Malls · Oklahoma

Crossroads Mall (Oklahoma City)

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedRedevelopedClosedOklahoma City, OK

Opened 1974. Closed 2017. Reinhabited · Redeveloped.

Status nowClosedextracted, unreviewed

documented

would close it permanently on October 31, 2017

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameeducation, retail, civic, industrial, entertainmentextracted, unreviewed reported

Site size1,175,047 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer reported

Retrofit yearNot yet retrofittedstatus reported

Walkability16 of 20 · 15-minute 2 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNo · Opportunity ZoneOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Crossroads Mall. Photo: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile22 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors

Dillard's

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JCPenney

This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this

Macy's

This site: Macy's wikipedia · all sites with this

Montgomery Ward

This site: Montgomery Ward wikipedia · all sites with this

Finance and pipeline

Website dead or redirecting

This site: …http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/okcst-fairfield-inn-oklahoma-city-south-cr overture / http check · all sites with this

Ownership

Single-purpose entity

This site: Raptor Properties, LLC county-parcels · all sites with this

Place

High heat wave risk

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

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.97 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: E I-240 SERVICE RD fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $49,946 census-acs · all sites with this

Opportunity Zone

This site: 40109107303 hud-oz · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 16 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Scale

1M+ sq ft GLA

This site: 1,175,047 sq ft esri-closed-us-malls-2014 · all sites with this

Building footprint 50,000+ m²

This site: 60,967 m² overture · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: As of 2021, the mall is home to, in the former Montgomery Wards store, “Santa Fe South High School” for students and the former JCPenney is being used for a… extraction · all sites with this

Reinhabited

New use

Civic and government

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

Education

This site: in the former Montgomery Wards store, “Santa Fe South High School” for students and the former JCPenney is being used for a s extraction · all sites with this

Entertainment and sports

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

Logistics and industrial

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

Retail (continued)

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

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Closedextracted, unreviewed documented would close it permanently on October 31, 2017 en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Reinhabited · Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented In July 2021, it was announced that the mall was bought for $6 million by Linn's Crossroads Plaza LLC, with plans to repurpose the mall over the next year. en.wikipedia.org
New uses	education, retail, civic, industrial, entertainmentextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	As of 2021, the mall is home to, in the former Montgomery Wards store, “Santa Fe South High School” for students and the former JCPenney is being used for a shop called “Crossroads Antiques & Collections”.extracted, unreviewed documented As of 2021, the mall is home to, in the former Montgomery Wards store, “Santa Fe South High School” for students and the former JCPenney is being used for a shop called “Crossroads Antiques & Collections”. en.wikipedia.org

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Crossroads Mall” and “Oklahoma City” (153 hits, first 100 sampled, 8 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.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
Public owner (weak)	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)	48	2002-08-09 to 2010-02-25	8-K 32, 10-K 15, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (weak)	MACERICH CO (MAC)	16	2001-03-29 to 2009-05-27	10-K 9, 10-Q 4, 8-K 2, 10-K/A 1
Public owner (weak)	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/	13	2003-03-31 to 2010-03-12	10-K 13
Public owner (weak)	GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES INC	1	2001-03-19 to 2001-03-19	10-K 1

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	3: DILLARDS CROSSROADS MALL; FORMER ONE HOUR MOTO PHOTO; MONTGOMERY WARD-CROSSROADSEPA FRS
Census tract 40109107303	1,269 people, 278 per sq mi; median household income $49,946; median gross rent $899; 45% renters; 20.1% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 16 of 20; 84 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 581 m; land-use mix 0.94; 86,532 jobs within 45 min by car, 19,428 by transit; 10% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	2 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 1 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 0 civic, 3 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 8 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	yes, tract 40109107303 (rural)HUD
Housing permits, Oklahoma County (OK), 2024	1,248 units in 5+ unit buildings, 385 in 2–4, 4,531 single-family; 2023: 363 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.97; socioeconomic 0.96; housing and transport 0.90; 51% below 150% of poverty; 13% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	0 within 10 km, 2 within 25 kmcomputed
Overture Maps	place Fairfield Inn Oklahoma City South/Crossroads Mall (hotel, confidence 0.98, from Microsoft, Overture); building footprint 60,967 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.marriott.com (down or redirecting, status 404)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	68,637 since 2015; 6,002 in the last 12 months (-24% vs the prior 12); peak 2022-07 with 1,906Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population -23% (1,652 → 1,269); median income +39% ($35,893 → $49,946); renters 41% → 45%; median home value +95% ($24,600 → $47,900)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 53.1); expected annual loss $996,768; high: tornado, heat wave, hail, ice storm; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	48,210 jobs in 3,216 establishments; average annual pay $42,198; employment location quotient 0.98; employment -1.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	4,525 jobs; 449 in retail trade, 526 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 40109107303)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 35th income percentile as adults; 2.3% incarcerated at the 2010 count (474 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); 83% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 29.1%; median family income $30,000; 157 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Oklahoma City Public Schools (PK-12); 6 public schools within 1 mile: SANTA FE SOUTH MS; SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES; SANTA FE SOUTH HS; DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY SOUTH OKCNCES EDGE
Elevation	1,302 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	739 county-logged events: 367 hail, 229 thunderstorm wind, 96 flash flood, 27 tornado; $57,977,000 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 73149, 2026-09	median list price $185,850 (+30.6% on the year); 5 active listings; median 16 days on market; 0% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	2,946 establishments (+1%); 49,251 jobs (+17%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $221,970 (+0% 1 yr, +21% 5 yr); typical rent $1,341/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	9,300 vehicles a day on E I-240 SERVICE RD (Interstate, 1 lanes); 16 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Crossroads Mall opened in 1974 as a super‑regional shopping center. After losing its Montgomery Ward anchor in 2001 and experiencing financial distress that led to a 2009 foreclosure, the mall closed in 2017. Since closure, the former Montgomery Wards building houses Santa Fe South High School and the former JCPenney operates as Crossroads Antiques & Collections, while ownership has shifted through several entities to the current Crossroads Renewal Project.

Why. The record shows anchor loss (Montgomery Ward closing in 2001) and financial distress leading to a 2009 foreclosure as visible causes of the mall’s decline.

Where it stands. The mall remains closed as a retail venue, with anchor spaces repurposed, and is currently controlled by Crossroads Renewal Project (owner since 2025).

For a planner

Strategy noted: reinhabit and redevelop with proposed new uses of education, retail, civic, industrial, and entertainment.
Policy tools or incentives applied are not specified in the record.
Open questions include timing and details of the renewal plan, compatibility of proposed mixes, and any required zoning or entitlement actions.

For a developer

Site size: approximately 1,175,047 sq ft GLA (peak 140 stores).
Current control: Crossroads Renewal Project (owner from 2025 onward).
Entitlement stage: not detailed in the record; only strategy of reinhabit/redevelop is mentioned.
No explicit constraints (flood, transit, environment) are cited in the record.
Market signals: opportunity score 40, driven by large vacant GLA and closed/demolished status.

What we do not know yet

Verified status is 'draft', indicating the record may not be fully reviewed.
Missing details on zoning, permits, or entitlement approvals for any redevelopment.
No information on site-specific constraints such as flood risk, transit access, or environmental conditions.
Unclear terms and duration of the current school and antiques leases in the anchor spaces.
Future plans and financial capacity of Crossroads Renewal Project are not described.

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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Six Flags Mall, Arlington, TX · Malls · similar GLA (1,049,000 sq ft); opened 1970; closed 2016

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Crossroads Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

Crossroads Mall, once home to Jeff Lowe's tiger petting zoo, s… oklahoman.com
!!DEADMALL!! Crossroads Mall in Oklahoma City. youtube.com
Destiny Mall labelscar.com
Crossroads Mall gets yet another lease on life... - The Lost Ogle thelostogle.com
Abandoned Crossroads Mall Oklahoma – TJHA network.nadshealthykitchen.com
Crossroads Mall Oklahoma City … fity.club

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Multifamily screen

closed or demolished site (sourced)
1,175,047 sq ft GLA (large site)

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	1974Wikidata
Closed	2017extracted, unreviewed documented would close it permanently on October 31, 2017 en.wikipedia.org
Gross leasable area	1,175,047 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	140Esri 2014 layer reported
Architect	Architectonics, Inc. of Dallas and Phelps-Spitz-Ammerman-Thomas, Inc. of Oklahoma City
Anchors	Macy's, Dillard's, JCPenney, Regal Cinemas, Montgomery Ward, John A. Brown
Address	I-35 & I-240
County	Oklahoma
Census division	7 · West South Central
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, original developer, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Crossroads Mall was a 1,268,000 sq ft (117,800 m2) super regional shopping mall and trade area located in south Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.

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

Timeline

1974 Opened (Wikidata)
1974 Mall opened
1974 John A. Brown store opened
2001 Montgomery Ward closed
2009 Property foreclosed, ownership transferred to Federal Reserve Bank of New York
2011 Sold to Raptor Properties, LLC
2013 Rebrand to Plaza Mayor announced
2017 Closure announced, set for Oct 31, 2017
2021 Sold to Linn's Crossroads Plaza LLC
2021 SFS DEVELOPMENT INC purchased former anchor spaces
2025 Sold to Crossroads Renewal Project

Sources

found by hermes-web (staffboxfree) · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed
17 quoted sentences
would close it permanently on October 31, 2017
As of 2021, the mall is home to, in the former Montgomery Wards store, “Santa Fe South High School” for students and the former JCPenney is being used for a shop called “Crossroads Antiques & Collections”.
would close it permanently on October 31, 2017
In July 2021, it was announced that the mall was bought for $6 million by Linn's Crossroads Plaza LLC, with plans to repurpose the mall over the next year.
Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Crossroads Mall, Oklahoma City, OK." Record m-15e5fde126, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ok/oklahoma-city-crossroads-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_oklahomacitycrossroadsmall,
  title = {Crossroads Mall, Oklahoma City, OK},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ok/oklahoma-city-crossroads-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-15e5fde126, 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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