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Lakeland Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtLakeland, FL

Reinhabited in 1999. · from the fields below

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Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 42,000 on E MEMORIAL BLVD fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 16 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

Fast-growing county (8%+ 2018–23)

This site: 14% census-acs · all sites with this

High hurricane risk

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

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.83 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +112% fhfa · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +95% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 17.3 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Reinhabitation: religious record · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

FL, Lakeland: Lakeland Mall/1st Baptist Church at the Mall, 1999
• Reinhabitation: religious

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Reinhabitation: religiousauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	1999authors' map reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Lakeland Mall” and “Lakeland” (23 hits, first 23 sampled, 2 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
Public owner (weak)	Rouse Properties, Inc.	19	2013-03-07 to 2016-05-02	8-K 11, 10-Q 6, 10-K 2
Public owner (weak)	GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES INC	2	2001-03-19 to 2003-03-14	10-K 2

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	8: CIRCLE K #4537; HERITAGE ON THE WATER; JAMES WEST USARC-FL014; LAKE PARKER SOUTHWES BASIN WAT; LAKE PARKER SW BASIN WATER QUAEPA FRS
Census tract 12105010300	4,158 people, 2,186 per sq mi; median household income $58,289; median gross rent $1,096; 47% renters; 22.5% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 17.3 of 20; 90 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 231 m; land-use mix 0.95; 34,310 jobs within 45 min by car, 51,538 by transit; 31% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	2 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 0 schools, 1 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 0 civic, 1 food and drink; 16 cycleway segments, 58 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Polk County (FL), 2024	1,716 units in 5+ unit buildings, 154 in 2–4, 8,514 single-family; 2023: 3,169 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.83; socioeconomic 0.68; housing and transport 0.97; 32% below 150% of poverty; 13% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Carrington Place (2.1 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 23,491 m², 5.234673500061035 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Tract change 2013–2023	population -3% (4,274 → 4,158); median income +95% ($29,847 → $58,289); renters 41% → 47%; median home value +65% ($84,600 → $139,500)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 43.0); expected annual loss $1.6M; high: hurricane, strong wind, lightning; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	32,280 jobs in 2,028 establishments; average annual pay $40,169; employment location quotient 1.23; employment +1.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	3,762 jobs; 530 in retail trade, 186 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 12105010300)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 38th income percentile as adults; 1.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (547 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 28% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 24.1%; median family income $42,178; 377 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Polk County School District (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE; LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOLNCES EDGE
Elevation	140 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	68 county-logged events: 31 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 10 tornado, 1 lightning; $10,663,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 33805, 2026-09	median list price $240,000 (-13.9% on the year); 82 active listings; median 83 days on market; 33% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,916 establishments (+9%); 34,212 jobs (+45%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $295,509 (-2% 1 yr, +16% 5 yr); typical rent $1,814/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	299 (2000 = 100); +6.5% 1 yr, +44% 5 yr, +112% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	42,000 vehicles a day on E MEMORIAL BLVD (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 2,604 trucks; 18 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Pages with photos

Lakeland Florida Lakeland Mall Grand Entrance Editori… dreamstime.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
county grew 13.8% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	1st Baptist Church at the Mall
County	Polk County
Census division	5 · South Atlantic

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Timeline

1999 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

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

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lakeland Mall, Lakeland, FL." Record m-3c319fee68, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/lakeland-lakeland-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_lakelandlakelandmall,
  title = {Lakeland Mall, Lakeland, FL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/lakeland-lakeland-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-3c319fee68, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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