Industrial sites · Iowa
Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company–Shrader Drug Company Building
Operating industrial site in Iowa City with retrofit already built, targeting housing/retail; county growth and housing market data support redevelopment. · summary, model-written
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Reinhabited
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This site: …new_use field record · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
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| Status | OperatingWikipedia no source |
|---|---|
| Strategy | ReinhabitedWikipedia no source |
| New uses | housing, other, retailWikipedia no source |
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Official records (3)
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- Johnson County (19103) profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
- FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this point (search)from msc.fema.gov
- EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom echo.epa.gov
Reference (5)
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- Wikipedia articlefrom en.wikipedia.org
- Wikidata item Q30625877from wikidata.org
- Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom commons.wikimedia.org
- Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from retrofittingsuburbia.com
- Iowa City, Iowa on Wikipediafrom en.wikipedia.org
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- USGS National Mapfrom apps.nationalmap.gov
Market (1)
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- LoopNet: for sale in Iowa City, IA (search)from city search
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History and original facts
| Anchors | Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company, Shrader Drug Company |
|---|---|
| County | Johnson County |
| Census division | 4 · West North Central |
| Notes | Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company–Shrader Drug Company Building, an industrial structure completed in 1906, was reinhabited with apartments, a tavern, and artist studios by 2012. |
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Planning
| No zoning change, subsidy or policy tool recorded for this site. |
Site context
| Housing permits, Johnson County (IA), 2024 | 158 units in 5+ unit buildings, 44 in 2–4, 512 single-family; 2023: 687 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Other atlas sites nearby | 1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Old Capital Mall (0.7 km)computed |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 9,256 jobs in 487 establishments; average annual pay $35,513; employment location quotient 1.09; employment -0.4% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 2,124 jobs; 110 in retail trade, 410 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 19103001601)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 45th income percentile as adults; 4.7% incarcerated at the 2010 count (66 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 65.4%; median family income $82,708; 160 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Iowa City Community School District (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Horace Mann Elementary School; Longfellow Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 661 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 192 county-logged events: 88 thunderstorm wind, 71 hail, 19 flash flood, 13 tornado; $1,510,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 52240, 2026-09 | median list price $434,725 (+19.6% on the year); 84 active listings; median 51 days on market; 11% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 479 establishments (-5%); 10,137 jobs (+16%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $309,187 (+3% 1 yr, +23% 5 yr); typical rent $1,760/mo (+8% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 22,500 vehicles a day on IA 1 N (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 896 trucks; 32 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
The Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company–Shrader Drug Company Building is an operating industrial site in Iowa City, IA, currently used as industrial (original_use: industrial). It is being redeveloped under a 'reinhabit' strategy, with new uses including housing, retail, and other. The site is verified as having retrofit already built (opp_reasons).
Why. County (Johnson) grew 5.4% 2018–23; housing is listed in new_use; ZHVI shows 2.8% annual housing price growth (2026-09).
Where it stands. Located 0.7km from Old Capital Mall (Cedar Rapids, built), which is a peer with same strategy. Johnson County saw $209M in housing permits (2024), with 512 single-unit, 44 multi-unit, and 158 luxury units. Traffic: 22,500 ADT on IA 1 N (principal arterial, 4 lanes).
For a planner
- Industrial corridor south of downtown (historic rail/industrial area)
- Nearby peer: Old Capital Mall (0.7km)
- County housing market growing (ZHVI +2.8% YoY)
For a developer
- New uses confirmed: housing, retail
- Permits show active housing development ($209M 2024)
- No vacancy data provided
What we do not know yet
- No current tenant or building size
- No specific address or parcel details
- No data on existing retail demand
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- county grew 5.4% 2018–23
- housing in the record
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
Background
The Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company–Shrader Drug Company Building is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Completed in 1906, this utilitarian three-story brick structure is located in the city's original railroad and industrial corridor south of the central business district. This was an industrial area from the 1870s to the 1940s. It replaced a recently built building on the same site by the Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company that had been destroyed in a fire. The back of the building opened upon the rail sidings of a branch line of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway, later the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
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- Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company–Shrader Drug Company Building · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Hawthorne Glove and Novelty Company–Shrader Drug Company Building
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