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Malls · Missouri

Jamestown Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedFlorissant, MO

Opened 1973. Closed 2014. Redeveloped.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed
Last sale$3.3M · 2009public reporting
Retrofit yearNot yet retrofittedstatus
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Jamestown Mall
Jamestown Mall. Photo: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Macy'sThis site: Macy's wikipedia · all sites with this
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
Foreclosure or REOThis site: …scope: property research-deals · all sites with this
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/781719455243439 overture · all sites with this
Website dead or redirectingThis site: …http://jamestown-mall.com overture / http check · all sites with this
Ownership
Public bodyThis site: St. Louis Port Authority county-parcels · all sites with this
Place
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -16% census-cbp · 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 inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)This site: Relatively High; inland flooding, heat wave, earthquake, hail, winter weather, cold wave, lightning fema-nri · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -0.2% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract house prices doubled in 10 yearsThis site: +127% fhfa · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Demolished site awaiting redevelopment extraction · all sites with this
New use
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

StatusDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
StrategyRedevelopedextracted, unreviewed
New usesretailextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowDemolished site awaiting redevelopmentextracted, unreviewed

Planning

Public purchase or subsidydemolition planextracted, unreviewed
Entitlement year2022extracted, unreviewed

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2017Sold—St. Louis Port Authority ← Carlyle Development GroupWikipedia
2011Foreclosure— ← KohanWikipedia
2009Sold$3.3M closedKohan ← Carlyle Development GroupWikipedia
2003Sold—Carlyle Development Group ← Jacobs GroupWikipedia

Site context

Transit within 800 mno rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 kmjunctionOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m7: DILLARDS DEPARTMENT STORE; JAMESTOWN MALL DEMO; JAMESTOWN MALL2 DEMO; MISTY HOLLOW; MULCAHYS AUTOMOTIVE SERVICEEPA FRS
Census tract 291892108075,165 people, 2,081 per sq mi; median household income $76,746; median gross rent $1,211; 29% renters; 10.0% vacant units; 2.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)0 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 0 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 0 civic, 0 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 7 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 0.58; socioeconomic 0.61; housing and transport 0.40; 24% below 150% of poverty; 1% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby0 within 10 km, 11 within 25 kmcomputed
Overture Mapsplace Jamestown Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 6,730 m², 11.40266227722168 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialjamestown-mall.com (down or redirecting, status 0) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views131,577 since 2015; 7,867 in the last 12 months (-28% vs the prior 12); peak 2024-02 with 3,731Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively high overall (score 95.1); expected annual loss $3.4M; high: inland flooding, heat wave, earthquake, hail, winter weather, cold wave, lightning; 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, 2025305 (2000 = 100); +15.6% 1 yr, +62% 5 yr, +127% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)8,028 vehicles a day on 67 (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 788 trucks; 17 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Jamestown Mall opened in 1973 with anchor stores including Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's and Sears. The mall experienced increasing vacancy from the early 2000s, closed in July 2014, and was demolished between 2023 and 2024. The cleared site is now slated for redevelopment as an open‑air retail center.

Why. not stated in the record

Where it stands. The demolished site is owned by the St. Louis Port Authority and is awaiting redevelopment.

For a planner

  • Public subsidy recorded for demolition plan.
  • Entitlement for redevelopment was granted in 2022.
  • Current strategy is to redevelop the site for retail/open‑air use.
  • Open question: what specific mix of uses and design will replace the former mall?

For a developer

  • Site size and exact acreage are not provided in the record.
  • Control lies with the St. Louis Port Authority (owner since 2017).
  • Entitlement stage: entitlement year 2022 indicates approved redevelopment rights.
  • Context‑layer constraints (flood, transit, environment) and market signals from tract data are unknown.

What we do not know yet

  • Site acreage, current zoning, and land‑use details are missing.
  • Environmental constraints, flood risk, and transit access are not described.
  • Specific redevelopment plan, financing structure, and market demand are unknown.
  • The record is marked as 'verified: draft', indicating some data may be unreviewed.
  • Opportunity score is low (30.0) with reasons limited to closed/demolished status and public ownership.

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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  • Carousel Mall, San Bernardino, CA · Malls · opened 1972; closed 2017; same strategy: redevelop

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Jamestown Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

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History and original facts

Opened1973Wikidata
Closed2014extracted, unreviewed
AnchorsMacy's, Dillard's, JCPenney, Sears
CountySt. Louis County
Census division4 · West North Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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

Background

Jamestown Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Florissant, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Opened in 1973, the mall formerly included Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's, and Sears as its anchor stores. The mall had become increasingly vacant since the beginning of the 2000s. It closed in July 2014 and was demolished from 2023 to 2024. The site has been slated for redevelopment as an open-air center.

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

Timeline

  1. 1972 Construction began
  2. 1973 Opened (Wikidata)
  3. 1973 Opened
  4. 1974 Theater opened
  5. 1984 Stix Baer & Fuller converted to Dillard's
  6. 1994 Famous-Barr became third anchor and JCPenney relocated
  7. 2003 Sold to Carlyle Development Group
  8. 2006 Famous-Barr rebranded as Macy's
  9. 2008 Carlyle announced redevelopment plans
  10. 2014 Mall closed
  11. 2024 Demolition completed

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Jamestown Mall · supports: after notes, public subsidy, status, strategy, year closed
    15 quoted sentences
    Jamestown Mall closed on July 1, 2014.
    Demolition of all structures on the property was complete by March 2024. The future site is to be redeveloped.
    Demolition of all structures on the property was complete by March 2024.
    The site has been slated for redevelopment as an open-air center.

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