Malls · Nebraska

Center Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtOmaha, NE

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

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Website alive

This site: …http://www.olliewebbinc.org overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 12 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 12 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This site: 2,583 units, Douglas County census-bps · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.81 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +119% fhfa · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 15.5 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Reinhabitation: office & services record · all sites with this

New use

Office

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From the authors' map

NE, Omaha: Center Mall, 1990s
• Reinhabitation: office & services

Now

Status	Retrofit builtauthors' map
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map
What is there now	Reinhabitation: office & servicesauthors' map

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Center Mall” and “Omaha” (138 hits, first 100 sampled, 10 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 2001-02-15 (a sample date, not the issuance date); 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)	CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP	1	2001-02-15 to 2001-02-15	8-K 1
Public owner (weak)	GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES INC	2	2003-03-14 to 2005-03-22	10-K 2
Public owner (weak)	INVESTORS REAL ESTATE TRUST (CSR, IRET, CSR-PC)	1	2003-07-29 to 2003-07-29	10-K 1
Public owner (weak)	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)	1	2005-02-10 to 2005-02-10	8-K 1

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	0EPA FRS
Census tract 31055003401	3,834 people, 6,769 per sq mi; median household income $59,375; median gross rent $1,072; 44% renters; 2.5% vacant units; 0.8% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 15.5 of 20; 190 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 448 m; land-use mix 0.63; 97,366 jobs within 45 min by car, 49,343 by transit; 7% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 3 schools, 12 parks or playgrounds, 5 health, 5 civic, 3 food and drink; 12 cycleway segments, 206 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Douglas County (NE), 2024	2,583 units in 5+ unit buildings, 89 in 2–4, 1,867 single-family; 2023: 1,751 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.81; socioeconomic 0.79; housing and transport 0.55; 34% below 150% of poverty; 4% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	12 within 10 km, 14 within 25 km: Strip mall near Saddle Creek Road (3.7 km); J. L. Brandeis and Sons Store Building (3.7 km); Union Stockyards site (3.7 km); Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District (4.0 km); Old Market (4.1 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Center Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.94, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 6,484 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.olliewebbinc.org (alive); archived 2007–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population -4% (3,987 → 3,834); median income +44% ($41,235 → $59,375); renters 43% → 44%; median home value +70% ($95,900 → $163,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	very low overall (score 13.4); expected annual loss $905,873; high: tornado; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,668 establishments (-5%); 36,257 jobs (+4%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $294,051 (+2% 1 yr, +23% 5 yr); typical rent $1,381/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	419 (2000 = 100); +0.9% 1 yr, +54% 5 yr, +119% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	21,803 vehicles a day on 42ND STREET (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 721 trucks; 39 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Photos at The Center Mall - Structure in Oma… foursquare.com
Center Mall Omaha Still Stands as One of America’s First Malls growomaha.com
Omaha Bunkertecture — Center Mall, 1941 … bunkertecture.tumblr.com
The Rise And Fall Of Downtown's City Center Mall columbusnavigator.com
Omaha’s First Indoor Mall: The Center Mall – Omaha Exploration omahaexploration.com
Shopping Mall «Center Mall», reviews and photos, 1941 S 42nd St, Oma… stores-goods.com

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county grew 5.5% 2018–23

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History and original facts

County	Douglas County
Census division	4 · West North Central

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Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Center Mall, Omaha, NE." Record m-609635c7fb, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ne/omaha-center-mall-1990s/ (accessed 2026-10-20).