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Southpark Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtShreveport, LA

Reinhabited in 2005. · from the fields below

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Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -15% census-cbp · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High heat wave riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)This site: Relatively High; inland flooding, heat wave, hail, strong wind, winter weather, ice storm, cold wave, lightning fema-nri · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -6.2% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: Reinhabitation, religious record · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

LA, Shreveport: Southpark Mall/ Summer Grove Baptist Church, 2005
• Reinhabitation, religious

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
StrategyReinhabitedauthors' map reported
What is there nowReinhabitation, religiousauthors' map reported
Retrofit year2005authors' map reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Southpark Mall” and “Shreveport” (45 hits, first 45 sampled, 8 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 (weak)SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)102002-05-17 to 2004-02-068-K 8, 10-K 2
Public owner (weak)SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/42001-03-30 to 2003-03-3110-K 4

Site context

FEMA flood zoneno NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m12: ALL STAR LANES; BROOKSHIRES #37; CLASSIC DRY CLEANERS; CVS PHARMACY #5327; DRY CLEAN SUPER CENTER LLCEPA FRS
Census tract 220170241086,479 people, 2,666 per sq mi; median household income $65,586; median gross rent $974; 39% renters; 14.3% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 8.2 of 20; 64 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.7; 32,126 jobs within 45 min by car; 0% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)5 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 1 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 3 health, 1 civic, 11 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Caddo Parish (LA), 20240 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 221 single-family; 2023: 7 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.52; socioeconomic 0.44; housing and transport 0.52; 18% below 150% of poverty; 12% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: South Park Mall (1.5 km); Mall St. Vincent (9.8 km)computed
Overture Mapsno place match; building footprint 2,127 m², 5.329654216766357 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Tract change 2013–2023population -8% (7,040 → 6,479); median income +32% ($49,888 → $65,586); renters 36% → 39%; median home value +19% ($157,600 → $187,800)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively high overall (score 85.1); expected annual loss $2.0M; high: inland flooding, heat wave, hail, strong wind, winter weather, ice storm, cold wave, lightning; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km1 LIHTC properties, 40 units: Brookhaven Ii Apts (40 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)12,122 jobs in 954 establishments; average annual pay $37,361; employment location quotient 1.11; employment -1.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20221,101 jobs; 104 in retail trade, 216 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 22017024108)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 46th income percentile as adults; 2.3% incarcerated at the 2010 count (392 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 32% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 15.0%; median family income $77,849; 317 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsCaddo Parish School District (PK-12); 5 public schools within 1 mile: Forest Hill Elementary School; Ridgewood Middle School; Southwood High School; Summer Grove Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation219 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025547 county-logged events: 271 thunderstorm wind, 128 flash flood, 102 hail, 30 tornado; $57,718,000 property damage reported; 4 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 71118, 2026-09median list price $189,900 (+5.8% on the year); 54 active listings; median 70 days on market; 17% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023811 establishments (-15%); 12,477 jobs (-6%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $151,157 (+5% 1 yr, +11% 5 yr); typical rent $1,118/mo (+6% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025293 (2000 = 100); -2.2% 1 yr, +31% 5 yr, +44% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)25,188 vehicles a day on US 171 (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 3,123 trucks; 31 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Similar sites

  • Bon Marché Mall, Baton Rouge, LA · Malls · same strategy: reinhabit; also in LA
  • South Park Mall, Shreveport, LA · Malls · same strategy: reinhabit; also in LA; 2 km away
  • Mall St. Vincent, Shreveport, LA · Malls · same strategy: reinhabit; also in LA; 10 km away
  • 100 Oaks Mall, Nashville, TN · Malls · same strategy: reinhabit

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • county shrank -6.2% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Now called / also known asSummer Grove Baptist Church
CountyCaddo Parish
Census division7 · West South Central

Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, year opened, original developer. Know it? Tell us.

Timeline

  1. 2005 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

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