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Hickory Ridge Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedPartly retrofittedMemphis, TN

Opened 2010. Partial Reinhabited in 2010. · from the fields below

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Hickory Ridge Mall
Exterior view of a former shopping center entrance with signage and landscaping. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile12 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/155750081110406 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://www.hickoryridge.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
Bike network nearbyThis site: 12 ways 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: 0.84 cdc-svi · all sites with this
High tornado riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
Lower-income tract (< $50k)This site: $41,254 census-acs · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 77% census-acs · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -1.6% census-acs · all sites with this
Scale
Building footprint 50,000+ m²This site: 78,248 m² overture · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: Partial reinhabitation: mixed use community center record · all sites with this
New use
Mixed useThis site: Partial reinhabitation: mixed use community center arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

TN, Memphis: Hickory Ridge Mall, 2010
• Partial reinhabitation: mixed use community center

Now

StatusPartly retrofittedauthors' map reported
StrategyPartial Reinhabitedauthors' map reported
What is there nowPartial reinhabitation: mixed use community centerauthors' map reported
Retrofit year2010authors' map reported

Site context

Transit within 800 mno rail stationOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m4: DRYVE CLEANERS - 6186 WINCHESTER RD; MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS AND WATER DIVISION - HICKORY HILL SERVICE; OKLAHOMA INSTALLATION COMPANY (DILLARD'S; SEARS (#2806)/(6536)EPA FRS
Census tract 471570217571,967 people, 3,453 per sq mi; median household income $41,254; median gross rent $1,124; 77% renters; 30.8% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)4 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 6 schools, 6 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 4 civic, 6 food and drink; 12 cycleway segments, 17 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Shelby County (TN), 20241,395 units in 5+ unit buildings, 24 in 2–4, 642 single-family; 2023: 980 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.84; socioeconomic 0.96; housing and transport 0.73; 51% below 150% of poverty; 22% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 5 within 25 km: Mall of Memphis (5.8 km); Oak Court Mall (9.1 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Hickory Ridge Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 1.00, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 78,248 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.hickoryridge.com (alive); archived 1999–2024 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views52,064 since 2015; 3,994 in the last 12 months (-24% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-01 with 960Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 54.2); expected annual loss $1.1M; high: tornado, heat wave, cold wave; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km1 LIHTC properties, 140 units: Autumn Ridge Apts (140 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)43,348 jobs in 2,958 establishments; average annual pay $46,087; employment location quotient 0.93; employment -1.2% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022174 jobs; 9 in retail trade, 41 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 47157021757)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 32th income percentile as adults; 4.3% incarcerated at the 2010 count (1,201 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); 36% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 31.9%; median family income $30,568; 714 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsShelby County School District (PK-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: Hickory Ridge Elementary; Hickory Ridge Middle; Winridge Elementary; Ridgeway Early Learning CenterNCES EDGE
Elevation342 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025336 county-logged events: 183 thunderstorm wind, 72 flash flood, 63 hail, 8 lightning; $22,171,000 property damage reported; 4 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 38115, 2026-09median list price $129,675 (+42.5% on the year); 54 active listings; median 62 days on market; 23% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20232,910 establishments (-5%); 43,694 jobs (-7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $215,732 (-1% 1 yr, +12% 5 yr); typical rent $1,341/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)26,420 vehicles a day on 2830 (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 1,637 trucks; 6 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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History and original facts

Opened2010Wikidata
CountyShelby County
Census division6 · East South Central

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Timeline

  1. 2010 Opened (Wikidata)
  2. 2010 Retrofit: reinhabit

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