Malls · Tennessee

Oak Ridge Mall

Imported, unreviewedStatus not verifiedOak Ridge, TN

Oak Ridge Mall opened as a shopping center, later rebranded and converted to a mixed-use development, with current status unknown. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/103839513017098 overture · all sites with this

Website dead or redirecting

This site: …http://stores.gnc.com/tn/oak-ridge/5530 overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

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

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

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.81 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $42,418 census-acs · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 76% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +129% fhfa · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +71% census-acs · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Status not verifiedWikipedia reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Oak Ridge Mall” and “Oak Ridge” (54 hits, first 54 sampled, 4 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 (strong)	CROWN AMERICAN REALTY TRUST	32	2001-02-14 to 2003-11-07	10-Q 12, 8-K 12, 10-K/A 5, 10-K 3
Public owner (strong)	PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST	17	2003-05-22 to 2003-12-04	8-K 17

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	10: A-MARK 1 HR. DRY CLEANERS; CITY OF OAK RIDGE; CVS PHARMACY #3723; MAIN STREET APARTMENTS; O'REILLY AUTO PARTS STORE #931EPA FRS
Census tract 47001020100	3,172 people, 595 per sq mi; median household income $42,418; median gross rent $874; 76% renters; 18.2% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 8.7 of 20; 34 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.87; 39,890 jobs within 45 min by car; 14% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 3 schools, 21 parks or playgrounds, 5 health, 10 civic, 30 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 66 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Anderson County (TN), 2024	91 units in 5+ unit buildings, 30 in 2–4, 277 single-family; 2023: 127 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.81; socioeconomic 0.74; housing and transport 0.90; 32% below 150% of poverty; 13% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: TriCounty Mall (5.6 km)computed
Overture Maps	place oak ridge mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.77, from Foursquare, Overture); building footprint 8,530 m², 5.194683074951172 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	stores.gnc.com (down or redirecting, status 404) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	8,469 since 2015; 990 in the last 12 months (+17% vs the prior 12); peak 2026-07 with 142Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +4% (3,055 → 3,172); median income +71% ($24,798 → $42,418); renters 77% → 76%; median home value +222% ($111,800 → $359,800)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 47.4); expected annual loss $1.1M; high: winter weather, cold wave, lightning; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	1 LIHTC properties, 56 units: Kareday Terrrace Apts (56 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	3,690 jobs in 245 establishments; average annual pay $39,869; employment location quotient 0.80; employment +0.3% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	3,546 jobs; 1,044 in retail trade, 1,010 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 47001020100)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 33th income percentile as adults; 3.0% incarcerated at the 2010 count (275 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; 5% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 21.8%; median family income $48,973; 438 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Oak Ridge City School District (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Oak Ridge High School; Woodland ElementaryNCES EDGE
Elevation	886 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	62 county-logged events: 37 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 8 flash flood, 3 flood; $604,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 37830, 2026-09	median list price $399,500 (+4.7% on the year); 117 active listings; median 51 days on market; 24% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	266 establishments (+10%); 3,864 jobs (+7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $313,013 (+3% 1 yr, +40% 5 yr); typical rent $1,621/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2024	380 (2000 = 100), +84% 5 yr, +129% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	24,626 vehicles a day on 95 (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,258 trucks; 11 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Oak Ridge Mall was originally built as a large indoor shopping mall. It was later rebranded as Oak Ridge City Center and is now known as Main Street Oak Ridge, a mixed-use development.

Why. The record does not state any specific causes for the mall's decline or transformation.

Where it stands. The site's current status is listed as unknown in the draft record, and no owning entity or controlling party is identified.

For a planner

- Precedent of mall-to-mixed-use conversion observed.
- No policy tools or incentives are documented in the record.
- Open questions include current ownership, zoning designation, and any entitlements in place.
- Need to verify timeline and reasons for transition.

For a developer

- Site size, ownership, and control are not specified in the record.
- Entitlement stage and any approved development plans are absent from the record.
- Context-layer constraints (flood, transit, environment) and market signals from tract data are not provided.

What we do not know yet

- Exact opening date and original anchor tenants are missing.
- Reasons for the mall's decline or conversion are not stated.
- Current ownership, controlling entity, and any deed restrictions are unknown.
- Site dimensions, parcel count, and zoning classification are not provided.
- Floodplain, transit proximity, environmental constraints, and local market data are absent.

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Sky City: Retail History: Oak Ridge Mall: Oak Ridge, TN skycity2.blogspot.com
Oak Ridge Mall Tennessee fity.club

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county grew 3.2% 2018–23

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History and original facts

County	Anderson County
Census division	6 · East South Central
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Main Street Oak Ridge, formerly known as Oak Ridge City Center and Oak Ridge Mall, is a mixed-use development in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It was formerly constructed as a large indoor shopping mall.

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

Sources

Wikipedia: Oak Ridge Mall · 2026-08-09 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Oak Ridge Mall, Oak Ridge, TN." Record m-cb8ba02380, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tn/oak-ridge-oak-ridge-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_oakridgeoakridgemall,
  title = {Oak Ridge Mall, Oak Ridge, TN},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tn/oak-ridge-oak-ridge-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-cb8ba02380, 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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