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Malls · Kansas

Towne West Square

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedUnder constructionWichita, KS

Opened 1980. Closed 2025. Redevelopment, under construction in 2025.

Status nowUnder constructionextracted, unreviewed
What it becameindustrialextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2025extracted, unreviewed
Walkability17.2 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Former anchors
Dillard'sThis site: Dillard's wikipedia · all sites with this
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Montgomery WardThis site: Montgomery Ward wikipedia · all sites with this
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
Retrofit in the pipelineThis site: …under construction extraction · all sites with this
Website dead or redirectingThis site: …https://www.townewestsquare.com overture / http check · all sites with this
Ownership
Single-purpose entityThis site: Wichita Maple Company, LLC county-parcels · 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
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 46,900 on 235 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)This site: 0.84 cdc-svi · all sites with this
High tornado riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: 235 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Lower-income tract (< $50k)This site: $44,813 census-acs · all sites with this
Tract house prices doubled in 10 yearsThis site: +106% fhfa · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 17.2 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Scale
Building footprint 50,000+ m²This site: 77,157 m² overture · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: …under renovation to become a business park extraction · all sites with this
New use
Logistics and industrialThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
Park and open spaceThis site: …under renovation to become a business park extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

StatusUnder constructionextracted, unreviewed
StrategyRedevelopment, under constructionextracted, unreviewed
New usesindustrialextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowunder renovation to become a business parkextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2025extracted, unreviewed
RedeveloperWichita Maple Company, LLCextracted, unreviewed

Planning

Zoning changemodification to add 'light industrial' to the property's current 'commercial' zoningextracted, unreviewed

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Towne West Square” and “Wichita” (162 hits, first 100 sampled, 1 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.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
Public owner (strong)SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)642002-05-17 to 2013-02-288-K 45, 10-K 18, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (strong)WASHINGTON PRIME GROUP INC.322014-11-04 to 2020-11-068-K 22, 10-Q 7, 10-K 2, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (strong)Washington Prime Group, L.P.92018-04-26 to 2020-11-0610-Q 7, 10-K 2
Public owner (strong)SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/22001-03-30 to 2002-04-0110-K 2
Public owner (strong)GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST12014-11-04 to 2014-11-048-K 1

As reported by the owner

Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.

Year endFilerName in filingGLA sq ftOccupancyYearsShareSales psfAnchors listed
2016Washington Prime Group 10-K, 2017-02-24Towne West Square Wichita, KS
match: exact		943,71583.6% occupiedbuilt 1980100.0%
Fee		Dick's Sporting Goods, Dillard's, JCPenney, The Movie Machine
2014Washington Prime Group 10-K, 2015-02-26Towne West Square Wichita, KS
match: exact		936,90884.8% occupiedbuilt 1980100.0%
Fee		Dillard's, JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods, The Movie Machine,
2009Simon Property Group 10-K, 2010-02-25Towne West Square Wichita, KS
match: exact		941,48585.4% occupiedbuilt 1980100.0%
Fee		Dillard's Women's & Home, Dillard's Men's & Children, JCPenney, Sears, Dick's Sporting Goods, The Movie Machine

Site context

Transit within 800 mno rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km7, 8, junctionOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zoneX · AREA WITH REDUCED FLOOD RISK DUE TO LEVEEFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m2: SVC PRINTING INC; UNKNOWNEPA FRS
Census tract 201730089003,501 people, 2,309 per sq mi; median household income $44,813; median gross rent $863; 47% renters; 18.1% vacant units; 2.1% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 17.2 of 20; 118 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 473 m; land-use mix 0.93; 65,245 jobs within 45 min by car, 15,024 by transit; 11% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 2 schools, 1 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 2 civic, 1 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Sedgwick County (KS), 2024258 units in 5+ unit buildings, 1,114 in 2–4, 1,248 single-family; 2023: 359 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.84; socioeconomic 0.85; housing and transport 0.69; 34% below 150% of poverty; 4% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Mapsplace Towne West Square (shopping_mall, confidence 0.95, from BrightQuery, Overture); building footprint 77,157 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.townewestsquare.com (down or redirecting, status 403)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views37,849 since 2015; 3,460 in the last 12 months (-39% vs the prior 12); peak 2025-06 with 1,279Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +5% (3,336 → 3,501); median income +47% ($30,472 → $44,813); renters 48% → 47%; median home value +23% ($72,400 → $89,200)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 48.8); expected annual loss $1.5M; high: tornado, ice storm, cold wave; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km1 LIHTC properties, 15 units: Kouri Place Apts (15 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20231,639 establishments (-5%); 28,381 jobs (+4%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $223,622 (+3% 1 yr, +30% 5 yr); typical rent $1,215/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025254 (2000 = 100); +2.5% 1 yr, +68% 5 yr, +106% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)46,900 vehicles a day on 235 (Interstate, 4 lanes); 4,107 trucks; 29 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Opened in 1981 as an enclosed mall with over 950,000 sq ft of GLA, Towne West Square gradually lost anchor tenants—Henry’s (1988), Montgomery Ward (2001), Sears (2014), and Dillard’s conversion to a clearance center (2017). By 2023 the owner stopped paying utility bills, and in 2025 the property was sold to Wichita Maple Company, LLC and is under construction to become an industrial business park.

Why. The primary causes visible in the record are the sequential loss of major anchor stores and the owner’s cessation of utility payments in 2023, which signaled declining tenancy and financial distress. No explicit mention of debt, competition, or demolition is provided.

Where it stands. The site is currently under construction as a business park and is controlled by Wichita Maple Company, LLC, which acquired the property in 2025.

For a planner

  • Zoning modified to add light industrial to the existing commercial classification.
  • Redevelopment strategy identified in the record.
  • Open question: how will the industrial reuse affect local traffic, infrastructure, and surrounding land uses?
  • Open question: what incentives or environmental reviews are required for the conversion?

For a developer

  • Site size: approximately 951,447 sq ft of gross leasable area.
  • Control: owned by Wichita Maple Company, LLC since 2025; entitlement stage includes approved zoning change and construction underway.
  • Context‑layer constraints (floodplain, transit access, environmental conditions) are not specified in the record.
  • Market‑signal data (tract‑level demographics, demand for industrial space) are not provided.

What we do not know yet

  • Exact scope of demolition or building reuse is not detailed.
  • Environmental site conditions (soil, groundwater, flood risk) are unknown.
  • Transit and utility infrastructure adequacy for industrial use is not described.
  • Financial terms of the 2025 sale and any outstanding debt are not recorded.
  • Several fields (year_closed, year_retrofit, developer, after_notes, status, strategy, new_use, zoning_change) are marked as extraction and thus unreviewed.
  • Anchor tenant status after 2023 and vacancy rates are not given.

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History and original facts

Opened1980Wikidata
Closed2025extracted, unreviewed
AnchorsService Merchandise, Dillard's, JCPenney, Sears, Dick's Sporting Goods, Montgomery Ward, Henry's
CountySedgwick County
Census division4 · West North Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Towne West Square was an enclosed shopping mall located in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Opened on Friday, March 6, 1981, it comprised more than 50 stores in 951,447 square feet (88,392.3 m2) of gross leasable area. The mall's two remaining anchor stores are Dillard's Clearance Center and JCPenney.

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

Timeline

  1. 1980 Opened (Wikidata)
  2. 1981 Opened
  3. 1988 Henry's closed
  4. 1993 Sears opened
  5. 2001 Montgomery Ward closed
  6. 2014 Sears closed
  7. 2017 Dillard's converted to Clearance Center
  8. 2020 JCPenney put up for sale
  9. 2023 Owner stops paying utility bills
  10. 2025 Sold to Wichita Maple Company

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Towne West Square · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed, zoning change
    15 quoted sentences
    On June 12, 2025, all remaining mall tenants were notified to vacate the mall property by June 30, 5 PM.
    Renovations began to take place on July 7, 2025. The mall will become a business park, with new businesses expected to open by the first quarter of 2026.
    Renovations began to take place on July 7, 2025.
    A zoning plan includes a modification to add 'light industrial' to the property's current 'commercial' zoning, in which the company cited allowing the 'redevelopment of existing property.'

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