Retrofit Atlas

Malls · Missouri

One City Center

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedPartly retrofittedSt. Louis, MO

Opened 1985. Closed 2006. Partial Redeveloped in 2010.

Status nowPartly retrofittedextracted, unreviewed
What it becameoffice, retail, entertainmentextracted, unreviewed
Last sale$12.7M · 2009public reporting
Retrofit year2010extracted, unreviewed
Walkability17.7 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Site profile27 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
Famous-BarrThis site: Famous-Barr wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/110487102337342 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_City_Center_ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
100k+ jobs within 45 min by transitThis site: 437,643 epa-walkability · all sites with this
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 kmThis site: 993 units in 8 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 4 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 150 ways 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: 5 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 inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)This site: Very High; tornado, inland flooding, heat wave, earthquake, strong wind fema-nri · all sites with this
High tornado riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
National Register place within 500 mThis site: Ambassador Theater Building; May Company Department Store Building nps-nrhp · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 81% census-acs · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -5.8% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +63% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract population up 25%+ since 2013This site: +29% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 17.7 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Scale
Building footprint 50,000+ m²This site: 73,647 m² overture · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: …office tower with parking garage and retail/entertainment complex extraction · all sites with this
New use
Entertainment and sportsThis site: …office tower with parking garage and retail/entertainment complex In 2006, the almost-vacant 'dead mall' closed, and extraction · all sites with this
OfficeThis site: …office tower with parking garage and retail/entertainment complex extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …office tower with parking garage and retail/entertainment complex In 2006, the almost-vacant 'dead mall extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusPartly retrofittedextracted, unreviewed
StrategyPartial Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed
New usesoffice, retail, entertainmentextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowoffice tower with parking garage and retail/entertainment complexextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2010extracted, unreviewed
RedeveloperStacy Hastieextracted, unreviewed

Planning

Public purchase or subsidyloanextracted, unreviewed
Planning notesIn 2006, the almost-vacant 'dead mall' closed, and was bought by The Pyramid Companies and was planned to be turned into condominiums and retail space, though the plan was never realized, as Pyramid closed in 2008 due to financial troubles.extracted, unreviewed

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2009Sold$12.7M closedEnvironmental Operations ← Bank of America · lender Bank of AmericaWikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “One City Center” and “St. Louis” (18 hits, first 18 sampled, 4 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2001-11-01 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2001 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
CMBS trust (weak)Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-PWR1342006-10-12 to 2006-10-138-K 2, 8-K/A 2
CMBS trust (weak)GE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL MORT CORP COM MRT PS THR CRT SE 2001-322001-11-15 to 2001-12-108-K 2
CMBS trust (weak)GE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE CORP12001-11-01 to 2001-11-018-K 1
Public owner (weak)Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II, Inc.22009-04-16 to 2009-07-318-K/A 1, 8-K 1
Public owner (weak)KIMCO REALTY CORP (KIM, KIM-PL, KIM-PM, KIM-PN)22007-02-28 to 2007-07-0610-K 1, 8-K 1

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m46: 9TH STREET GARAGES; AMERICA'S CONVENTION CENTER COMPLEX; AMERICAS CENTER; ARCADE BUILDING; BEE HAT LOFTSEPA FRS
Census tract 295101256005,234 people, 6,521 per sq mi; median household income $91,175; median gross rent $1,313; 81% renters; 14.4% vacant units; 10.3% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 17.7 of 20; 336 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 311 m; land-use mix 0.74; 171,234 jobs within 45 min by car, 437,643 by transit; 9% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 5 grocers, 1 schools, 1186 parks or playgrounds, 4 health, 7 civic, 84 food and drink; 150 cycleway segments, 922 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
National Register places within 500 m15: Ambassador Theater Building; May Company Department Store Building; Lennox Hotel; Union MarketNPS
Housing permits, St. Louis (Independent City) (MO), 2024227 units in 5+ unit buildings, 11 in 2–4, 56 single-family; 2023: 205 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.46; socioeconomic 0.29; housing and transport 0.94; 19% below 150% of poverty; 17% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby4 within 10 km, 12 within 25 km: Armory (0.5 km); Ely Walker Lofts (1.1 km); Brown Shoe Company's Homes-Take Factory (3.0 km); Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden (8.0 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace One City Center Tower (shopping_mall, confidence 0.51, from Overture, meta); building footprint 73,647 m², 20.0 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialfr.wikipedia.org (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views57,707 since 2015; 4,858 in the last 12 months (-23% vs the prior 12); peak 2024-01 with 1,160Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +29% (4,054 → 5,234); median income +63% ($55,868 → $91,175); renters 89% → 81%; median home value -7% ($242,200 → $225,100)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)very high overall (score 98.8); expected annual loss $8.5M; high: tornado, inland flooding, heat wave, earthquake, strong wind; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km8 LIHTC properties, 993 units: Mark Twain Hotel (235 units); Paul Brown Building (222 units); Merchandise Mart Project (213 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023778 establishments (-16%); 8,987 jobs (-8%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $176,514 (-0% 1 yr, +10% 5 yr); typical rent $1,287/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)6,927 vehicles a day on CONVENTION PL (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 15 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

One City Center opened in 1985 as St. Louis Centre, developed by May Company and later owned by Simon Property Group. After anchor tenant Dillard's closed in 2001 and vacancy rose, the mall shut in 2006 and was bought by The Pyramid Companies, which planned condos and retail but failed in 2008. The property was foreclosed in 2009, purchased by Environmental Operations, and retrofit work began in 2010 to create an office tower with a parking garage and retail/entertainment complex (Mercantile Exchange), leaving the site in a partial status today.

Why. The record shows anchor tenant loss (Dillard's 2001) leading to high vacancy, followed by the financial troubles of Pyramid Companies that prevented their redevelopment plan, ultimately resulting in foreclosure. No explicit competition or debt details are provided beyond these factors.

Where it stands. The site currently has a partial status and is controlled by Environmental Operations, which acquired it in the 2009 foreclosure deal.

For a planner

  • Precedent: Pyramid Companies' failed condo/retail plan illustrates risks of speculative reuse without secured financing.
  • Policy tool used: public subsidy in the form of a loan supported the 2010 retrofit.
  • Open questions: long-term demand for the office-retail mix and needed transit or infrastructure improvements are not detailed in the record.

For a developer

  • Site size: not specified in the record.
  • Control: held by Environmental Operations since 2009.
  • Entitlement stage: retrofit commenced 2010; current status is partial, indicating ongoing or incomplete build‑out.
  • Constraints: flood, transit, and environmental context layers are absent from the record, so their impact is unknown.
  • Market signals: opp_score 0.0 with reasons including retrofit already built, county population decline (-5.8% 2018‑23), and housing considerations in the tract.

What we do not know yet

  • Missing site acreage and current lease/occupancy details.
  • No context layer data (flood risk, transit access, environmental constraints) provided.
  • Post‑2010 retrofit financial performance and updated ownership changes after 2009 are not captured.
  • Fields marked as extraction (origins, parties, deals) may be model‑generated and unreviewed.
  • The exact nature of the 'public subsidy loan' terms is unspecified.

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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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • county shrank -5.8% 2018–23
  • housing in the record

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

Opened1985extracted, unreviewed
Closed2006extracted, unreviewed
Original developerMay Companyextracted, unreviewed
AnchorsDillard's, Famous-Barr
CountySt. Louis city
Census division4 · West North Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, GLA. Know it? Tell us.

Background

One City Center is an office tower complex and former shopping mall in St. Louis, Missouri.

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

Timeline

  1. 1985 Mall opened as St. Louis Centre
  2. 2001 Dillard's store closed
  3. 2006 Mall closed and bought by Pyramid Companies
  4. 2008 Pyramid Companies closed due to financial troubles
  5. 2009 Foreclosed by Bank of America and later bought by Environmental Operations for $12.7 million
  6. 2009 Building about 85% vacant, developers seeking funding for renovation
  7. 2010 Work began on 750-car parking garage and retail/entertainment complex Mercantile Exchange

Sources

  • Wikipedia: One City Center (St. Louis) · supports: after notes, original developer, public subsidy, status, strategy, year closed, year opened
    14 quoted sentences
    When the mall opened in 1985, St. Louis Centre was the largest urban shopping mall in the United States, with over 150 stores with 20 restaurants in 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2).
    In 2006, the almost-vacant 'dead mall' closed, and was bought by The Pyramid Companies
    The $95 million complex was originally to be developed by the May Company and called May Mall
    One City Center is an office tower complex and former shopping mall.

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