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Omni Int’l Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtMiami, FL

Opened 1976. Reinhabited in 2007. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/110518458998942 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_International_Mall overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 48,000 on BISCAYNE BLVD fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 26 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a yearThis site: 8,068 units, Miami-Dade County census-bps · all sites with this
County typical rent $2,000+This site: $2,789/mo zillow · all sites with this
FEMA special flood hazard areaThis site: AE fema-nfhl · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 4 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High hurricane riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High-income tract ($100k+)This site: $117,636 census-acs · all sites with this
National Register place within 500 mThis site: Miami Women's Club; Trinity Episcopal Cathedral nps-nrhp · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -1.1% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: Reinhabitation: office and education record · all sites with this
New use
OfficeThis site: Reinhabitation: office and education arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

FL, Miami: Omni Int’l Mall/Omni, 2007
• Reinhabitation: office and education

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
StrategyReinhabitedWikidata reported
What is there nowReinhabitation: office and educationauthors' map reported
Retrofit year2007authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zoneAE · special flood hazard areaFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m34: 1400 BISCAYNE BLVD; 1700 NE 4 AVE; 1775 BISCAYNE BLVD; 1800 CLUB; 1836 DEVELOPMENTEPA FRS
Census tract 120860027101,800 people, 13,465 per sq mi; median household income $117,636; median gross rent $2,422; 45% renters; 30.2% vacant units; 8.3% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)5 of 6 daily needs: 4 grocers, 17 schools, 15 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 6 civic, 27 food and drink; 26 cycleway segments, 387 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
National Register places within 500 m6: Miami Women's Club; Trinity Episcopal Cathedral; S & S Sandwich Shop; Algonquin ApartmentsNPS
Housing permits, Miami-Dade County (FL), 20248,068 units in 5+ unit buildings, 309 in 2–4, 2,231 single-family; 2023: 10,980 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.37; socioeconomic 0.33; housing and transport 0.47; 18% below 150% of poverty; 8% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 9 within 25 km: Biscayne Boulevard Sears (2.1 km); Miracle Center (7.7 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Omni International Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.41, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 26,037 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialen.wikipedia.org (alive); archived 2003–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views53,996 since 2015; 3,633 in the last 12 months (-29% vs the prior 12); peak 2016-05 with 1,124Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 27.1); expected annual loss $811,938; high: hurricane; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km2 LIHTC properties, 196 units: Pinnacle View (186 units); St John Island (10 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)141,088 jobs in 11,887 establishments; average annual pay $52,073; employment location quotient 1.12; employment -0.3% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20221,661 jobs; 24 in retail trade, 594 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 12086002710)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; 5.4% incarcerated at the 2010 count (301 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; 3% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 7.5%; median family income $89,073; 61 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsDade County School District (PK-12); 12 public schools within 1 mile: FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY; PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR K-8 CENTER; PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CHARTER SCHOOLNCES EDGE
Elevation4 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025305 county-logged events: 104 flood, 75 thunderstorm wind, 43 hail, 33 flash flood; $7,202,500 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 33132, 2026-09median list price $627,225 (-3.4% on the year); 823 active listings; median 95 days on market; 10% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 202310,826 establishments (+4%); 139,904 jobs (+12%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $523,240 (+1% 1 yr, +35% 5 yr); typical rent $2,789/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)48,000 vehicles a day on BISCAYNE BLVD (principal arterial, 5 lanes); 1,872 trucks; 10 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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  • Miracle City Mall, Titusville, FL · Malls · similar GLA (310,000 sq ft); opened 1969; also in FL

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  • retrofit already built
  • median rent $1,731

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History and original facts

Now called / also known asOmni, Omni International Mall
Opened1976Esri 2014 layer
Gross leasable area300,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
AnchorsRadisson Hotel
AddressNortheast 15th Avenue & Biscayne Boulevard
CountyMiami-Dade
Census division5 · South Atlantic
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Omni International Mall was a shopping mall that opened in February 1977 in the northern environs of Downtown Miami's Arts & Entertainment District in Dade County, Florida, United States.

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

Timeline

  1. 1976 Opened
  2. 2007 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

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