Malls · Tennessee

Mall of Memphis

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedMemphis, TN

Opened 1981. Closed 2003. Redeveloped in 2003.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed

documented

was demolished in 2004

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported

Retrofit year2003extracted, unreviewed reported

Walkability16 of 20 · 15-minute 4 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Former anchors

Dillard's

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

JCPenney

This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this

Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/133022120071579 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://www.mallofmemphis.org overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 179,261 on 240 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High earthquake risk

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

High heat wave risk

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

High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)

This site: Relatively High; tornado, heat wave, earthquake, cold wave fema-nri · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.86 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: 240 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $31,909 census-acs · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 74% census-acs · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -1.6% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +166% fhfa · all sites with this

Tract income flat or down since 2013

This site: +3% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

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

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: TAG Truck Center by Lonestar Truck Group extraction · all sites with this

New use

Retail (continued)

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

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Demolishedextracted, unreviewed documented was demolished in 2004 en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented The site of the Mall is now a TAG Truck Center by Lonestar Truck Group. en.wikipedia.org
New uses	retailextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	TAG Truck Center by Lonestar Truck Groupextracted, unreviewed documented The site of the Mall is now a TAG Truck Center by Lonestar Truck Group. en.wikipedia.org
Retrofit year	2003extracted, unreviewed reported

Deals and debt

Date	Event	Price	Parties	Source
2007	Sold	—	Wal-Mart	Wikipedia

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	17, 18, 20, 20B;20AOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	2: OKLAHOMA INSTALLATION COMPANY (DILLARD'S; TAG TRUCK CENTER - PARKING EXPANSIONEPA FRS
Census tract 47157010610	6,364 people, 4,226 per sq mi; median household income $31,909; median gross rent $1,062; 74% renters; 16.1% vacant units; 6.5% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 16 of 20; 80 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 291 m; land-use mix 0.79; 128,854 jobs within 45 min by car, 16,149 by transit; 9% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	4 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 0 schools, 3 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 1 civic, 3 food and drink; 3 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Shelby County (TN), 2024	1,395 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 0.86; socioeconomic 0.92; housing and transport 0.44; 59% below 150% of poverty; 7% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 5 within 25 km: Oak Court Mall (4.7 km); Hickory Ridge Mall (5.8 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Mall of Memphis (shopping_mall, confidence 0.46, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 15,911 m², 5.902117729187012 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.mallofmemphis.org (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	98,040 since 2015; 6,604 in the last 12 months (-31% vs the prior 12); peak 2021-03 with 1,141Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population -11% (7,149 → 6,364); median income +3% ($30,946 → $31,909); renters 50% → 74%; median home value +19% ($66,700 → $79,600)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively high overall (score 92.6); expected annual loss $2.7M; high: tornado, heat wave, earthquake, cold wave; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD 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, 2022	1,550 jobs; 561 in retail trade, 136 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 47157010610)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 30th income percentile as adults; 3.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (1,809 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; poverty rate 35.9%; median family income $28,526; 735 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Shelby County School District (PK-12); 6 public schools within 1 mile: Overton High; Sheffield High; Willow Oaks Elementary; Memphis Merit AcademyNCES EDGE
Elevation	268 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	336 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 38118, 2026-09	median list price $129,950 (-7.1% on the year); 95 active listings; median 85 days on market; 17% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	2,910 establishments (-5%); 43,694 jobs (-7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $215,732 (-1% 1 yr, +12% 5 yr); typical rent $1,341/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	217 (2000 = 100); -4.2% 1 yr, +69% 5 yr, +166% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	179,261 vehicles a day on 240 (Interstate, 8 lanes); 70,989 trucks; 13 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

The Mall of Memphis opened in October 1981 with 885,627 sq ft of retail space and 5,564 parking spaces. It closed on December 24, 2003 and was demolished in 2004. After demolition the site was redeveloped for retail use, hosting TAG Truck Center operated by Lonestar Truck Group.

Why. The record does not specify anchor tenant losses, competition, debt, or other causes for the closure and demolition.

Where it stands. The site is demolished and currently occupied by TAG Truck Center under Lonestar Truck Group, which has owned the property since 2004, with a recorded sale to Wal‑Mart in 2007.

For a planner

The record shows a redevelopment strategy aimed at retail reuse after demolition.
A property sale to Wal‑Mart was recorded in 2007, indicating market interest.
Open questions include what zoning, incentives, or environmental reviews were applied to the redevelopment.

For a developer

Site size: 885,627 sq ft of former retail space with 5,564 parking spaces.
Control: Lonestar Truck Group has held ownership since 2004; a Wal‑Mart purchase is noted for 2007.
Entitlement status: demolished, with a retrofit year of 2003 and a stated retail reuse strategy.
Context-layer constraints (flood risk, transit access, environmental factors) are not detailed in the record.
Market signals beyond the 2007 sale are not provided.

What we do not know yet

Cause of closure and demolition (anchor tenant loss, competition, debt) is not stated.
Environmental constraints such as floodplain status or contamination are missing.
Current ownership after the 2007 Wal‑Mart sale is unclear given the after‑notes about TAG Truck Center.
Zoning or incentive packages used for the retail redevelopment are not documented.
The record is marked as draft (verified: draft) and some fields are model‑extracted without review.

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Elsewhere on the web

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

Pages with photos

Mall of Memphis | Main mallofmemphis.org
Display Location: Mall of Memphis - Urban Exploration … uer.ca
Mall of Memphis - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia alchetron.com

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History and original facts

Opened	1981Wikidata
Closed	2003extracted, unreviewed documented closed on December 24, 2003 en.wikipedia.org
Anchors	Service Merchandise, Dillard's, JCPenney
County	Shelby County
Census division	6 · East South Central
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

The Mall of Memphis was a shopping mall in Memphis, Tennessee, containing 885,627 sq ft (82,277.4 m2) of retail space and 5,564 parking spaces. The mall opened October 7, 1981, closed on December 24, 2003, and was demolished in 2004. Among other things, the mall was home to the Ice Chalet, Memphis's only public ice rink.

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

Timeline

1981 Opened (Wikidata)
1981 opened
2003 closed
2004 demolished
2007 planned development

Sources

Wikipedia: Mall of Memphis · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed
8 quoted sentences
closed on December 24, 2003
The site of the Mall is now a TAG Truck Center by Lonestar Truck Group.
was demolished in 2004
The site of the Mall is now a TAG Truck Center by Lonestar Truck Group.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Mall of Memphis, Memphis, TN." Record m-788362896e, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tn/memphis-mall-of-memphis/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_memphismallofmemphis,
  title = {Mall of Memphis, Memphis, TN},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tn/memphis-mall-of-memphis/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-788362896e, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. 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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