Malls · Ohio

City Centre Mart

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRetrofit builtMiddletown, OH

Redeveloped in 2001. · from the fields below

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Place

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

This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · 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: 0.98 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $16,368 census-acs · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: Snider, Dan F., Ford Dealership Building; Hotel Manchester nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 88% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract income flat or down since 2013

This site: -12% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract population up 25%+ since 2013

This site: +45% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 18.8 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Redevelopment: restored street grid record · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

OH, Middletown; City Centre Mart/demolished, 2001
• Redevelopment: restored street grid

Now

Status	Retrofit builtauthors' map reported
Strategy	Redevelopedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Redevelopment: restored street gridauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2001authors' map reported

Links out

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Official records (5)

government and regulatory records for this site, built from ids on the record

Census tract 39017014400 profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
Census tract 39017014400 on Census Reporterfrom censusreporter.org
Butler County (39017) profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this point (search)from msc.fema.gov
EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom echo.epa.gov

Reference (3)

encyclopedic and research references

Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom commons.wikimedia.org
Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from retrofittingsuburbia.com
Middletown, Ohio on Wikipediafrom en.wikipedia.org

Place (8)

map and street views by coordinates

Google Mapsfrom google.com
Street Viewfrom google.com
Bing Mapsfrom bing.com
Apple Mapsfrom maps.apple.com
OpenStreetMapfrom openstreetmap.org
Walk Score at this pointfrom walkscore.com
Transitland mapfrom transit.land
USGS National Mapfrom apps.nationalmap.gov

Market (2)

listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow

LoopNet: for sale in Middletown, OH (search)from city search
DeadMalls.com · City Centre Martfrom deadmalls.com

News (2)

news searches and archived pages

Google News: “City Centre Mart” (search)from name search
Bing News: “City Centre Mart” (search)from name search

History and original facts

County	Butler County
Census division	3 · East North Central

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Planning

No zoning change, subsidy or policy tool recorded for this site.

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	13: AMERIPAK INC; CITY OF MIDDLETOWN (FORMER WRENN PAPER MILL); DIAMOND INTERNATIONAL CORP; EN CASE CONCEPTS INC; ESSITY OPERATIONS WAUSAU LLCEPA FRS
Census tract 39017014400	2,287 people, 4,170 per sq mi; median household income $16,368; median gross rent $692; 88% renters; 10.1% vacant units; 0.5% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 18.8 of 20; 170 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 166 m; land-use mix 0.84; 39,325 jobs within 45 min by car, 5,556 by transit; 36% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 1 schools, 25 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 10 civic, 5 food and drink; 8 cycleway segments, 26 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
National Register places within 500 m	3: Snider, Dan F., Ford Dealership Building; Hotel Manchester; Main Street Commercial Historic DistrictNPS
Housing permits, Butler County (OH), 2024	356 units in 5+ unit buildings, 146 in 2–4, 660 single-family; 2023: 58 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.98; socioeconomic 0.93; housing and transport 0.93; 61% below 150% of poverty; 39% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: Towne Mall Galleria (6.7 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 3,243 m², 6.430566310882568 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Tract change 2013–2023	population +45% (1,577 → 2,287); median income -12% ($18,654 → $16,368); renters 84% → 88%; median home value +5% ($55,300 → $57,900)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 54.1); expected annual loss $1.2M; high: tornado; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	2 LIHTC properties, 131 units: Trinity Manor Apts (91 units); Dublin House (40 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	16,397 jobs in 1,092 establishments; average annual pay $40,122; employment location quotient 1.01; employment +0.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	981 jobs; 79 in retail trade, 87 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 39017014400)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 31st income percentile as adults; 1.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (352 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 35.9%; median family income $30,694; 362 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Middletown City School District (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Middletown Preparatory & Fitness Academy; Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	650 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	170 county-logged events: 80 thunderstorm wind, 38 hail, 24 flash flood, 18 flood; $1,737,950 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 45042, 2026-09	median list price $260,250 (-4.3% on the year); 58 active listings; median 39 days on market; 28% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,071 establishments (+6%); 18,380 jobs (+7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $313,302 (+3% 1 yr, +31% 5 yr); typical rent $1,566/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	6,247 vehicles a day on S CLINTON ST (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 297 trucks; 38 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: City Centre Mart on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and state only, check the city; nothing copied here

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
county grew 3.1% 2018–23

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

Timeline

2001 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

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

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "City Centre Mart, Middletown, OH." Record m-9d136a7521, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/middletown-city-centre-mart-demolished-unnamed/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_middletowncitycentremartdemolishedunname,
  title = {City Centre Mart, Middletown, OH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/middletown-city-centre-mart-demolished-unnamed/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-9d136a7521, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. 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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