Malls · Connecticut
Meriden Hub
Redeveloped · Regreened in 2016. · 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 this200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km
This site: 443 units in 4 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 71,900 on 691 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 8 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh inland flooding risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)
This site: 0.99 cdc-svi · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: 691 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisLower-income tract (< $50k)
This site: $29,000 census-acs · all sites with thisNational Register place within 500 m
This site: Curtis Memorial Library nps-nrhp · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 100% census-acs · all sites with thisStrategy
Redeveloped
This site: Regreening: stormwater park Partial redevelopment: residential arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisRegreened
This site: Regreening: stormwater park Partial redevelopment: residential arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisNew use
Housing
This site: Regreening: stormwater park Partial redevelopment: residential arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisPark and open space
This site: Regreening: stormwater park Partial redevelopment: residential arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisFrom the authors' map
CT, Meriden: Meriden Hub/Meriden Green, 2016
• Regreening: stormwater park
• Partial redevelopment: residential
Now
| Status | Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redeveloped · Regreenedauthors' map reported |
| What is there now | Regreening: stormwater park Partial redevelopment: residentialauthors' map reported |
| Retrofit year | 2016authors' map reported |
| Redeveloper | City of Meridenpublic sources reported |
Site context
| FEMA flood zone | no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL |
|---|---|
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 26: BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN THE; CITY OF MERIDEN; CITY OF MERIDEN; CRC CHROME; ELENA ROBERTSEPA FRS |
| Census tract 09170170100 | 1,385 people, 7,484 per sq mi; median household income $29,000; median gross rent $1,078; 100% renters; 19.1% vacant units; 6.4% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 8 grocers, 3 schools, 23 parks or playgrounds, 5 health, 22 civic, 15 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 188 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| National Register places within 500 m | 1: Curtis Memorial LibraryNPS |
| Housing permits, South Central Connecticut Plan (CT), 2024 | 722 units in 5+ unit buildings, 101 in 2–4, 191 single-family; 2023: 1,140 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.99; socioeconomic 0.92; housing and transport 0.92; 60% below 150% of poverty; 43% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 1 within 10 km, 3 within 25 km: Meriden Mall (0.3 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 2,341 m², 10.736804008483887 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 63.6); expected annual loss $1.3M; high: inland flooding; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 4 LIHTC properties, 443 units: Harbor Towers (201 units); Hanover Towers (99 units); Charles Street Place (80 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 25,908 jobs in 1,905 establishments; average annual pay $45,481; employment location quotient 0.94; employment -1.3% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 38th income percentile as adults; 6.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (501 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 32.9%; median family income $30,506; 511 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Meriden School District (PK-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: Benjamin Franklin School; Israel Putnam School; John Barry School; Roger Sherman SchoolNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 123 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 06450, 2026-09 | median list price $299,950 (-1.6% on the year); 36 active listings; median 30 days on market; 12% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 1,860 establishments; 33,669 jobsCensus CBP |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 71,900 vehicles a day on 691 (Interstate, 6 lanes); 5,673 trucks; 39 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Meriden HUB Tour – June 21, 2017 – Connecticut Association of Flood ... ctfloods.org
- The Caldor Rainbow: Meriden Hub (Mall); Meriden, Connecticut thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com
- Meriden Hub 1 & 2 in Meriden, CT - Cinema Treasures cinematreasures.org
- Meriden Mall (Meriden Hub); … labelscar.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- median rent $1,463
- public owner
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 | Meriden Green, Hub Mall |
|---|---|
| County | South Central Connecticut Planning Region |
| Census division | 1 · New England |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, year opened, original developer. Know it? Tell us.
Timeline
- 2016 Retrofit: redevelop, regreen
Sources
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
- ArcGIS Online · 2023
- US EPA · 2023
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