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HiHo Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRetrofit builtBridgeport, CT

Redeveloped in 1997. · from the fields below

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Place

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: 647 units in 10 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 154,200 on 95 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High hurricane risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

High inland flooding risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.90 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: 95 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $24,122 census-acs · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: United Illuminating Company Building; Bridgeport City Hall nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Opportunity Zone

This site: 09001070600 hud-oz · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 84% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Redevelopment: education record · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

CT, Bridgeport: HiHo Mall/ Housatonic Community College, 1997
• Redevelopment: education

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
Strategy	Redevelopedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Redevelopment: educationauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	1997authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	20: ALPHABET SOUP INC; AT&T BRIDGEPORT #4; BHC COMPANY; CITY OF BRIDGEPORT; CT DOTEPA FRS
Census tract 09120070600	2,697 people, 3,920 per sq mi; median household income $24,122; median gross rent $1,095; 84% renters; 12.4% vacant units; 8.4% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 6 schools, 11 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 24 civic, 5 food and drink; 9 cycleway segments, 115 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	yes, tract 09001070600 (rural)HUD
National Register places within 500 m	5: United Illuminating Company Building; Bridgeport City Hall; Hotel Beach; Sterling Block-Bishop ArcadeNPS
Housing permits, Greater Bridgeport Planning Re (CT), 2024	673 units in 5+ unit buildings, 33 in 2–4, 112 single-family; 2023: 100 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.90; socioeconomic 0.79; housing and transport 0.94; 38% below 150% of poverty; 29% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 11 within 25 km: 60 Katona Drive (7.2 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 10,186 m², 9.501118659973145 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Tract change 2013–2023	tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 81.7); expected annual loss $1.7M; high: hurricane, inland flooding; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	10 LIHTC properties, 647 units: Stratfield Apts (191 units); Harrison Apts Bridgeport Ymca (102 units); Renaissance Plaza (81 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	10,982 jobs in 891 establishments; average annual pay $45,059; employment location quotient 0.96; employment -0.7% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 36th income percentile as adults; 4.4% incarcerated at the 2010 count (513 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 30.2%; median family income $48,684; 575 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Bridgeport School District (PK-12); 13 public schools within 1 mile: The Bridge Academy; New Beginnings Inc Family Academy; Capital Preparatory Harbor School; Bridgeport Residential CenterNCES EDGE
Elevation	17 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Homes for sale in ZIP 06604, 2026-09	median list price $263,250 (+34.3% on the year); 34 active listings; median 58 days on market; 16% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	825 establishments; 12,366 jobsCensus CBP
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	154,200 vehicles a day on 95 (Interstate, 8 lanes); 20,015 trucks; 38 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
median rent $1,482

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Housatonic Community College
County	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
Census division	1 · New England

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Timeline

1997 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

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

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "HiHo Mall, Bridgeport, CT." Record m-43ab1c32f0, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ct/bridgeport-hiho-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_bridgeporthihomall,
  title = {HiHo Mall, Bridgeport, CT},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ct/bridgeport-hiho-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-43ab1c32f0, 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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