# Lexington Mall

Lexington, KY · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-db58832b4a` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ky/lexington-lexington-mall-southland-christian-church/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-db58832b4a.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-db58832b4a.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-db58832b4a

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · derived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
| Strategy | reinhabit | reported · authors' map |
| New use | church | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | • Reinhabitation: religious | reported · authors' map |
| Opened | 1974 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Closed | 2005 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2013 | reported · authors' map |
| GLA (sq ft) | 508000 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Stores at peak | 9 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Redeveloper | Southland Christian Church | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The mall's only remaining tenant, Dillard's left the mall in September 2005 to focus its operations at the Fayette Mall store.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Mall
- **demolition_year**: “In summer of 2011 Southland Christian began demolition on the mall property.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **renovation_years**: “McAlpin's renovated their department store in 1993, freshening the interior with new tile, carpet and lighting fixtures, updating it with its first major update since it opened in 1971.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Dillard's, Home Depot, Border's Books, Wild Oats, McAlpin's, Shoppers Choice Supermarket, CSC discount store, County Market

## Parties

- Saul Centers Inc — owner (from text) (–2010)
- Southland Christian Church — owner (from text) (2010–)

## Timeline

- 1971: Original opening of anchor stores
- 1974: Opened
- 1975: Mall completed and opened
- 1984: County Market expands into former CSC
- 1988: Karmelkorn Shoppe national sales leader
- 1993: McAlpin's renovation
- 1995: County Market closes
- 2005: Dillard's departs
- 2010: Southland Christian Church purchases mall
- 2011: Demolition begins
- 2013: Retrofit: reinhabit
- 2013: New church opens

## Deals and debt

- 2010 sale:  Southland Christian Church ← Saul Centers Inc  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Mall

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Lexington Mall was a small shopping mall located in Lexington, Kentucky along US 25/US 421. The mall portion was built in 1975.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Mall
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) — https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6869fc5bfb3f4757954ef7a9e9ccbebf (2014-10-02)
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lexington Mall, Lexington, KY." Record m-db58832b4a, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ky/lexington-lexington-mall-southland-christian-church/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_lexingtonlexingtonmallsouthlandchristian,
  title = {Lexington Mall, Lexington, KY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ky/lexington-lexington-mall-southland-christian-church/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-db58832b4a, 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}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.