Retrofit Atlas

Malls · Missouri

Northwest Plaza Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedReinhabitedPartly retrofittedSt Anns, MO

Opened 1963. Partial Redeveloped · Reinhabited in 2013.

Status nowPartly retrofittedauthors' map
What it becameretail, officeextracted, unreviewed
Site size1,670,000 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer
Retrofit year2013authors' map
Walkability15.8 of 20 · 15-minute 5 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Former anchors
Dillard'sThis site: Dillard's wikipedia · all sites with this
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/1415927795346389 overture · all sites with this
Website dead or redirectingThis site: …http://www.thecrossingsatnorthwest.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this
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 2012This site: -16% census-cbp · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High heat wave riskThis site: Very High 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: +119% fhfa · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +97% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 15.8 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Scale
1M+ sq ft GLAThis site: 1,670,000 sq ft esri-closed-us-malls-2014 · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Partial redevelopment: demolition and new retail Partial reinhabitation and renovation: office arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
ReinhabitedThis site: Partial redevelopment: demolition and new retail Partial reinhabitation and renovation: office arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
New use
OfficeThis site: …ion and new retail Partial reinhabitation and renovation: office extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: Partial redevelopment: demolition and new retail Partial reinhabitation and renovation: office extraction · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

MO, St Anns: Northwest Plaza Mall/ The Crossings, 2013
• Partial redevelopment: demolition and new retail
• Partial reinhabitation and renovation: office

Now

StatusPartly retrofittedauthors' map
StrategyPartial Redeveloped · Reinhabitedauthors' map
New usesretail, officeextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowPartial redevelopment: demolition and new retail Partial reinhabitation and renovation: officeauthors' map
Retrofit year2013authors' map

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m15: BIOLIFE PLASMA SERVIES; CPI IMAGES LLC; CROSSINGS AT NORTHWEST; DILLARDS DEPT STORE; DISCOUNT TIRE - ST ANN - MOS 03EPA FRS
Census tract 291892148005,131 people, 4,235 per sq mi; median household income $72,724; median gross rent $888; 33% renters; 4.4% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 15.8 of 20; 154 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 685 m; land-use mix 0.83; 164,502 jobs within 45 min by car, 55,505 by transit; 26% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)5 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 1 schools, 5 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 1 civic, 10 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 78 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 0.56; socioeconomic 0.43; housing and transport 0.35; 15% below 150% of poverty; 18% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 14 within 25 km: St. Louis Mills (6.4 km); Bellerive Country Club (7.9 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace The Crossings at Northwest (shopping, confidence 0.60, from Overture, meta); building footprint 31,660 m², 9.753155708312988 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.thecrossingsatnorthwest.com (down or redirecting, status 0); archived 2013–2016 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views66,164 since 2015; 4,195 in the last 12 months (-17% vs the prior 12); peak 2018-04 with 1,142Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population -6% (5,430 → 5,131); median income +97% ($36,962 → $72,724); renters 30% → 33%; median home value +24% ($94,200 → $116,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 81.0); expected annual loss $3.0M; high: heat wave, hail, cold wave; 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, 2025335 (2000 = 100); +9.3% 1 yr, +65% 5 yr, +119% 10 yrFHFA

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  • Westfield Shoppingtown West County, Des Peres, MO · Malls · opened 1969; same strategy: redevelop; also in MO

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Northwest Plaza on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and state only, check the city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • 1,670,000 sq ft GLA (large site)

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 asThe Crossings
Opened1963Esri 2014 layer
Gross leasable area1,670,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer
Stores at peak112Esri 2014 layer
AnchorsSteve & Barry's, Dillard's, Sears, The Bedroom Store
AddressLindbergh & St. Charles Rock Rd.
CountySt Louis
Census division4 · West North Central

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Background

The Crossings at Northwest is a mixed-use commercial center containing 400,000 SF of retail and 500,000 SF of office uses located in St. Ann, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It was redeveloped from the old Northwest Plaza. The former mall comprised nearly 1,770,000 square feet (164,438.4 m2) of gross leasable area, making it the 27th largest mall in the United States according to the International Council of Shopping Centers prior to its closure. With a total of 1.9 million square feet (180,000 m2) of enclosed space, it was the largest enclosed mall in the state of Missouri. The mall featured nine anchor stores and more than 210 stores at its peak.

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

Timeline

  1. 1963 Opened
  2. 2013 Retrofit: redevelop, reinhabit

Sources

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