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Carnation City Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit builtAlliance, OH

Closed 2022, Meijer opened 2024 after retrofit; no further development details in record. · summary, model-written

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Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: …new Meijer store record · all sites with this

New use

Retail (continued)

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

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Now

Status	Retrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported
Strategy	RedevelopedWikipedia no source
New uses	retailWikipedia no source
What is there now	new Meijer storenewtypes-extraction reported
Retrofit year	2024newtypes-extraction reported

Site context

Housing permits, Stark County (OH), 2024	84 units in 5+ unit buildings, 73 in 2–4, 371 single-family; 2023: 77 in 5+Census BPS
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	18,946 jobs in 1,154 establishments; average annual pay $35,119; employment location quotient 1.22; employment -1.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	541 jobs; 21 in retail trade, 47 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 39151710300)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 36th income percentile as adults; 3.2% incarcerated at the 2010 count (541 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; 5% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 22.2%; median family income $49,524; 332 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Alliance City School District (PK-12); 3 public schools within 1 mile: Alliance High School; Alliance Early Learning School; Alliance PreschoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	1,159 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	131 county-logged events: 85 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 7 flood, 7 flash flood; $11,739,500 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 44601, 2026-09	median list price $179,950 (-12.2% on the year); 81 active listings; median 42 days on market; 20% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,179 establishments (-7%); 20,169 jobs (-0%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $218,921 (+4% 1 yr, +34% 5 yr); typical rent $1,141/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	10,404 vehicles a day on S UNION AVE (principal arterial, 2 lanes); 369 trucks; 20 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Carnation City Mall closed in 2022. A retrofit redevelopment was completed in 2024, opening a new Meijer store. The site is now classified as 'built' under retail use. The project is marked as 'retrofit already built' in opportunity scoring (score 0.0).

Why. The site transitioned from closed mall to retail (Meijer) within the planned timeline. Stark County retail employment remained stable (2012–2023), and housing values grew 4.2% YoY. Traffic data shows 10,404 ADT on a principal arterial road (S UNION AVE).

Where it stands. No parcel details, deal terms, or post-retrofit performance metrics are provided in the record. The 'verified' status is 'draft', and no further development plans are noted beyond the Meijer opening.

For a planner

Stark County retail trends show stability
Traffic volume supports retail use
No additional parcels or planning documents included

For a developer

Retrofit completed (2024) with Meijer as anchor
No opportunity score available (0.0)
No data on parcel size, deal terms, or ROI metrics provided

What we do not know yet

No post-retrofit sales or occupancy data
No details on how Meijer was secured
No context on why retrofit was prioritized over other strategies

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History and original facts

Closed	2022newtypes-extraction
County	Stark County
Census division	3 · East North Central
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: Meijer redeveloped the former Carnation City Mall in Alliance, Ohio, into a new Meijer store, opening in 2024.

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Timeline

2022 Mall closed
2022 Closed
2024 Meijer store opened
2024 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

Meijer · CC BY-SA 4.0
3 quoted sentences
Carnation City Mall
Carnation City Mall, which had closed in 2022.
In 2024, Meijer opened a store in Alliance, Ohio, on the site of the former Carnation City Mall

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Carnation City Mall, Alliance, OH." Record n-9e0ff8bd2b, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/alliance-carnation-city-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_alliancecarnationcitymall,
  title = {Carnation City Mall, Alliance, OH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/alliance-carnation-city-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-9e0ff8bd2b, 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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