Malls · North Carolina

Southgate Mall (Elizabeth City)

Imported, unreviewedClosedElizabeth City, NC

Opened 1969.

Status nowClosedEsri 2014 layer reported

Site size225,642 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer reported

Retrofit yearNot yet retrofittedstatus reported

Walkability11.2 of 20EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Former anchors

Belk

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JCPenney

This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this

Finance and pipeline

Closed per a 2014 list or a Wikipedia category, unchecked

This site: …closed import, no source · all sites with this

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/821278494409962 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://www.southgatemallec.com overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km

This site: 409 units in 6 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this

High hurricane risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.95 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $27,447 census-acs · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 83% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +69% census-acs · all sites with this

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Now

Status	ClosedEsri 2014 layer reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Southgate Mall” and “Elizabeth City” (8 hits, first 8 sampled, 3 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 2005-10-25 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2005 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.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
CMBS trust (weak)	CD 2005-CD1 Commercial Mortgage Trust	4	2005-10-27 to 2005-11-30	8-K 4
CMBS trust (weak)	CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC	1	2005-10-25 to 2005-10-25	8-K 1

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	8: HARBOR VILLAGE APARTMENTS; K MART #9696; MERCHANTS TIRE & AUTO #7333; NEAAAT SCHOOL - GYM & SHOP ADDITION; SOUTHGATE KORETIZING DSCA ID 70-0001EPA FRS
Census tract 37139960300	2,571 people, 2,647 per sq mi; median household income $27,447; median gross rent $780; 83% renters; 13.9% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 11.2 of 20; 140 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.78; 5,752 jobs within 45 min by car; 27% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Pasquotank County (NC), 2024	0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 153 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.95; socioeconomic 0.88; housing and transport 0.71; 69% below 150% of poverty; 20% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Former Kmart (2.1 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Southgate Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 15,980 m², 4.6489081382751465 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.southgatemallec.com (alive); archived 2003–2024 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population -11% (2,885 → 2,571); median income +69% ($16,205 → $27,447); renters 83% → 84%; median home value +143% ($67,400 → $163,500)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 43.4); expected annual loss $839,033; high: hurricane, winter weather, lightning; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	6 LIHTC properties, 409 units: Walker Landing (154 units); Morgan Pointe (120 units); Renaissance Commons (48 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	2,544 jobs in 182 establishments; average annual pay $35,309; employment location quotient 1.62; employment +4.2% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	1,165 jobs; 376 in retail trade, 267 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 37139960300)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 34th income percentile as adults; 3.7% incarcerated at the 2010 count (812 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 29% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 49.2%; median family income $25,208; 569 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Pasquotank County Schools (PK-12); 3 public schools within 1 mile: Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTech; Northeastern High; P W Moore ElementaryNCES EDGE
Elevation	9 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	68 county-logged events: 22 heavy rain, 21 thunderstorm wind, 15 flash flood, 4 flood; $397,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 27909, 2026-09	median list price $336,000 (-5.7% on the year); 204 active listings; median 67 days on market; 15% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	179 establishments (-7%); 2,445 jobs (-2%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $264,204 (+1% 1 yr, +33% 5 yr); typical rent $1,457/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	25,029 vehicles a day on NC-344 (minor arterial, 4 lanes); 16 trucks; 16 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Southgate Mall opened in 1969 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. It operated as a mall with a peak of 31 stores and approximately 225,642 square feet of gross leasable area. The site is currently closed.

Why. not stated in the record

Where it stands. The mall is listed as closed; the record does not specify an owner or controlling entity.

For a planner

No policy tools or precedents are documented in the record.
Open questions include the mall’s closure timeline, ownership, and potential reuse pathways.
Zoning and land‑use regulations applicable to the site are not recorded.
Any prior planning studies or incentives are unknown.

For a developer

Site size: 225,642 sq ft GLA.
Ownership and control are not recorded.
Context‑layer constraints (flood, transit, environment) and market signals are unknown.

What we do not know yet

Exact closure date is not recorded.
Anchor tenant losses or competition factors are not documented.
Ownership and current controlling entity are unknown.
Environmental conditions, flood risk, and transit access are not specified.
The record is marked as draft with only one source, indicating thin data quality.

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Similar sites

Bedford Mall, Bedford, NH · Malls · similar GLA (266,875 sq ft); opened 1969
Surrey Square Mall, Norwood, OH · Malls · similar GLA (190,474 sq ft); opened 1975
MacDade Mall, Holmes, PA · Malls · similar GLA (260,000 sq ft); opened 1970
Main Place Mall, Buffalo, NY · Malls · similar GLA (250,000 sq ft); opened 1968

Elsewhere on the web

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

Pages with photos

Sky City: Retail History: Southgate Mall: Elizabeth City, NC skycity2.blogspot.com
Apr. 20, 2015 photo of since-closed JCPenney at Southgate Mall in Elizabeth City, NC commons.wikimedia.org
Southgate Mall, Elizabeth City, NC - 1 July 2011 - Sign | Flickr flickr.com
Mallmanac.com: Southgate Mall, Elizabeth City, NC mallmanac.com
Elizabeth City, NC : Southgate Mall photo, picture, image (North ... city-data.com
Southgate Mall (Elizabeth City) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org
Southgate Mall - North Carolina - store list, hours, (location ... mallsinamerica.com

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county grew 3.4% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Opened	1969Esri 2014 layer
Gross leasable area	225,642 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	31Esri 2014 layer reported
Anchors	JCPenney, Belk, Goody's Family Clothing
Address	W. Ehringhaus St. & Halstead Blvd.
County	Pasquotank
Census division	5 · South Atlantic
Notes	Listed as a closed mall in Esri's 2014 Closed_US_Malls layer (Directory of Major Malls data). Current status to be checked.

Not yet recorded: acres, original developer, what is there now, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Timeline

1969 Opened

Sources

Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Southgate Mall, Elizabeth City, NC." Record m-cfe54673cb, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/elizabeth-city-southgate-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_elizabethcitysouthgatemall,
  title = {Southgate Mall, Elizabeth City, NC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/elizabeth-city-southgate-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-cfe54673cb, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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