Malls · Tennessee

100 Oaks Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtNashville, TN

Opened 1967. Closed 1991. Reinhabited in 2010.

Status nowRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)

What it becameretail, healthcare, officeextracted, unreviewed

Site size850,000 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer

Retrofit year2010authors' map

Walkability15.7 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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100 Oaks Mall. Photo: Eric Ventress, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Former anchors

Woolco

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Finance and pipeline

ULI reference

This site: Retail-to-Life Science Conversions: How to Successfully Reposition ... web-search · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …https://www.vanderbilthealth.com overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

100k+ jobs within 45 min by transit

This site: 168,424 epa-walkability · all sites with this

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

This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 3 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 17 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This site: 4,138 units, Davidson County census-bps · 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 tornado risk

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

Renter-majority tract

This site: 100% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +142% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 15.7 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Reinhabitation: healthcare record · all sites with this

New use

Medical and health

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Office

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Retail (continued)

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From the authors' map

TN, Nashville: 100 Oaks Mall/Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2010
• Reinhabitation: healthcare

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map
New uses	retail, healthcare, officeextracted, unreviewed
What is there now	Reinhabitation: healthcareauthors' map
Retrofit year	2010authors' map
Redeveloper	Belz Enterprisesextracted, unreviewed

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail station; 9 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	1, 1A, 209, 209AOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	12: BILL WILKERSON HEARING & SPEECH CENTER; CVS PHARMACY #7608; GARLAND HALL RENOVATIONS; H V CORPORATION; LINK TOWEREPA FRS
Census tract 47037016500	4,428 people, 7,674 per sq mi; median household income $57,574; median gross rent $1,902; 100% renters; 31.6% vacant units; 2.4% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 15.7 of 20; 565 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 342 m; land-use mix 0.51; 144,899 jobs within 45 min by car, 168,424 by transit; 0% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 8 schools, 49 parks or playgrounds, 6 health, 8 civic, 38 food and drink; 17 cycleway segments, 349 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Davidson County (TN), 2024	4,138 units in 5+ unit buildings, 20 in 2–4, 2,722 single-family; 2023: 8,041 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.63; socioeconomic 0.76; housing and transport 1.00; 29% below 150% of poverty; 17% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	3 within 10 km, 7 within 25 km: Global Mall (3.3 km); VUMC One Hundred Oaks (4.7 km); Harding Mall (9.6 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Vanderbilt University Medical Center (public_health_clinic, confidence 0.98, from BrightQuery, Overture, Overture-signals); building footprint 18,750 m², 12.60696029663086 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.vanderbilthealth.com (alive); archived 2007–2026 (Wayback)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	65,703 since 2015; 3,899 in the last 12 months (-9% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-06 with 1,144Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population -8% (4,830 → 4,428); median income +142% ($23,750 → $57,574); renters 94% → 100%; median home value n/aCensus ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 73.2); expected annual loss $3.0M; high: tornado, earthquake; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	2,716 establishments (+5%); 41,024 jobs (+10%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $424,273 (-3% 1 yr, +16% 5 yr); typical rent $1,820/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	23,323 vehicles a day on 3256 (minor arterial, 4 lanes); 337 trucks; 12 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Bellevue Mall, Nashville, TN · Malls · similar GLA (844,124 sq ft); also in TN; 15 km away

Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

100 OAKS MALL - Updated July 2026 - 22 Reviews - 719 Thompson Ln ... yelp.com
100 Oaks Mall - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org
Mallmanac.com: 100 Oaks Mall, Nashville, TN mallmanac.com
100 OAKS MALL - Updated October 2026 - 22 Reviews - 719 Thompson ... m.yelp.com
100 Oaks Mall in Nashville, TN vacationsmadeeasy.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
850,000 sq ft GLA (large site)
county grew 3.8% 2018–23
median rent $1,485

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

Now called / also known as	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Opened	1967Atlas staff review, not the authors
Closed	1991extracted, unreviewed
Gross leasable area	850,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer
Stores at peak	35Esri 2014 layer
Anchors	Woolco, Burlington Coat Factory, T.J. Maxx, Off 5th (Saks Fifth Avenue outlet), Penneys, Harveys
County	Davidson
Census division	6 · East South Central

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Background

100 Oaks Mall is a mixed-use medical and retail complex located three miles south of downtown Nashville, Tennessee along Interstate 65 and Tennessee State Route 155. Neighborhoods and cities around the area include Berry Hill, Woodbine and Oak Hill.

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

Timeline

1967 Mall opened
1968 Opened (Wikidata)
1986 JCPenney closed and mall purchased by Belz Enterprises
1991 Belz closed interior mall space
1995 Belz re-developed mall as outlet mall
2008 Extensive renovation; bottom floor remains open for retail
2009 Redevelopment into mixed-use medical and retail complex completed
2010 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Wikipedia · supports: year closed
7 quoted sentences
In September 1991, Belz closed 100 Oaks' interior mall space, allowing tenants with outside entrances to stay open.
originally opening on October 27, 1967
JCPenney closed in January 1986, furthering a slow decline for 100 Oaks, and the mall was purchased by Belz Enterprises later in the year.
In September 1991, Belz closed 100 Oaks' interior mall space, allowing tenants with outside entrances to stay open.
Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02
Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "100 Oaks Mall, Nashville, TN." Record m-e594aa16bf, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tn/nashville-100-oaks-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).