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Beau Monde Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit approvedGreenwood Village, CO

Beau Monde Mall opened 1985, closed 1989, became a church, then 2017 Alberta Development purchase 54 brownstone homes and retail. · summary, model-written

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Beau Monde Mall
Exterior view of a shopping center with large glass facade and entrance. · verified by a vision model. Photo: The original uploader was Caldorwards4 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Finance and pipeline
Retrofit in the pipelineThis site: …approved extraction · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 8 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 263,000 on I-25 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 18 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)This site: Relatively High; tornado, hail fema-nri · all sites with this
High tornado riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
High-income tract ($100k+)This site: $172,969 census-acs · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: I-25 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)This site: 0.01 cdc-svi · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: extraction · all sites with this
New use
HousingThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusRetrofit approvedextracted, unreviewed
documented
The City of Greenwood Village approved redevelopment of the former Marilyn Hickey property at 8081 East Orchard Road with a Whole Foods grocery store, two freestanding retail pads, and 54 brownstone homes.

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StrategyRedevelopment, approvedextracted, unreviewed
documented
The City of Greenwood Village approved redevelopment of the former Marilyn Hickey property at 8081 East Orchard Road with a Whole Foods grocery store, two freestanding retail pads, and 54 brownstone homes.

en.wikipedia.org

New useshousing, retailextracted, unreviewed reported

History and original facts

Opened1985extracted, unreviewed
documented
opened in 1985.

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Closed1989extracted, unreviewed
documented
In 1989, the property was sold to the ministry of Marilyn Hickey and converted for use as the Happy Church.

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ArchitectTatman Associates
CountyArapahoe County
Census division8 · Mountain
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

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Planning

Planning notesThe approved redevelopment includes 54 brownstone homes.extracted, unreviewed reported

Before and after

Before: the mall

GLA200,000 sq ftquote
ArchitectTatman Associatesquote

After: the retrofit

Housing units planned54quote

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Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m11: DCMC DENVER; DENVER HILTON SOUTH; DOWELL SCHLUMBERGER INC; EQUILON ENTERPRISES LLC.; MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS, LTDEPA FRS
Census tract 080050067121,398 people, 721 per sq mi; median household income $172,969; median gross rent $3,501; 10% renters; 9.8% vacant units; 5.8% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 11.7 of 20; 101 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.86; 130,154 jobs within 45 min by car; 0% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 3 schools, 13 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 6 food and drink; 18 cycleway segments, 141 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Arapahoe County (CO), 20241,449 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 0.01; socioeconomic 0.00; housing and transport 0.07; 1% below 150% of poverty; 0% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby8 within 10 km, 23 within 25 km: 6901 S. Havana St. (3.2 km); Festival Shopping Center (3.8 km); Tamarac Square (4.9 km); SouthGlenn Mall (6.2 km); Kmart at Monaco and Evans (7.6 km)computed
Overture Mapsno place match; building footprint 11,917 m², 17.1 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views1,053 since 2015; 1,053 in the last 12 months; peak 2026-06 with 401Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population -1% (1,412 → 1,398); median income +50% ($115,625 → $172,969); renters 15% → 10%; median home value +58% ($932,600 → $1,474,400)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively high overall (score 88.7); expected annual loss $2.7M; high: tornado, hail; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD 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, 202229,815 jobs; 604 in retail trade, 1,348 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 08005006712)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 59th income percentile as adults; -4.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (6 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 37% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 4.0%; median family income $198,828; 0 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsCherry Creek School District 5 (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation5,698 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025231 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 80111, 2026-09median list price $821,725 (-11.8% on the year); 101 active listings; median 51 days on market; 31% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20231,832 establishments (-2%); 33,241 jobs (+7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical 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, 2021406 (2000 = 100); +14.1% 1 yr, +40% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)263,000 vehicles a day on I-25 (Interstate, 10 lanes); 13,400 trucks; 30 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Beau Monde Mall opened in 1985 as a 200,000‑square‑foot shopping center. It closed in 1989 and was sold to the ministry of Marilyn Hickey, which converted the building to a church. In 2017 Alberta Development acquired the site and has an approved redevelopment plan for 54 brownstone homes plus retail.

Why. The record does not state why the mall closed or was converted to a church.

Where it stands. The site is currently approved for redevelopment into 54 brownstone homes and retail, controlled by Alberta Development since 2017.

For a planner

  • Precedent: adaptive reuse from mall to church to housing/retail.
  • Policy tool: approved redevelopment plan (status: approved) guiding new_use.
  • Open questions: phasing timeline, infrastructure requirements, and community benefit details.

For a developer

  • Site size: approximately 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m²) of building area.
  • Control: owned by Alberta Development since 2017 (no co‑owners listed).
  • Entitlement stage: status is “approved” for housing and retail.
  • Market signal: median rent in the tract is $1,812, indicating strong housing demand.
  • Constraints: record does not specify flood, transit, or environmental limitations.

What we do not know yet

  • Cause of closure and conversion to church is not explained in the record.
  • Detailed entitlement documents, conditions, and approval dates are not provided.
  • Environmental, flood‑plain, and transit‑access constraints are absent from the record.
  • The verification status is “draft,” indicating the data may be unreviewed.
  • Post‑2017 ownership structure beyond Alberta Development is unspecified.

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  • already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
  • median rent $1,812
  • housing in the record

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Background

Beau Monde Mall was a shopping mall in Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States. It was located at 8081 East Orchard Road, near Interstate 25, and opened in 1985. The building was designed by Tatman Associates and contained approximately 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) of space.

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

Timeline

  1. 1985 Opened
  2. 1989 Sold to ministry of Marilyn Hickey and converted to church
  3. 1999 Study published comparing Beau Monde with Tamarac Square
  4. 2017 Purchased by Alberta Development

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Beau Monde Mall · supports: status, strategy, year closed, year opened
    8 quoted sentences
    opened in 1985.
    In 1989, the property was sold to the ministry of Marilyn Hickey and converted for use as the Happy Church.
    The City of Greenwood Village approved redevelopment of the former Marilyn Hickey property at 8081 East Orchard Road with a Whole Foods grocery store, two freestanding retail pads, and 54 brownstone homes.
    The City of Greenwood Village approved redevelopment of the former Marilyn Hickey property at 8081 East Orchard Road with a Whole Foods grocery store, two freestanding retail pads, and 54 brownstone homes.

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