Malls · North Carolina

Quenby Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedStanly County, NC

Opened 1966. Redeveloped in 1993.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed

documented

demolished

en.wikipedia.org

What it becamehealthcare, officeextracted, unreviewed reported

Site size160,000 sq ft GLAextracted, unreviewed reported

Last sale$1.3M · 1993public reporting

Retrofit year1993extracted, unreviewed reported

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Quenby Mall. Photo: ZacAttackAtl, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile7 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors

Belk

This site: Belk wikipedia · all sites with this

JCPenney

This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this

Ownership

Public body

This site: Stanly County county-parcels · all sites with this

Place

High inland flooding risk

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

Renter-majority tract

This site: 51% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Stanly County Commons extraction · all sites with this

New use

Office

This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Demolishedextracted, unreviewed documented demolished en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented redevelop en.wikipedia.org
New uses	healthcare, officeextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	Stanly County Commonsextracted, unreviewed documented now known as Stanly County Commons en.wikipedia.org
Retrofit year	1993extracted, unreviewed reported
Redeveloper	Stanly Countyextracted, unreviewed reported

Planning

Zoning change	mixed useextracted, unreviewed documented By the 1990s...house the health department...county offices. en.wikipedia.org
Entitlement year	1992extracted, unreviewed reported

Deals and debt

Date	Event	Price	Parties	Source
1993	Sold	$1.3M closed	Stanly County ← previous owner	Wikipedia

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	5: BOONE VILLAGE; CHS STANLY; NC MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY NO. 1 - ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL UNIT; PIEDMONT CLEANERS INC; STANLY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATEDEPA FRS
Census tract 37167931204	3,018 people, 1,544 per sq mi; median household income $50,044; median gross rent $850; 51% renters; 20.6% vacant units; 0.6% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	4 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 2 schools, 2 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 0 civic, 1 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Stanly County (NC), 2024	0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 367 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.37; socioeconomic 0.24; housing and transport 0.21; 21% below 150% of poverty; 4% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 13,509 m², 6.088973045349121 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views	1,843 since 2015; 699 in the last 12 months (-4% vs the prior 12); peak 2025-10 with 134Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 54.2); expected annual loss $1.8M; high: inland flooding, ice storm; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	2,873 jobs in 244 establishments; average annual pay $34,040; employment location quotient 1.22; employment -0.7% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	4,074 jobs; 199 in retail trade, 101 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 37167931204)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 33th income percentile as adults; 6.9% incarcerated at the 2010 count (989 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 0% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 27.8%; median family income $44,926; 672 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Stanly County Schools (PK-12); 5 public schools within 1 mile: Albemarle High; Central Elementary; Stanly Academy Learning Center; Stanly County Virtual EducationNCES EDGE
Elevation	489 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	108 county-logged events: 61 thunderstorm wind, 39 flash flood, 4 tornado, 3 hail; $4,846,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 28001, 2026-09	median list price $298,175 (-0.6% on the year); 158 active listings; median 70 days on market; 22% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	245 establishments (+5%); 3,127 jobs (+16%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $302,546 (+2% 1 yr, +32% 5 yr); typical rent $1,374/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	382 (2000 = 100); +12.1% 1 yr, +69% 5 yr, +79% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	17,472 vehicles a day on US-52 (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,063 trucks; 31 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Quenby Mall opened in 1966 with anchors Belk, JCPenney, and Harris Teeter. After Belk closed in 1980 and a renovation in 1983 failed to revive the mall, Stanly County purchased the property in 1993 and redeveloped it as Stanly County Commons, which is now demolished.

Why. The record shows anchor tenant Belk closed in 1980, contributing to the mall's decline; no explicit causes such as competition, debt, or demolition are stated.

Where it stands. The site is currently demolished and under the control of Stanly County, which acquired it in the 1993 sale.

For a planner

Precedent: strategy lists redevelopment to healthcare and office uses.
Policy tools: zoning changed to mixed use and entitlement granted in 1992.
Open questions: what will replace the demolished structures and how will the site integrate with county services?

For a developer

Site size: 160,000 sq ft GLA.
Control: public owner (Stanly County) since 1993.
Entitlement stage: entitlement year 1992, zoning for mixed use.
Constraints: no flood, transit, or environmental details provided in the record.
Market signals: opp_score 0.0, reasons include retrofit already built, closed/demolished site, modest county growth (4% 2018‑23), and public ownership.

What we do not know yet

Exact demolition date and current site condition are not specified.
Environmental constraints (flood risk, soil, etc.) are unknown.
Transit access and nearby infrastructure details are missing.
Verification status is 'draft', indicating the data may not be fully reviewed.
Details on any healthcare or office build‑out after 1993 are absent.

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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Midtown Square Mall, Charlotte, NC · Malls · opened 1959; same strategy: redevelop; also in NC

Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Quenby Mall (Stanly County Commons) | Albemarle, NC | Vintage 1960's mall survivor youtube.com
Old Quenby Mall Interior Photo 2024 commons.wikimedia.org
Sky City: Retail History: Quenby Mall: Albemarle, NC skycity2.blogspot.com
Quenby Mall - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
closed or demolished site (sourced)
county grew 4.0% 2018–23
public owner

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

Opened	1966extracted, unreviewed
Gross leasable area	160,000 sq ftextracted, unreviewed documented center was aimed to be 160,000 square feet en.wikipedia.org
Original developer	Masten-Langston Faison Coextracted, unreviewed documented Plans for the construction...based out of Charlotte...in December 1965. en.wikipedia.org
Anchors	JCPenney, Belk, Harris Teeter
County	Stanly County
Census division	5 · South Atlantic
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Quenby Mall, now known as Stanly County Commons, was a shopping mall located in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. It was anchored by Belk, JCPenney, and Harris Teeter. The mall opened in 1966, and it was sold to Stanly County for their use in 1993.

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

Timeline

1965 Ground broken
1966 Grand opening
1977 JCPenney opened
1980 Belk closed
1983 Renovation
1993 Sold to county

Sources

Wikipedia: Quenby Mall · supports: after notes, gla sqft, original developer, status, strategy, year opened, zoning change
13 quoted sentences
opened in 1966
center was aimed to be 160,000 square feet
Plans for the construction...based out of Charlotte...in December 1965.
now known as Stanly County Commons

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Quenby Mall, Stanly County, NC." Record m-4e7f22e2bf, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/stanly-county-quenby-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_stanlycountyquenbymall,
  title = {Quenby Mall, Stanly County, NC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/stanly-county-quenby-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-4e7f22e2bf, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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