Malls · Maine
Westgate Mall (Bangor)
Opened 1954. Reinhabited in 1998.
Status nowRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported
Site size55 acresextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year1998authors' map reported
Walkability7.8 of 20 · 15-minute 5 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Finance and pipeline
On Facebook
This site: …https://www.facebook.com/151279714888120 overture · all sites with thisWebsite alive
This site: …http://www.westgate-mall.com/ overture / http check · all sites with thisPlace
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 59% census-acs · all sites with thisTract house prices doubled in 10 years
This site: +114% fhfa · all sites with thisTract income up 60%+ since 2013
This site: +105% census-acs · all sites with thisStrategy
Reinhabited
This site: Reinhabitation: healthcare record · all sites with thisNew use
Medical and health
This site: Reinhabitation: healthcare extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisFrom the authors' map
ME, Bangor: Westgate Mall/Eastern Maine Healthcare, 1998
• Reinhabitation: healthcare
Now
| Status | Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Reinhabitedauthors' map reported |
| New uses | retailextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | Reinhabitation: healthcareauthors' map reported |
| Retrofit year | 1998authors' map reported |
Site context
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
|---|---|
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 11: AFFILIATED LABORATORY INC; BANGOR BUS BARN/SEWER; BANGOR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY; BANGOR- FLEET MAINTENANCE GARAGE; ENI 2336 (TRADEWINDS)EPA FRS |
| Census tract 23019000900 | 7,175 people, 1,053 per sq mi; median household income $62,338; median gross rent $1,115; 59% renters; 8.0% vacant units; 2.2% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 7.8 of 20; 37 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.74; 17,448 jobs within 45 min by car; 30% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 5 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 2 schools, 2 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 2 civic, 3 food and drink; 1 cycleway segments, 8 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Penobscot County (ME), 2024 | 36 units in 5+ unit buildings, 47 in 2–4, 367 single-family; 2023: 43 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.73; socioeconomic 0.47; housing and transport 0.91; 30% below 150% of poverty; 10% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Bangor Mall (4.5 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | place Westgate Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.52, from Overture, meta); building footprint 13,563 m², 6.989165782928467 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | www.westgate-mall.com (alive); archived 1999–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 11,485 since 2015; 2,885 in the last 12 months (-23% vs the prior 12); peak 2023-12 with 421Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population +4% (6,934 → 7,175); median income +105% ($30,388 → $62,338); renters 67% → 59%; median home value +39% ($122,000 → $169,500)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively moderate overall (score 57.8); expected annual loss $1.2M; high: winter weather, ice storm, lightning; community resilience very highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | noneHUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 10,548 jobs in 623 establishments; average annual pay $40,082; employment location quotient 1.49; employment -1.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 2,307 jobs; 352 in retail trade, 153 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 23019000900)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 38th income percentile as adults; 0.4% incarcerated at the 2010 count (1,246 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 59% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 47.2%; median family income $30,839; 848 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Bangor (PK-12); 1 public school within 1 mile: Fourteenth Street SchoolNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 167 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 192 county-logged events: 140 thunderstorm wind, 31 hail, 12 flood, 6 flash flood; no property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 04401, 2026-09 | median list price $359,450 (+2.8% on the year); 137 active listings; median 43 days on market; 42% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 670 establishments (-10%); 11,296 jobs (+1%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $277,437 (+2% 1 yr, +31% 5 yr); typical rent $1,512/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2025 | 324 (2000 = 100); +4.3% 1 yr, +75% 5 yr, +114% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 18,333 vehicles a day on ST RTE 222 (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 438 trucks; 31 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
| Site metrics | 5,663 sq ft GLA per acre; FAR 0.13computed |
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Westgate Mall sees big changes with new businesses and store expansions newschannel10.com
- Photos: A look back at Westgate Mall over the years madison.com
- Vintage Card-Grand Opening Art Gift-Puritan Store-Westgate Mall ... ebay.com
- MallsCenters - US Shopping Malls & Stores mallscenters.com
- Spartanburg's Westgate Mall purchased by NY-based firm - UPSTATE ... upstatebusinessjournal.com
- Smith Haven Mall Directory postandcourier.com
- Westgate Mall - All You SHOULD Kno… tripadvisor.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- 55 acres
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History and original facts
| Now called / also known as | Eastern Maine Healthcare |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1954extracted, unreviewed |
| Acres | 55.0extracted, unreviewed |
| Gross leasable area | 311,440 sq ftextracted, unreviewed |
| County | Penobscot County |
| Census division | 1 · New England |
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Background
Westgate Mall is a Greater Cleveland suburban shopping center established in the mid-1950s and revitalized in 2007 after a decline in visitors since the 1990s. The original building was located at the intersection of Center Ridge Road and West 210th Street Fairview Park, Ohio at the boundary of Rocky River, Ohio. Westgate Mall is now known as "Westgate", and is now an outdoor shopping center.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1954 Original Westgate Center opened
- 1984 Richard E. Jacobs Group took ownership
- 1998 Retrofit: reinhabit
- 2005 Major redevelopment announced to convert center into lifestyle open-air center
- 2007 New Westgate opened as outdoor center
- 2025 Phillips Edison & Company acquired Westgate Shopping Center for $51.5 million
Sources
- Wikipedia: Westgate Mall (Ohio) · supports: acres, gla sqft, year opened
8 quoted sentences
Built several years after the close of World War II, the original Westgate Center opened in 1954.
situated on a 55-acre (22 ha) parcel.
the 311,440-square-foot Westgate Shopping Center
Built several years after the close of World War II, the original Westgate Center opened in 1954.
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