-fda62a2697", "slug": "cincinnati-swifton-center", "type": "mall", "name": "Swifton Center", "aka": [], "city": "Cincinnati", "county": "Hamilton County", "state": "OH", "country": "US", "census_division": 3, "lat": 39.18709, "lon": -84.46374, "geocode_method": null, "address": null, "metro": null, "original_use": "mall", "year_opened": 1956, "year_closed": null, "acres": null, "gla_sqft": null, "stores_peak": null, "levels": null, "original_developer": null, "original_architect": null, "before_notes": "Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States", "strategy": [], "new_use": null, "share_retrofit": null, "status": "unknown", "year_retrofit": null, "developer": null, "architect": null, "after_notes": null, "narrative": "Swifton Center was a shopping mall in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Opened in 1956 as the first mall in the Cincinnati area, it was initially an open-air complex featuring Rollman & Sons department store as the sole anchor store. This store was converted to Mabley & Carew in 1960, and again to Elder-Beerman in 1978. Other major tenants included Kroger, Liberal Market, G. C. Murphy, and S. S. Kresge. The mall had undergone a severe decline in tenancy by the early 1980s, resulting from the relocation of Kroger and deferred maintenance of the property.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swifton_Center", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q6276480", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swifton_Center", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2025-08-23", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 0, "county_fips": "39061", "opp_score": 0.0, "opp_reasons": [], "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/cincinnati-swifton-center/", "events": [{"year": 1956, "date": null, "kind": "opened", "detail": "Opened (Wikidata)", "source_id": null}], "sources": [{"id": 791, "site_id": "m-fda62a2697", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swifton_Center", "title": "Wikipedia: Swifton Center", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": "2025-08-23", "quote": null, "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "Swifton Center opened in 1956 as the first mall in the Cincinnati area, beginning as an open‑air complex with Rollman & Sons as its sole anchor store. The anchor changed to Mabley & Carew in 1960 and to Elder‑Beerman in 1978, while other tenants included Kroger, Liberal Market, G. C. Murphy, and S. S. Kresge. By the early 1980s the mall suffered a severe decline in tenancy due to Kroger’s relocation and deferred maintenance, after which the record provides no further details.", "why": "The decline is attributed in the record to the relocation of the Kroger anchor and deferred maintenance of the property. No other causes such as competition, debt, or demolition are mentioned.", "where_it_stands": "Current status is unknown and no controlling owner or entity is specified in the record.", "for_a_planner": ["First mall in Cincinnati (opened 1956) – early example of suburban retail development.", "Open‑air to enclosed transition not documented; anchor store changes observed.", "Open questions: what occurred after the 1980s decline, current ownership, zoning, and potential reuse or redevelopment options."], "for_a_developer": ["Site size and parcel boundaries are not provided in the record.", "Control/ownership unknown; no deed or lease information available.", "Entitlement stage and any existing approvals are not described.", "Context layers (flood risk, transit access, environmental constraints) and market signals from tract data are absent."], "risks_and_unknowns": ["Current status of the property (vacant, demolished, repurposed) is unknown.", "Owner or controlling entity is not identified.", "Parcel size, dimensions, and land‑use zoning are missing.", "Environmental conditions, floodplain status, and transit proximity are not described.", "The record is marked as 'draft' verified status with an opportunity score of 0.0, indicating low confidence."], "data_quality": "thin", "one_line": "Opened 1956 as Cincinnati’s first mall, declined early 1980s after Kroger left and maintenance lapsed; current status unknown.", "model": "nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b", "machine": "NVIDIA API via Hermes CT", "record_sha1": "034b4c3c8593"}, "cluster": {"within_10km": [{"id": "m-94f26bc4bd", "name": "Surrey Square Mall", "city": "Norwood", "status": "closed", "km": 3.2}, {"id": "n-f377f332e8", "name": "St. Bernard Square", "city": "St. Bernard", "status": "under construction", "km": 3.7}, {"id": "m-99dc3b182b", "name": "Kenwood Plaza", "city": "Cincinnati", "status": "unknown", "km": 7.6}, {"id": "n-94a89f6d83", "name": "CIC Industrial Park", "city": "Blue Ash", "status": "built", "km": 8.9}, {"id": "n-6d221998d1", "name": "Cincinnati–Blue Ash Airport", "city": "Blue Ash", "status": "under construction", "km": 9.2}], "count_10km": 5, "count_25km": 11}, "elevation": {"elevation_ft": 587.8, "resolution": 1, "source": "USGS EPQS (3DEP)", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "env": {"count": 5, "facilities": [{"name": "BP OIL CO SITE 01933", "programs": " ", "site_type": "", "flags": "", "brownfield": false}, {"name": "ELDER BEERMAN", "programs": " ", "site_type": "", "flags": "", "brownfield": false}, {"name": "FAMILY DOLLAR #3169", "programs": " ", "site_type": "45299", "flags": "", "brownfield": false}, {"name": "KROGER STORE 388", "programs": " ", "site_type": "44511", "flags": "", "brownfield": false}, {"name": "WALGREENS #5716", "programs": " ", "site_type": "456110", "flags": "", "brownfield": false}], "brownfield": false, "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}, "fifteen": {"grocery": 1, "schools": 2, "parks": 24, "health": 1, "civic": 2, "food_drink": 3, "cycleway_ways": 6, "sidewalk_ways": 38, "residential_buildings": 310, "categories_present": 6, "retrieved": "2026-10-16"}, "flood": {"zone": "X", "subtype": "AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD", "sfha": "F", "bfe": -9999.0, "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}, "food_access": {"tract10": "39061006300", "urban": 1, "lila_1_10": 0, "low_access_1mi": 0, "poverty_rate": 16.4170506912442, "median_family_income": 41591.0, "snap_households": 193.0, "pop2010": 3723.0, "source": "USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas 2019 (ArcGIS copy)", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "housing_market": {"zhvi": {"latest": 266241, "month": "2026-09", "change_1y": 0.008, "change_5y": 0.242}, "zori": {"latest": 1468, "month": "2026-09", "change_1y": 0.024, "change_5y": 0.272}, "county_fips": "39061", "source": "Zillow Research (ZHVI, ZORI)"}, "hpi": {"year": 2025, "index": 341.1, "change_1y": 0.089, "change_5y": 0.625, "change_10y": 1.654, "base": "2000=100 (FHFA annual tract index, all-transactions)", "tract": "39061006300", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "jobs_lodes": {"tract20": "39061006300", "jobs": 6186, "retail_jobs": 15, "food_accommodation_jobs": 26, "year": 2022, "source": "Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 (all jobs, primary and secondary), blocks summed to the 2020 tract", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "lihtc": {"count_1km": 3, "units_1km": 1479, "li_units_1km": 1479, "projects": [{"name": "Huntington Meadows Apts", "units": 1165, "year": null, "bond": false}, {"name": "Glen Meadows Apts", "units": 264, "year": null, "bond": false}, {"name": "Bond Hill Roselawn Senior Housing", "units": 50, "year": null, "bond": false}], "retrieved": "2026-10-16"}, "listings": {"zip": "45237", "month": "202609", "median_listing_price": 226250, "median_listing_price_yy": -0.0106, "active_listing_count": 34, "median_days_on_market": 44, "price_reduced_share": 0.256, "pending_ratio": 0.6418, "source": "Realtor.com Research, inventory core metrics by ZIP (ZCTA at the site point)", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "nrhp": {"count": 0, "places": [], "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}, "nri": {"tract": "39061006300", "risk_score": 30.3, "risk_rating": "Relatively Low", "eal_score": 16.1, "eal_rating": "Very Low", "expected_annual_loss_usd": 662013, "social_vulnerability": "Very High", "community_resilience": "Relatively High", "hazards": {"hurricane": "Very Low", "tornado": "Relatively High", "inland flooding": "Relatively Low", "heat wave": "Relatively High", "earthquake": "Relatively Low", "hail": "Relatively Low", "strong wind": "Relatively Low", "winter weather": "Relatively Moderate", "landslide": "Very Low", "ice storm": "Relatively Low", "cold wave": "Relatively Moderate", "lightning": "Relatively Moderate"}, "high_hazards": ["tornado", "heat wave"], "retrieved": "2026-10-16"}, "opportunity": {"tract10": "39061006300", "kfr_p25": 0.3034, "jail_p25": 0.0623, "kids_count": 1339.0267, "commuting_zone": "Cincinnati", "vintage": "children born 1978-83, outcomes measured 2014-15", "source": "Opportunity Insights, Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones, Porter 2018)", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "overture": {"candidates": 186, "retrieved": "2026-10-15", "building": {"id": "f94dde47-69ca-47a2-85eb-bbc699b72ea2", "area_m2": 14943, "height_m": 8.569214820861816, "levels": null, "class": "school", "names": null, "contains_point": false, "km": 0.25, "explore": "https://explore.overturemaps.org/?feature=buildings.building.f94dde47-69ca-47a2-85eb-bbc699b72ea2#17/39.18709/-84.46374"}, "large_buildings_nearby": 4, "buildings_done": true}, "oz": {"opportunity_zone": true, "tract": "39061006300", "rural": "N", "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}, "pageviews": {"article": "Swifton_Center", "months": 87, "total": 18259, "last_12m": 2947, "prior_12m": 2879, "trend": 0.02, "peak_month": "202603", "peak_views": 621, "series": [["201908", 91], ["201909", 293], ["201910", 146], ["201911", 216], ["201912", 215], ["202001", 245], ["202002", 224], ["202003", 180], ["202004", 190], ["202005", 188], ["202006", 195], ["202007", 152], ["202008", 178], ["202009", 310], ["202010", 270], ["202011", 165], ["202012", 242], ["202101", 200], ["202102", 175], ["202103", 189], ["202104", 169], ["202105", 162], ["202106", 155], ["202107", 120], ["202108", 140], ["202109", 106], ["202110", 139], ["202111", 128], ["202112", 186], ["202201", 181], ["202202", 148], ["202203", 211], ["202204", 257], ["202205", 159], ["202206", 171], ["202207", 193], ["202208", 180], ["202209", 171], ["202210", 169], ["202211", 478], ["202212", 230], ["202301", 214], ["202302", 146], ["202303", 139], ["202304", 240], ["202305", 161], ["202306", 165], ["202307", 215], ["202308", 192], ["202309", 188], ["202310", 133], ["202311", 198], ["202312", 230], ["202401", 210], ["202402", 294], ["202403", 279], ["202404", 194], ["202405", 229], ["202406", 193], ["202407", 269], ["202408", 202], ["202409", 218], ["202410", 207], ["202411", 222], ["202412", 278], ["202501", 268], ["202502", 204], ["202503", 240], ["202504", 234], ["202505", 198], ["202506", 220], ["202507", 219], ["202508", 309], ["202509", 218], ["202510", 269], ["202511", 269], ["202512", 240], ["202601", 320], ["202602", 222], ["202603", 621], ["202604", 170], ["202605", 203], ["202606", 190], ["202607", 235], ["202608", 204], ["202609", 268], ["202610", 5]], "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}, "peers": {"peers": [{"id": "m-07310e8b32", "name": "Tri-County Mall", "city": "Springdale", "state": "OH", "score": 4.5, "why": ["opened 1960", "also in OH", "11 km away"]}, {"id": "m-99dc3b182b", "name": "Kenwood Plaza", "city": "Cincinnati", "state": "OH", "score": 4.0, "why": ["also in OH", "8 km away"]}, {"id": "m-3a1a779e9d", "name": "Tower Place Mall", "city": "Cincinnati", "state": "OH", "score": 4.0, "why": ["also in OH", "10 km away"]}], "method": "size, era, strategy, status, type, state, distance"}, "permits": {"county": "Hamilton County", "2024": {"units_1": 566, "units_2_4": 39, "units_5plus": 217, "value_total": 367863820}, "2023": {"units_1": 534, "units_2_4": 41, "units_5plus": 654, "value_total": 430569981}, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, "qcew_retail": {"county": "39061", "year": 2025, "establishments": 2586, "employment": 38928, "avg_annual_pay": 39344, "lq_employment": 0.77, "employment_change_1y": -1.1, "source": "BLS QCEW 2025 annual, county, NAICS 44-45 retail trade, private", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "retail_trend": {"2012": {"estab": 2828, "emp": 55188}, "2023": {"estab": 2518, "emp": 40920}, "estab_change": -0.11, "emp_change": -0.259, "county_fips": "39061"}, "schools": {"district": "Cincinnati City School District", "district_geoid": "3904375", "grades": "PK-12", "district_vintage": "SY2024-25", "public_schools_1mi": 5, "schools": ["Summit Academy Community School - Cincinnati", "ReGeneration Bond Hill", "Bond Hill Academy", "Academy for Multilingual Immersion Studies", "Woodward Career Technical High School"], "schools_vintage": "SY2023-24", "source": "NCES EDGE", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "storms": {"county": "39061", "years": "2016-2025", "events": 324, "by_type": {"Thunderstorm Wind": 147, "Flash Flood": 71, "Hail": 57, "Flood": 41, "Tornado": 4, "Lightning": 3, "Heavy Rain": 1}, "property_damage_usd": 6576950, "deaths_direct": 2, "injuries_direct": 3, "note": "county-typed events only; events logged to forecast zones (CZ_TYPE Z: most winter, heat, flood and coastal events) are not counted", "source": "NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "svi": {"tract": "39061006300", "overall_pct": 0.73, "socioeconomic_pct": 0.59, "household_pct": 0.66, "minority_pct": 0.96, "housing_transport_pct": 0.7, "pop": 3805, "poverty150_share": 20.6, "no_vehicle_share": 7.6, "minority_share": 96.5, "unemployed_share": 7.9, "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}, "tract": {"geoid": "39061006300", "pop": 3782, "pop_per_sqmi": 6091, "median_hh_income": 60774, "median_gross_rent": 1002, "renter_share": 0.34, "vacancy_rate": 0.129, "transit_commute_share": 0.05, "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}, "tract_change": {"geoid": "39061006300", "y2013": {"pop": 3706, "median_hh_income": 41650, "renter_share": 0.45, "median_home_value": 89700}, "y2023": {"pop": 3782, "median_hh_income": 60774, "renter_share": 0.341, "median_home_value": 189100}, "retrieved": "2026-10-16", "pop_change": 0.021, "median_hh_income_change": 0.459, "renter_share_change": -0.109, "median_home_value_change": 1.108}, "traffic": {"max_aadt": 19680, "trucks_aadt": null, "road": "READING RD", "class": "principal arterial", "lanes": 4, "segments_600m": 14, "year": "2024", "source": "FHWA HPMS", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "transit": {"rail_stations": [], "bus_stops": 9, "bus_stations": [], "motorway_junctions": ["1", "10A", "2", "27B"], "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}, "walk": {"geoid": "390610063005", "walk_index": 13.2, "intersection_density": 114.9, "road_density": 13.8, "transit_distance_m": 334.0, "land_use_mix": 0.6, "jobs_per_acre": 3.12, "jobs_45min_auto": 85909, "jobs_45min_transit": 96339, "zero_car_share": 0, "pop": 344, "housing_units": 125, "acres_land": 78.0, "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}, "web": {"images": [{"title": "MALL HALL OF FAME", "page": "https://mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/2006/12/cincinnatis-swifton-shopping-center.html", "host": "mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com", "img": "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjTafNrq1Asnvv0LxnQs9aL5wtDDIxP3RyVwjcUxHiNlBG_fMzLStnPuz9gR6QNEdkyegP2DfwrE2oSJA8HtOvQv2s6qNQ5n7M-GuvxBwAOv5nh1cllGtQnycFAx51GnQlD2Z/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/2b_Swifton+Medical+Bldg..jpg", "engine": "bing images"}, {"title": "Swifton Shopping Center Map - Mall - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA", "page": "https://mapcarta.com/21397592", "host": "mapcarta.com", "img": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Hammel_from_Harmon_in_Golf_Manor.jpg/960px-Hammel_from_Harmon_in_Golf_Manor.jpg.webp", "engine": "bing images"}, {"title": "Swifton Commons development: More details released - Cincinnat…", "page": "https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2023/01/25/swifton-commons-details.html", "host": "bizjournals.com", "img": "https://media.bizj.us/view/img/12391902/kean-midpointe-crossing*900xx1294-728-0-23.png", "engine": "bing images"}], "refs": [], "query": "\"Swifton Center\" Cincinnati OH", "retrieved": "2026-10-15"}}, "elements": [{"slug": "place-walkable", "name": "Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)", "group_": "place", "evidence": "index 13.2", "origin": "epa-walkability"}, {"slug": "place-15-minute", "name": "15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)", "group_": "place", "evidence": "6/6", "origin": "openstreetmap"}, {"slug": "place-grocery-800m", "name": "Grocery within 800 m", "group_": "place", "evidence": "1 stores", "origin": "openstreetmap"}, {"slug": "place-mall-cluster", "name": "3+ other atlas sites within 10 km", "group_": "place", "evidence": "5 within 10 km", "origin": "computed"}, {"slug": "place-hazard-tornado", "name": "High tornado risk", "group_": "place", "evidence": "Relatively High", "origin": "fema-nri"}, {"slug": "place-lihtc-cluster", "name": "200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km", "group_": "place", "evidence": "1,479 units in 3 properties", "origin": "hud-lihtc"}, {"slug": "place-retail-shrinking-county", "name": "County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012", "group_": "place", "evidence": "-11%", "origin": "census-cbp"}, {"slug": "place-prices-doubled", "name": "Tract house prices doubled in 10 years", "group_": "place", "evidence": "+165%", "origin": "fhfa"}, {"slug": "era-opened-1950s", "name": "Opened 1950s", "group_": "era", "evidence": "1956", "origin": "record"}, {"slug": "place-opportunity-zone", "name": "Opportunity Zone", "group_": "place", "evidence": "39061006300", "origin": "hud-oz"}, {"slug": "place-hazard-heat-wave", "name": "High heat wave risk", "group_": "place", "evidence": "Relatively High", "origin": "fema-nri"}, {"slug": "anchor-elder-beerman", "name": "Elder-Beerman", "group_": "anchor", "evidence": "Elder-Beerman", "origin": "wikipedia"}], "details": {}, "photos": [{"file": "https://retrofitatlas.org/img/cincinnati-swifton-center-geo.jpg", "author": "IagoQnsi", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0", "source": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Walgreens_5716%2C_Cincinnati_%28PXL_20230221_210346019%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original", "is_key": 1}], "provenance": {"*": "wikidata"}, "restricted_fields": {"parcels": ["owner_addr", "assessed", "taxable", "tax_amount", "sale_price", "deed_ref"], "deals": ["price", "price_per_acre", "price_per_sqft", "loan_amount", "asking_price"], "how": "free API key: POST /api/v1/keys {\"email\": …}"}}