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Malls · Louisiana

North Shore Square

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedPartly retrofittedSlidell, LA

Opened 1985. Closed 2019. Partial Reinhabited.

Status nowPartly retrofittedextracted, unreviewed
What it becameretail, industrialextracted, unreviewed
Last sale$12.0M · 2025-09-09public reporting
Walkability9.2 of 20 · 15-minute 4 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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North Shore Square
North Shore Square. Photo: Ente75, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile17 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
Dillard'sThis site: Dillard's wikipedia · all sites with this
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Mervyn'sThis site: Mervyn's wikipedia · all sites with this
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
Sold since 2020This site: 2025 City of Slidell (pending) research-deals · all sites with this
Website dead or redirectingThis site: overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 79,782 on I-12 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High hurricane 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; hurricane, inland flooding fema-nri · all sites with this
High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)This site: 0.88 cdc-svi · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: I-12 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +71% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: extraction · all sites with this
New use
Logistics and industrialThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

StatusPartly retrofittedextracted, unreviewed
StrategyPartial Reinhabitedextracted, unreviewed
New usesretail, industrialextracted, unreviewed

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2025-09-09Sold$12.0M pendingCity of Slidell (pending)fox8live.com 2025-09-10
2006Sold—Revenue Properties Company Limited ← Sizeler Property InvestorsWikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “North Shore Square” and “Slidell” (23 hits, first 23 sampled, 2 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2004-05-04 (a sample date, not the issuance date); Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
CMBS trust (weak)JP MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP12004-05-04 to 2004-05-048-K 1
Public owner (strong)SIZELER PROPERTY INVESTORS INC202002-08-13 to 2006-03-1610-Q 10, 8-K 5, 10-K 4, 10-K/A 1

Site context

FEMA flood zoneno NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m4: BED, BATH & BEYOND 386; BURLINGTON STORE 528; SAM'S CLUB #6220; WAL-MART SUPERCENTER #2665EPA FRS
Census tract 221030411033,467 people, 853 per sq mi; median household income $58,750; median gross rent $1,063; 43% renters; 10.8% vacant units; 0.9% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 9.2 of 20; 58 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.85; 19,509 jobs within 45 min by car; 9% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)4 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 0 schools, 1 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 0 civic, 14 food and drink; 1 cycleway segments, 1 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, St. Tammany Parish (LA), 20240 units in 5+ unit buildings, 4 in 2–4, 1,062 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.88; socioeconomic 0.96; housing and transport 0.74; 51% below 150% of poverty; 11% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Mapsplace North Shore Square (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Microsoft, Overture, Overture-signals)Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social (down or redirecting, status None)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views33,973 since 2015; 3,180 in the last 12 months (-17% vs the prior 12); peak 2025-08 with 553Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +1% (3,421 → 3,467); median income +71% ($34,297 → $58,750); renters 47% → 43%; median home value +68% ($122,700 → $206,500)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively high overall (score 88.3); expected annual loss $4.0M; high: hurricane, inland flooding; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023912 establishments (-1%); 13,702 jobs (+8%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $283,848 (+0% 1 yr, +3% 5 yr); typical rent $1,531/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2024182 (2000 = 100); +3.7% 1 yr, +16% 5 yr, +48% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)79,782 vehicles a day on I-12 (Interstate, 2 lanes); 15,157 trucks; 28 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

North Shore Square mall (Slidell, LA), opened 1985, closed 2019, is in partial conversion. Current owner Revenue Properties (since 2006) plans to sell to City of Slidell for $12M (pending, 2025), with unspecified planned use funded by 1% sales-tax increase. Strategy is 'reinhabit' with new retail/industrial uses. Retrofit already built. County population grew 6.8% 2018–2023. Status is 'partial' (not fully converted). Pageviews peaked at 553 in Aug 2025. Peer malls (e.g., The Esplanade, Midlands Mall) closed 2019–2021 with same strategy. No occupancy data or specific retrofit details in record. Unknown if city acquisition will proceed as planned.

Why. Record shows pending sale, county growth, and existing retrofit work as key context. No data on current tenant mix or conversion progress beyond 'partial' status.

Where it stands. Mall closed 2019; city purchase pending 2025; retrofit partially complete; new uses planned as retail/industrial.

For a planner

  • County growth (6.8% 2018–23) supports reinvestment
  • Pending city acquisition may drive adaptive reuse
  • Peer malls show similar post-closure strategy

For a developer

  • $12M pending sale price
  • Existing retrofit reduces initial costs
  • Mixed-use (retail/industrial) aligns with new_use field
  • Pageview trends show sustained public interest

What we do not know yet

  • Status 'partial' lacks conversion progress details
  • No current tenant or occupancy data
  • City acquisition is pending, not finalized

Generated by qwen3-30b-a3b-64k:latest on Dell 5820 RTX 3090 (Ollama, qwen3-30b-a3b) from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

Similar sites

  • The Esplanade, Kenner, LA · Malls · opened 1985; closed 2021; same strategy: reinhabit
  • Midlands Mall, Council Bluffs, IA · Malls · opened 1986; closed 2019; same strategy: reinhabit
  • Westside Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA · Malls · opened 1985; closed 2018; same strategy: reinhabit
  • Hickory Hollow Mall, Nashville, TN · Malls · opened 1978; closed 2019; same strategy: reinhabit

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Pages with photos

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • county grew 6.8% 2018–23

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Opened1985Wikidata
Closed2019extracted, unreviewed
AnchorsBurlington Coat Factory, Dillard's, JCPenney, Sears, Mervyn's, At Home, Conn's
CountySt. Tammany Parish
Census division7 · West South Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer, what is there now, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Background

North Shore Square was a 621,192-square-foot (57,710.6 m2) shopping mall located in Slidell, Louisiana, United States. It was the largest mall on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, the 5th largest mall in the New Orleans area, and the 11th largest mall in Louisiana.

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

Timeline

  1. 1985 Opened (Wikidata)
  2. 1990 Maison Blanche anchor opened
  3. 2006 Revenue Properties Company Limited purchases mall from Sizeler Property Investors
  4. 2014 Sears closes
  5. 2017 JCPenney closes
  6. 2019 Morguard announces interior closure, plans open-air conversion
  7. 2022 Mall used for car chase scene in Twisted Metal
  8. 2024 Conn’s Home Plus closes due to bankruptcy

Sources

  • Wikipedia: North Shore Square · supports: status, strategy, year closed
    10 quoted sentences
    In early April 2019, it was announced by Morguard that the mall’s interior would be closed, which has occurred as of July the same year
    This leaves At Home, Conn’s, and Dillard’s (now operating as a Clearance Center) as the only remaining open stores on the property. Extra Space Storage has since opened in one of the former Dillard's locations.
    In early April 2019, it was announced by Morguard that the mall’s interior would be closed, which has occurred as of July the same year, with the company planning to convert the mall into an open-air shopping center at some point.
    the second was originally a Maison Blanche, which opened in 1990.

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