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Buckingham Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRegreenedRetrofit builtAurora, CO

Redeveloped · Regreened in 2009. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/111319793940511 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …https://www.amcap.com/properties-post/the-gardens-on-havana overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

100k+ jobs within 45 min by transit

This site: 195,744 epa-walkability · all sites with this

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km

This site: 259 units in 4 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 8 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 38,000 on SH 30 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 34 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 6 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.77 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High-income tract ($100k+)

This site: $102,861 census-acs · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +66% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 17.2 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Redevelopment: retail, residential, new streets Partial regreening: park arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Regreened

This site: Redevelopment: retail, residential, new streets Partial regreening: park arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

New use

Housing

This site: Redevelopment: retail, residential, new streets Partial regreening: park arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Park and open space

This site: …ent: retail, residential, new streets Partial regreening: park arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Retail (continued)

This site: Redevelopment: retail, residential, new streets Partial regreening: park arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

CO, Aurora: Buckingham Mall/The Gardens on Havana, 2009
• Redevelopment: retail, residential, new streets
• Partial regreening: park

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
Strategy	Redeveloped · Regreenedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Redevelopment: retail, residential, new streets Partial regreening: parkauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2009authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	32: AURORA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT; AURORA MODERN DENTISTRY; BELLCO PROJECT; BUCKINGHAM EASY CLEAN; CANTERBURY PARK RENOVATIONEPA FRS
Census tract 08005080200	5,971 people, 5,955 per sq mi; median household income $102,861; median gross rent $1,913; 35% renters; 4.5% vacant units; 1.9% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 17.2 of 20; 254 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 616 m; land-use mix 0.83; 108,503 jobs within 45 min by car, 195,744 by transit; 12% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 6 grocers, 1 schools, 30 parks or playgrounds, 8 health, 6 civic, 33 food and drink; 34 cycleway segments, 204 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Arapahoe County (CO), 2024	1,449 units in 5+ unit buildings, 45 in 2–4, 2,362 single-family; 2023: 3,170 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.77; socioeconomic 0.61; housing and transport 0.78; 9% below 150% of poverty; 8% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	8 within 10 km, 27 within 25 km: Kmart at Monaco and Evans (4.5 km); Mango House (5.2 km); Tamarac Square (5.3 km); Stapleton International Airport (7.9 km); Cherry Lane (8.3 km)computed
Overture Maps	place The Gardens on Havana (shopping_mall, confidence 0.96, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 8,833 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.amcap.com (alive); archived 2004–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	5,931 since 2015; 1,234 in the last 12 months (-7% vs the prior 12); peak 2024-01 with 217Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +23% (4,845 → 5,971); median income +66% ($61,806 → $102,861); renters 32% → 35%; median home value +116% ($230,600 → $497,700)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 45.7); expected annual loss $1.2M; high: hail, lightning; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	4 LIHTC properties, 259 units: Village At Westerly Creek Building 3 (74 units); Village At Westerly Creek Building 2 (65 units); Village At Westerly Creek - Senior Building 2 (65 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	31,124 jobs in 1,708 establishments; average annual pay $50,118; employment location quotient 0.92; employment -3.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	1,920 jobs; 695 in retail trade, 473 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 08005080200)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; 3.3% incarcerated at the 2010 count (356 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 8.3%; median family income $94,079; 115 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Cherry Creek School District 5 (PK-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: Ponderosa Elementary School; Village East Community Elementary School; Challenge School; Highline Community Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	5,493 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	231 county-logged events: 158 hail, 53 thunderstorm wind, 11 tornado, 4 flash flood; $277,316,000 property damage reported; 2 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 80012, 2026-09	median list price $290,750 (-10.1% on the year); 188 active listings; median 58 days on market; 34% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,832 establishments (-2%); 33,241 jobs (+7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $499,630 (-2% 1 yr, +3% 5 yr); typical rent $1,798/mo (-1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	443 (2000 = 100); +0.2% 1 yr, +32% 5 yr, +90% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	38,000 vehicles a day on SH 30 (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 1,060 trucks; 24 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Fountain Buckingham Mall Aurora, CO flickr.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
median rent $1,812

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	The Gardens on Havana
County	Arapahoe County
Census division	8 · Mountain

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Timeline

2009 Retrofit: redevelop, regreen

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Buckingham Mall, Aurora, CO." Record m-685f3c2586, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/co/aurora-buckingham-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_aurorabuckinghammall,
  title = {Buckingham Mall, Aurora, CO},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/co/aurora-buckingham-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-685f3c2586, release 2026.10.20, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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