Malls · Texas

Crossroads Mall (Balcones Heights)

From the authors' mapPartial ReinhabitedPartly retrofittedBalcones Heights, TX

Partial Reinhabited in 2011. · from the fields below

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Crossroads Mall — Exterior sign of Wonderland of the Americas with flags and decorative arch. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Cass, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile17 elements · what this site is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/131095306916745 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://wonderlandamericas.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

100k+ jobs within 45 min by transit

This site: 220,045 epa-walkability · all sites with this

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

This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 45,917 on a counted road fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This site: 2,506 units, Bexar County census-bps · 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: 0.94 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: fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $26,066 census-acs · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 80% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract income flat or down since 2013

This site: +2% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 18.5 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Partial Reinhabitation: retail, “little shops,” and healthcare record · all sites with this

New use

Medical and health

This site: Partial Reinhabitation: retail, “little shops,” and healthcare arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Retail (continued)

This site: Partial Reinhabitation: retail, “little shops,” and healthcare arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

TX, Balcones Heights: Crossroads Mall/ Wonderland of the Americas, 2011
• Partial Reinhabitation: retail, “little shops,” and healthcare

Now

Status	Partly retrofittedauthors' map reported
Strategy	Partial Reinhabitedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Partial Reinhabitation: retail, “little shops,” and healthcareauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2011authors' map reported

Links out

Every link is built from an id this record holds (parcel number, filer CIK, Wikidata item, Census tract, coordinates) or from the name and city typed into a search. Nothing here is a guessed address. Search links are marked search in their source note; commercial listing links are marked for search engines not to follow. Hover a link for why it is here.

Official records (5)

government and regulatory records for this site, built from ids on the record

Census tract 48029180800 profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
Census tract 48029180800 on Census Reporterfrom censusreporter.org
Bexar County (48029) profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this point (search)from msc.fema.gov
EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom echo.epa.gov

Reference (5)

encyclopedic and research references

Wikipedia articlefrom en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata item Q85816112from wikidata.org
Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom commons.wikimedia.org
Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from retrofittingsuburbia.com
Balcones Heights, Texas on Wikipediafrom en.wikipedia.org

Place (8)

map and street views by coordinates

Google Mapsfrom google.com
Street Viewfrom google.com
Bing Mapsfrom bing.com
Apple Mapsfrom maps.apple.com
OpenStreetMapfrom openstreetmap.org
Walk Score at this pointfrom walkscore.com
Transitland mapfrom transit.land
USGS National Mapfrom apps.nationalmap.gov

Market (2)

listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow

LoopNet: for sale in Balcones Heights, TX (search)from city search
The site's own websitefrom wonderlandamericas.com

News (2)

news searches and archived pages

Google News: “Crossroads Mall” (search)from name search
Bing News: “Crossroads Mall” (search)from name search

History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Wonderland of the Americas
County	Bexar County
Census division	7 · West South Central

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

Planning

No zoning change, subsidy or policy tool recorded for this site.

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	8: BMW CENTER INC; CITY OF BALCONES HEIGHTS MS4; COMET 1 HR CLEANERS; CVS PHARMACY #1201; EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONEPA FRS
Census tract 48029180800	2,521 people, 3,677 per sq mi; median household income $26,066; median gross rent $918; 80% renters; 10.0% vacant units; 7.2% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 18.5 of 20; 161 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 283 m; land-use mix 0.92; 213,536 jobs within 45 min by car, 220,045 by transit; 36% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 0 schools, 3 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 1 civic, 18 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 201 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Bexar County (TX), 2024	2,506 units in 5+ unit buildings, 28 in 2–4, 5,815 single-family; 2023: 4,932 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.94; socioeconomic 0.90; housing and transport 0.87; 57% below 150% of poverty; 29% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 4 within 25 km: Ingram Park Mall (7.2 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Wonderland of the Americas (shopping_mall, confidence 0.96, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 39,654 m², 19.6 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	wonderlandamericas.com (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	20,626 since 2015; 3,126 in the last 12 months (+0% vs the prior 12); peak 2021-01 with 463Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population -5% (2,660 → 2,521); median income +2% ($25,611 → $26,066); renters 85% → 80%; median home value +90% ($112,800 → $214,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 40.7); expected annual loss $774,608; high: tornado, hail; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	1 LIHTC properties, 84 units: Balcones Lofts (84 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	95,933 jobs in 4,936 establishments; average annual pay $43,680; employment location quotient 1.04; employment +0.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	2,881 jobs; 695 in retail trade, 806 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 48029180800)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 38th income percentile as adults; 2.4% incarcerated at the 2010 count (521 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 28.5%; median family income $39,844; 307 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	North East Independent School District (PK-12); 5 public schools within 1 mile: COMPASS ROSE DREAM; VALOR SAN ANTONIO; DELLVIEW EL; ARNOLD ELNCES EDGE
Elevation	876 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	578 county-logged events: 294 hail, 174 flash flood, 95 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood; $1,386,756,000 property damage reported; 20 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 78201, 2026-09	median list price $239,725 (-4.1% on the year); 148 active listings; median 55 days on market; 22% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	5,037 establishments (+3%); 98,269 jobs (+20%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $250,969 (-2% 1 yr, +4% 5 yr); typical rent $1,393/mo (-1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	45,917 vehicles a day (Interstate, 1 lanes); 18 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

End is nearing for Crossroads Mall - Messenger News messengernews.net
Crossroads Mall. Bellevue, WA. flickr.com
Turnaround plan for Crossroads Mall focuses on Hispanic community oklahoman.com
Developer to share details on Crossroads Mall redevelopment kcrg.com
Developer details Crossroads Mall renovati… ketv.com
The Register | The Crossroads mall is currently undergoing renovation omahacentralregister.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
county grew 5.8% 2018–23

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

Timeline

2011 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Crossroads Mall, Balcones Heights, TX." Record m-cc69036b47, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/balcones-heights-crossroads-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_balconesheightscrossroadsmall,
  title = {Crossroads Mall, Balcones Heights, TX},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/balcones-heights-crossroads-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-cc69036b47, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. 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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