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Malls · Ohio

Tri-County Mall

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedClosedSpringdale, OH

Opened 1960. Closed 2022. Reinhabited.

Status nowClosedextracted, unreviewed
What it becameoffice, data centerextracted, unreviewed
Site size75 acresextracted, unreviewed
Last sale$147.0M · 1997public reporting
Retrofit yearNot yet retrofittedstatus
Walkability17.7 of 20 · 15-minute 5 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Tri-County Mall
Tri-County Mall. Photo: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile18 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
Website dead or redirectingThis site: …http://www.macys.com/?cm_mmc=macys_stores-_-Cincinnati-_-n-_-564 overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 3 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 136,806 on IR 275 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -11% census-cbp · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High heat wave riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)This site: 0.98 cdc-svi · all sites with this
High tornado riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: IR 275 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Lower-income tract (< $50k)This site: $48,441 census-acs · all sites with this
Tract house prices doubled in 10 yearsThis site: +136% fhfa · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 17.7 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Scale
60+ acre siteThis site: 75 acres extraction · all sites with this
Building footprint 50,000+ m²This site: 70,774 m² overture · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: …null extraction · all sites with this
New use
OfficeThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

StatusClosedextracted, unreviewed
StrategyReinhabitedextracted, unreviewed
New usesoffice, data centerextracted, unreviewed
What is there nownullextracted, unreviewed

Planning

Zoning changenullextracted, unreviewed
Planning notesnullextracted, unreviewed

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2013Sold—SingHaiyi Group ← Coventry Real Estate and Developers Diversified RealtyWikipedia
2006Sold—Coventry Real Estate and Developers Diversified Realty ← Thor EquitiesWikipedia
2005Sold—Thor Equities ← Blackstone GroupWikipedia
1997Sold$147.0M closedO'Connor Group ← Equitable Life InsuranceWikipedia
1979Sold$34.0M closedEquitable Life Insurance ← Monumental PropertiesWikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Tri-County Mall” and “Springdale” (28 hits, first 28 sampled, 5 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
Public owner (weak)DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORP (SITC, SITC-PA)232006-07-27 to 2011-02-288-K 18, 10-K 5

Site context

Transit within 800 mno rail station; 1 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km41, 42, 42A, 42BOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m9: ASPEN DENTAL; BED BATH AND BEYOND #391; BP OIL CO NO 08853 *; BP OIL PROCARE #9323; DRYCLEANING FACTORYEPA FRS
Census tract 390610223015,744 people, 1,725 per sq mi; median household income $48,441; median gross rent $1,231; 48% renters; 11.4% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 17.7 of 20; 155 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 612 m; land-use mix 0.88; 82,816 jobs within 45 min by car, 32,252 by transit; 25% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)5 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 0 schools, 1 parks or playgrounds, 3 health, 1 civic, 26 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 6 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Hamilton County (OH), 2024217 units in 5+ unit buildings, 39 in 2–4, 566 single-family; 2023: 654 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.98; socioeconomic 0.87; housing and transport 0.90; 30% below 150% of poverty; 11% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby3 within 10 km, 9 within 25 km: Forest Fair Mall (4.9 km); Cincinnati–Blue Ash Airport (8.1 km); CIC Industrial Park (9.8 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Macy's Tri-County Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.97, from Microsoft, Overture, Overture-signals); building footprint 70,774 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.macys.com (down or redirecting, status 403); archived 1996–2026 (Wayback)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views108,381 since 2015; 12,775 in the last 12 months (-7% vs the prior 12); peak 2025-07 with 1,992Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population -12% (6,529 → 5,744); median income +16% ($41,837 → $48,441); renters 58% → 48%; median home value +34% ($111,400 → $149,600)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 72.2); expected annual loss $1.7M; high: tornado, heat wave; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20232,518 establishments (-11%); 40,920 jobs (-26%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $266,241 (+1% 1 yr, +24% 5 yr); typical rent $1,468/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025422 (2000 = 100); +12.3% 1 yr, +89% 5 yr, +136% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)136,806 vehicles a day on IR 275 (Interstate, 8 lanes); 17,236 trucks; 34 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Tri-County Mall opened in 1960 as an open‑air center with anchors Pogue’s and Shillito’s, was enclosed in 1969 and expanded in the early 1990s. Anchor store closures—Sears in 2018 and Macy’s in 2021—preceded the mall’s shutdown in 2022. The site is now marked for reinhabit, with planned office and data‑center uses.

Why. The record shows that the loss of major anchors (Sears 2018, Macy’s 2021) directly preceded the 2022 closure; no explicit mention of competition, debt, or demolition is provided.

Where it stands. The mall is currently closed and was last owned by SingHaiyi Group from 2013 to 2022, indicating they control the property at closure.

For a planner

  • Reinhabit strategy noted with intended office and data‑center reuse.
  • No zoning change or planning‑notes recorded, leaving entitlement status unclear.
  • Open questions include required infrastructure upgrades, flood‑plain considerations, and community acceptance.

For a developer

  • Site totals 75 acres under last known owner SingHaiyi Group.
  • Entitlement stage is early: strategy listed but no zoning change or planning approvals shown.
  • Context‑layer constraints (flood risk, transit access, environmental factors) are not supplied in the record.
  • Opportunity score of 50 reflects a moderate market signal based on the closed status and acreage.

What we do not know yet

  • Zoning change and planning notes are null, so entitlement requirements are unknown.
  • Current owner after 2022 closure is not specified in the record.
  • Context layers (flood, transit, environment) are missing, obscuring site‑specific constraints.
  • Details on any demolition, environmental remediation, or existing debt are not provided.
  • The record is marked as draft (verified: draft), indicating data may be unreviewed.

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Similar sites

  • Regency Square Mall, Jacksonville, FL · Malls · similar size (74 acres); opened 1967; closed 2025
  • Northlake Mall, Tucker, GA · Malls · similar size (80 acres); closed 2026; same strategy: reinhabit
  • Westgate Mall, Bangor, ME · Malls · similar size (55 acres); opened 1954; same strategy: reinhabit
  • Boulevard Mall, Erie County, NY · Malls · similar size (63 acres); opened 1962; closed 2026

Elsewhere on the web

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Multifamily screen

  • closed or demolished site (sourced)
  • 75 acres

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

Opened1960Wikidata
Closed2022extracted, unreviewed
Acres75.0extracted, unreviewed
Stores at peak94extracted, unreviewed
Original developerJoseph Meyerhoffextracted, unreviewed
ArchitectKenneth C. Miller
AnchorsSears, Shillito's, Pogue's, McAlpin's
CountyHamilton County
Census division3 · East North Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Abandoned shopping malls in the United States; Defunct shopping malls in the United States; Demolished shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: GLA, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Tri-County Mall, originally Tri-County Center, was a shopping mall located on State Route 747 just south of Interstate 275 in the city of Springdale, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Originally known as Tri-County Shopping Center, it opened in 1960 and has been expanded several times in its history. The original shopping center was an open-air property featuring H. & S. Pogue Company (Pogue's) and John Shillito Company (Shillito's) as the anchor stores.

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

Timeline

  1. 1960 Opened (Wikidata)
  2. 1960 opened
  3. 1969 enclosed
  4. 1990 expansion started
  5. 1992 expansion completed
  6. 2018 Sears closure
  7. 2021 Macy's closure
  8. 2022 mall closure

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Tri-County Mall · supports: acres, after notes, original developer, status, strategy, year closed, zoning change
    14 quoted sentences
    closed on May 15, 2022
    75-acre (30 ha) site
    Joseph Meyerhoff... announced plans for the Tri-County Center in 1959
    null

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