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Malls · Missouri

Crestwood Court

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRegreenedPartly retrofittedCrestwood, MO

Opened 1957. Closed 2013. Partial Redeveloped · Regreened in 2023.

Status nowPartly retrofittedextracted, unreviewed
What it becameretail, housingextracted, unreviewed
Site size47 acresextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2023extracted, unreviewed
Walkability14.3 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Crestwood Court
Crestwood Court. Photo: Khazar2Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile19 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
Macy'sThis site: Macy's wikipedia · all sites with this
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -16% census-cbp · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High earthquake riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High heat wave riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)This site: Relatively High; heat wave, earthquake, hail fema-nri · all sites with this
High-income tract ($100k+)This site: $113,261 census-acs · all sites with this
Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)This site: 0.18 cdc-svi · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -0.2% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +66% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 14.3 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: A Dierbergs grocery store operates on the site and a residential area is under construction. extraction · all sites with this
RegreenedThis site: A Dierbergs grocery store operates on the site and a residential area is under construction. extraction · all sites with this
New use
GroceryThis site: A Dierbergs grocery store operates on the site and a residential area is under extraction · all sites with this
HousingThis site: A Dierbergs grocery store operates on the site and a residential area is under construction. As of April 2023 the residentia 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 Redeveloped · Regreenedextracted, unreviewed
New usesretail, housingextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowA Dierbergs grocery store operates on the site and a residential area is under construction.extracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2023extracted, unreviewed
RedeveloperUrbanStreetextracted, unreviewed

Planning

Public purchase or subsidynone reportedextracted, unreviewed
Entitlement year2015extracted, unreviewed
Planning notesAs of April 2023 the residential area is under construction.extracted, unreviewed

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m25: 1 CRESTWOOD PLAZA; BEST BUY STORE # 42; CAMDEN PRODUCTS CO; CRESTWOOD AMOCO; CRESTWOOD CROSSINGEPA FRS
Census tract 291892219003,915 people, 2,965 per sq mi; median household income $113,261; median gross rent $1,534; 13% renters; 6.0% vacant units; 0.2% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 14.3 of 20; 57 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 1,176 m; land-use mix 0.94; 137,780 jobs within 45 min by car, 10,104 by transit; 0% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 1 schools, 1 parks or playgrounds, 4 health, 3 civic, 8 food and drink; 9 cycleway segments, 41 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, St. Louis County (MO), 2024504 units in 5+ unit buildings, 2 in 2–4, 687 single-family; 2023: 296 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.18; socioeconomic 0.16; housing and transport 0.24; 6% below 150% of poverty; 3% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 12 within 25 km: Westfield Shoppingtown West County (7.6 km); Westroads Shopping Center (8.8 km)computed
Overture Mapsno place match; building footprint 5,313 m², 5.484687805175781 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views68,175 since 2015; 3,954 in the last 12 months (-21% vs the prior 12); peak 2016-04 with 1,327Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +9% (3,591 → 3,915); median income +66% ($68,202 → $113,261); renters 18% → 13%; median home value +41% ($175,900 → $248,800)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively high overall (score 86.0); expected annual loss $3.4M; high: heat wave, earthquake, hail; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20233,211 establishments (-16%); 58,164 jobs (-13%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $285,675 (+3% 1 yr, +24% 5 yr); typical rent $1,490/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025490 (2000 = 100); +0.0% 1 yr, +41% 5 yr, +76% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)18,472 vehicles a day on SAPPINGTON RD (minor arterial, 4 lanes); 12 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Crestwood Court opened in 1957 as the first major mall in the St. Louis area, featuring anchors such as Macy's, Dillard's, and Sears. Beginning in the early 2000s, anchor stores closed, leading to declining occupancy and eventual vacancy by 2013. Demolition was completed in 2017, and a Dierbergs grocery opened in 2023 while residential construction proceeds on the remainder of the site.

Why. Anchor store losses—Macy's, Dillard's, and Sears—triggered the mall's decline, as noted in the narrative. No explicit debt or competition factors are stated in the record.

Where it stands. As of 2023 the site is partially redeveloped with a Dierbergs grocery operating and residential construction underway, owned by UrbanStreet.

For a planner

  • Entitlement secured in 2015 enabling mixed-use redevelopment per the strategy of redevelop and regreen.
  • No public subsidy reported, indicating private‑led redevelopment.
  • Open questions include phasing of housing, integration with existing retail, and long‑term land‑use stability.

For a developer

  • Site totals 47 acres, fully controlled by UrbanStreet since 2014.
  • Entitlement granted in 2015 for retail and housing uses.
  • Record does not specify flood, transit, or environmental constraints; market signals from surrounding tract data are not provided.

What we do not know yet

  • Financial structure and any debt associated with the redevelopment are not described in the record.
  • Exact residential unit count, construction timeline, and completion date for the housing component are unspecified.
  • Environmental review status, floodplain designation, and transit access details are absent from the record.
  • The record’s verification status is 'draft' and all origin fields are marked as extraction, indicating potential unreviewed data.

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  • Cottonwood Mall site, Holladay, UT · Malls · similar size (57 acres); opened 1962; same strategy: redevelop

Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
  • 47 acres
  • housing in the record

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History and original facts

Opened1957extracted, unreviewed
Closed2013extracted, unreviewed
Acres47.0extracted, unreviewed
Original developerLouis and Milton Zorenskyextracted, unreviewed
AnchorsMacy's, Dillard's, Sears, Scruggs, Vandervoort and Barney, Stix Baer & Fuller
CountySt. Louis County
Census division4 · West North Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Crestwood Court was a shopping mall in Crestwood, Missouri. Opened in 1957, it was the first major mall in the St. Louis area, and one of the first to have more than one department store. The mall previously included Macy's, Dillard's, and Sears as anchor stores, all three of which were vacant before demolition began in May 2016. Demolition was finished in October 2017. A Dierbergs opened at the site of the demolished mall in March 2023. Decline was first noticeable in the early 2000s, but took off seriously in 2006, when many stores started to close. The announcement the Dillard's would close in August 2007 was critical, because it was the most popular store. Two years later, Macy's closed, which was considered the ultimate dagger. It was by then assumed that Crestwood Mall was not going to be around much longer, and that became official in September 2013, when the exterior LensCrafters closed.

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

Timeline

  1. 1957 Opened
  2. 1984 Enclosed
  3. 1998 Westfield purchase
  4. 2008 Sold to Centrum
  5. 2009 Macy's closed
  6. 2012 Sears closed
  7. 2013 LensCrafters closed, mall vacant
  8. 2014 UrbanStreet purchase
  9. 2017 Demolition finished
  10. 2023 Dierbergs opened

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Crestwood Court · supports: acres, after notes, original developer, public subsidy, status, strategy, year closed, year opened
    18 quoted sentences
    Opened in 1957, it was the first major mall in the St. Louis area.
    On September 16, 2013, LensCrafters closed, leaving the mall completely vacant.
    For comparison, the previous owner Centrum Properties paid $17.5 million when it purchased the 47 acre property in 2008.
    Local retail developers Louis and Milton Zorensky developed the mall in 1957.

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