Malls · Massachusetts

Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedBourne, MA

Opened 1972. Closed 2011. Redeveloped in 2012.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed

documented

demolished

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported

Retrofit year2012extracted, unreviewed reported

Walkability13.5 of 20 · 15-minute 4 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall. Photo: Ktr101, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/104404672953851 overture · all sites with this

Website dead or redirecting

This site: …http://bostoncentral.com/shopping/outlets/p111.php overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 60,451 on a counted road fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

County typical rent $2,000+

This site: $2,578/mo zillow · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High-income tract ($100k+)

This site: $118,491 census-acs · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)

This site: 0.10 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +63% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 13.5 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: …strip center extraction · all sites with this

New use

Retail (continued)

This site: …strip center extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Demolishedextracted, unreviewed documented demolished en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented redevelop en.wikipedia.org
New uses	retailextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	strip centerextracted, unreviewed documented strip center en.wikipedia.org
Retrofit year	2012extracted, unreviewed reported

Deals and debt

Date	Event	Price	Parties	Source
2012	Sold	—	Market Basket	Wikipedia

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	2: GALLO CONSTRUCTION CO INC; MORRISON AUTOWORKS INCEPA FRS
Census tract 25001013800	5,402 people, 1,112 per sq mi; median household income $118,491; median gross rent $1,507; 21% renters; 12.1% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 13.5 of 20; 34 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 546 m; land-use mix 0.78; 13,637 jobs within 45 min by car, 651 by transit; 19% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	4 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 1 schools, 14 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 1 civic, 0 food and drink; 9 cycleway segments, 12 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Barnstable County (MA), 2024	178 units in 5+ unit buildings, 32 in 2–4, 430 single-family; 2023: 104 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.10; socioeconomic 0.09; housing and transport 0.15; 6% below 150% of poverty; 2% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	0 within 10 km, 1 within 25 kmcomputed
Overture Maps	place Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.97, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 6,357 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	bostoncentral.com (down or redirecting, status 403); archived 2001–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	25,857 since 2015; 1,555 in the last 12 months (-14% vs the prior 12); peak 2015-08 with 644Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +7% (5,044 → 5,402); median income +63% ($72,839 → $118,491); renters 16% → 21%; median home value +60% ($347,700 → $558,000)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 29.8); expected annual loss $878,108; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	14,431 jobs in 1,310 establishments; average annual pay $46,006; employment location quotient 1.51; employment -0.9% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	1,746 jobs; 464 in retail trade, 163 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 25001013800)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 41th income percentile as adults; 3.2% incarcerated at the 2010 count (364 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; 62% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 5.6%; median family income $99,318; 122 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Bourne School District (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation	84 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	116 county-logged events: 51 thunderstorm wind, 26 flood, 15 flash flood, 12 lightning; $8,887,400 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 02532, 2026-09	median list price $609,700 (-12.0% on the year); 60 active listings; median 52 days on market; 22% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,402 establishments (-7%); 14,940 jobs (+6%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $757,449 (+3% 1 yr, +30% 5 yr); typical rent $2,578/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	458 (2000 = 100); -6.8% 1 yr, +52% 5 yr, +84% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	60,451 vehicles a day (freeway or expressway, 2 lanes); 2,504 trucks; 26 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

The Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall opened in 1972 as an indoor outlet mall with about 25 stores. It expanded in 1980 but began declining after 2000, fell under 50% occupancy by 2009, and closed in 2011. The property was demolished and redeveloped in 2012 into an outdoor strip center.

Why. The record shows declining occupancy and store closures (e.g., Buck-A-Book in 2005) starting around 2000, but does not specify anchor losses, competition, or debt as causes.

Where it stands. The site is currently a strip center retail property controlled by Market Basket following its 2012 purchase after demolition and redevelopment.

For a planner

Precedent: conversion of an indoor outlet mall to an outdoor strip center.
Policy tools: not stated in the record.
Open questions: long-term retail viability and compatibility with surrounding land uses.

For a developer

Site size: not provided in the record.
Control: owned by Market Basket after the 2012 sale.
Entitlement stage: fully built strip center (redeveloped 2012).
Market signals: opp_score 5.0, reasons include retrofit already built, closed/demolished site, county grew 7.7% 2018‑23, median rent $1,596.

What we do not know yet

Site size and parcel boundaries are missing.
Current occupancy and tenant mix of the strip center are unknown.
Environmental, flood, or transit constraints are not detailed in the record.
Verification status is draft, indicating data may be unreviewed.
Specific causes of decline (anchor loss, debt, competition) are not stated.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT 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.

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
closed or demolished site (sourced)
county grew 7.7% 2018–23
median rent $1,596

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

Opened	1972Wikidata
Closed	2011extracted, unreviewed documented The mall closed on July 4, 2011 en.wikipedia.org
Stores at peak	25extracted, unreviewed reported
Anchors	Market Basket
County	Barnstable County
Census division	1 · New England
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

The Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall was an outdoor mall located in Bourne, Massachusetts. It was first developed into a shopping center in 1972 as an indoor outlet mall, but by 2012 was developed into an outdoor plaza. When it was an indoor mall, it boasted approximately 25 shops, from outlets to local brands. The mall's grounds also once housed the original location of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Cape Cod, as well as a former motel.

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

Timeline

1972 Opened (Wikidata)
1972 indoor mall opened
1980 major expansion
2000 decline started
2005 Buck-A-Book closure
2009 under 50% occupancy
2011 closed
2012 redeveloped

Sources

Wikipedia: Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed
11 quoted sentences
The mall closed on July 4, 2011
strip center
demolished
redevelop

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall, Bourne, MA." Record m-9a1ffac3c1, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/bourne-cape-cod-factory-outlet-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_bournecapecodfactoryoutletmall,
  title = {Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall, Bourne, MA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/bourne-cape-cod-factory-outlet-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-9a1ffac3c1, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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