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Bay Center Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRegreenedRetrofit builtWayzata, MN

Redeveloped · Regreened in 2013. · 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 2012

This site: -12% census-cbp · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High heat wave risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

High tornado risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

High-income tract ($100k+)

This site: $125,344 census-acs · all sites with this

Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)

This site: 0.13 cdc-svi · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: Wayzata Section House nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +94% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 17.3 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, senior residential Partial regreening: park, underground stormwater tanks arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Regreened

This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, senior residential Partial regreening: park, underground stormwater tanks arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

New use

Housing

This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, senior residential Partial regreening: park, underground stormwater tanks arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Mixed use

This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, senior residential Partial regreening: park, underground arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Park and open space

This site: …opment: mixed use, senior residential Partial regreening: park, underground stormwater tanks arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

MN, Wayzata: Bay Center Mall/Promenade of Wayzata, 2013
• Redevelopment: mixed use, senior residential
• Partial regreening: park, underground stormwater tanks

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
Strategy	Redeveloped · Regreenedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Redevelopment: mixed use, senior residential Partial regreening: park, underground stormwater tanksauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2013authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	15: ANCHOR BANK NA; GRAHAM JEWELERS INC; HIRSHFIELD'S - WAYZATA; JERRYS SERVICE INC - WAYZATA; LA PETITE PARFUMERIEEPA FRS
Census tract 27053027300	4,363 people, 1,411 per sq mi; median household income $125,344; median gross rent $1,507; 40% renters; 16.3% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 17.3 of 20; 123 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 477 m; land-use mix 0.9; 185,996 jobs within 45 min by car, 30,431 by transit; 11% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 0 schools, 6 parks or playgrounds, 3 health, 3 civic, 9 food and drink; 5 cycleway segments, 53 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
National Register places within 500 m	1: Wayzata Section HouseNPS
Housing permits, Hennepin County (MN), 2024	1,739 units in 5+ unit buildings, 126 in 2–4, 2,054 single-family; 2023: 3,772 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.13; socioeconomic 0.07; housing and transport 0.42; 9% below 150% of poverty; 6% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 17 within 25 km: Tonka Village Shopping Center (9.5 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 8,838 m², 9.108890533447266 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views	13,051 since 2015; 1,088 in the last 12 months (+31% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-03 with 2,229Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +14% (3,814 → 4,363); median income +94% ($64,688 → $125,344); renters 40% → 40%; median home value +111% ($497,300 → $1,047,400)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 60.1); expected annual loss $1.8M; high: tornado, heat wave, hail, cold wave; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	65,774 jobs in 3,548 establishments; average annual pay $47,428; employment location quotient 0.72; employment -2.5% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	5,685 jobs; 262 in retail trade, 924 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 27053027300)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 53th income percentile as adults; 2.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (143 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; 20% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 6.3%; median family income $132,734; 87 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Wayzata Public School District (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: WAYZATA WEST MIDDLE; GLEASON LAKE ELEMENTARYNCES EDGE
Elevation	941 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	308 county-logged events: 139 thunderstorm wind, 122 hail, 25 heavy rain, 16 flash flood; $18,687,200 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 55391, 2026-09	median list price $2,350,000 (+0.6% on the year); 134 active listings; median 54 days on market; 11% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	3,714 establishments (-12%); 74,922 jobs (+1%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $386,707 (+1% 1 yr, +8% 5 yr); typical rent $1,784/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	727 (2000 = 100); +12.6% 1 yr, +41% 5 yr, +91% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	21,049 vehicles a day on Townline Rd (minor arterial, 4 lanes); 3 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

11 Wayzata Bay Center Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and I… gettyimages.com
Wayzata Bay Center Facts for Kids kids.kiddle.co
Wayzata Bay Center - Wayzata.com wayzata.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
median rent $1,439

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Promenade of Wayzata, Wayzata Bay Center
County	Hennepin County
Census division	4 · West North Central
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Wayzata Bay Center was an enclosed shopping mall in Wayzata, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. Wayzata Bay Center once comprised 127,000 square feet (12,000 m2) of retail space, with approximately 30 stores on one level, but closed in 2011 after the city of Wayzata agreed to construction of a new facility on the property. The mall was once owned by Madison Marquette until residents of the city purchased the mall for $16 million in December 2004.

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Timeline

2013 Retrofit: redevelop, regreen

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
Wikipedia: Wayzata Bay Center · 2026-09-02 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Bay Center Mall, Wayzata, MN." Record m-2fb3abea7f, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mn/wayzata-bay-center-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_wayzatabaycentermall,
  title = {Bay Center Mall, Wayzata, MN},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mn/wayzata-bay-center-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-2fb3abea7f, release 2026-10-20, tier: curated. 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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