Malls · Missouri
Bannister Mall
Opened 1980. Closed 2007. Redeveloped in 2014.
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JCPenney
This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with thisMacy's
This site: Macy's wikipedia · all sites with thisSears
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This site: 2,271 units, Jackson County census-bps · all sites with thisHigh heat wave risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh tornado risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisLower-income tract (< $50k)
This site: $40,141 census-acs · all sites with thisOpportunity Zone
This site: 29095017400 hud-oz · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 86% census-acs · all sites with thisTract population up 25%+ since 2013
This site: +32% census-acs · all sites with thisWalkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)
This site: …index 12.7 epa-walkability · all sites with thisTax increment financing
This site: TIF Redevelopment: office extraction · all sites with this1M+ sq ft GLA
This site: 1,014,390 sq ft esri-closed-us-malls-2014 · all sites with this60+ acre site
This site: 236 acres extraction · all sites with thisRedeveloped
This site: Redevelopment: office record · all sites with thisHotel
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisOffice
This site: Redevelopment: office extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
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MO, Kansas City: Bannister Mall/ Cerner Innovations Campus, 2014
• Redevelopment: office
Now
| Status | Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopedauthors' map |
| New uses | office, healthcare, retail, hotel, data centerextracted, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Redevelopment: officeauthors' map |
| Retrofit year | 2014authors' map |
| Redeveloper | Cerner Corporationextracted, unreviewed |
Planning
| Public purchase or subsidy | TIFextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Entitlement year | 2007extracted, unreviewed |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | no rail stationOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| Motorway junctions within 2 km | 69, 70, 71A, junctionOpenStreetMap |
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 7: CERNER INNOVATIONS; CONOCO #25017; CPDI THREE TRAIL CAMPUS; MONTGOMERY WARDS AUTO EXPRESS; NTW LLC #677EPA FRS |
| Census tract 29095017400 | 3,268 people, 1,330 per sq mi; median household income $40,141; median gross rent $959; 86% renters; 6.5% vacant units; 7.1% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 12.7 of 20; 31 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 768 m; land-use mix 0.77; 105,470 jobs within 45 min by car, 8,725 by transit; 17% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 3 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 3 schools, 7 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 0 civic, 0 food and drink; 2 cycleway segments, 32 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | yes, tract 29095017400 (rural)HUD |
| Housing permits, Jackson County (MO), 2024 | 2,271 units in 5+ unit buildings, 479 in 2–4, 1,253 single-family; 2023: 836 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.71; socioeconomic 0.75; housing and transport 0.73; 44% below 150% of poverty; 14% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 1 within 10 km, 10 within 25 km: Ward Parkway Center (7.9 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | place Bannister Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.79, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 4,097 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | threetrailscamp.org (alive); archived 2010–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 77,176 since 2015; 5,162 in the last 12 months (-36% vs the prior 12); peak 2016-11 with 1,174Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population +32% (2,474 → 3,268); median income +46% ($27,549 → $40,141); renters 88% → 86%; median home value +103% ($82,700 → $167,900)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively low overall (score 35.9); expected annual loss $999,348; high: tornado, heat wave, hail; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | noneHUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 2,178 establishments (-3%); 36,377 jobs (+4%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $247,543 (+3% 1 yr, +26% 5 yr); typical rent $1,446/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 1,324 vehicles a day on HILLCREST RD (major collector, 4 lanes); 16 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
| Site metrics | 4,298 sq ft GLA per acre; FAR 0.1computed |
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Bannister Mall (now rubble) commons.wikimedia.org
- Bannister Mall; Kansas City, Missouri - Labelscar: The Retail History Blog labelscar.com
- Bannister Mall - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia alchetron.com
- Abandoned Bannister Mall abnf.co
- Bannister Mall Dancing Sculpture - flickr.com
- Middletown Mall Nostalgia missouribusinessalert.com
- Long Lost Bannister Mall in Kansas City, Missouri. youtube.com
- Cerner reaches deal to buy former Bannister Mall in K.C. stltoday.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- 236 acres
- county grew 3.6% 2018–23
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
| Now called / also known as | Cerner Innovations Campus |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1980Wikidata |
| Closed | 2007extracted, unreviewed |
| Acres | 236extracted, unreviewed |
| Gross leasable area | 1,014,390 sq ftEsri 2014 layer |
| Stores at peak | 86Esri 2014 layer |
| Anchors | Macy's, JCPenney, Sears, The Jones Store |
| Address | I-435 & Bannister Rd. |
| County | Jackson |
| Census division | 4 · West North Central |
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Background
Bannister Mall was a shopping mall in the southeast corner of Kansas City, Missouri. It opened on August 6, 1980. After nearly 27 years of operation, it closed on May 31, 2007. It was originally anchored by Macy's, JCPenney, The Jones Store, and Sears.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1980 Opened (Wikidata)
- 1980 Opened
- 2000 JCPenney closed
- 2002 Dillard's closed
- 2005 The Jones Store closed
- 2006 Sears closed
- 2007 Mall closed
- 2007 Closure announced
- 2009 Demolished
- 2009 Lane4 Property Group plans
- 2013 Cerner announced redevelopment
- 2014 Retrofit: redevelop
Sources
- Wikipedia · supports: acres, public subsidy, year closed
13 quoted sentences
After nearly 27 years of operation, it closed on May 31, 2007.
Cerner will acquire 236 acres to meet expected future growth of the company and could eventually employ an additional 12,000 to 15,000 workers.
TIF panel OKs Bannister Mall redevelopment
It opened on August 6, 1980.
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
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