Malls · Texas
Parkdale Plaza
Opened 1957. Closed 2010. Redeveloped in 2011.
Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported
Retrofit year2011extracted, unreviewed reported
Walkability15 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Site profile15 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
Former anchors
JCPenney
This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with thisFinance and pipeline
On Facebook
This site: …https://www.facebook.com/103607807840472 overture · all sites with thisPlace
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh heat wave risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh hurricane risk
This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)
This site: Relatively High; hurricane, tornado, heat wave, cold wave fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)
This site: 0.75 cdc-svi · all sites with thisHigh tornado risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisShrinking county
This site: -2.1% census-acs · all sites with thisWalkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)
This site: …index 15 epa-walkability · all sites with thisPolicy tool
Tax abatement or incentive
This site: …tax incentives Walmart Supercenter and shopping strip extraction · all sites with thisStrategy
Redeveloped
This site: Walmart Supercenter and shopping strip extraction · all sites with thisNew use
Grocery
This site: Walmart Supercenter and shopping strip extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: Walmart Supercenter and shopping strip extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Demolishedextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documentedIt opened in 1957 and was torn down in 2010 for a redevelopment anchored by a Walmart Supercenter. |
| New uses | retailextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | Walmart Supercenter and shopping stripextracted, unreviewed documentedThough scheduled for completion in 2010, the store was not completed until Fall 2011 and opened on October 26, 2011. |
| Retrofit year | 2011extracted, unreviewed reported |
Links out
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Official records (5)
government and regulatory records for this site, built from ids on the record
- Census tract 48355002400 profile (data.census.gov)from tract.geoid 48355002400
- Census tract 48355002400 on Census Reporterfrom tract.geoid 48355002400
- Nueces County (48355) profile (data.census.gov)from site.county_fips 48355
- FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this pointfrom site.lat/lon
- EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom site.lat/lon
Reference (4)
encyclopaedic and research references
- Wikipedia articlefrom site.wikipedia
- Wikidata item Q7138220from site.wikidata_qid
- Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom site.lat/lon
- Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from constant
Place (8)
map and street views by coordinates
- Google Mapsfrom site.lat/lon
- Street Viewfrom site.lat/lon
- Bing Mapsfrom site.lat/lon
- Apple Mapsfrom site.lat/lon
- OpenStreetMapfrom site.lat/lon
- Walk Score at this pointfrom site.lat/lon
- Transitland mapfrom site.lat/lon
- USGS National Mapfrom site.lat/lon
Market (1)
listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow
- LoopNet: for sale in Corpus Christi, TXfrom site.city + state → search
News (2)
news searches and archived pages
- Google News: “Parkdale Plaza”from site.name + city → search
- Bing News: “Parkdale Plaza”from site.name + city → search
Planning (1)
the jurisdiction's own pages
- Corpus Christi, Texas on Wikipediafrom city_wikipedia.json (Wikipedia API)
History and original facts
| Opened | 1957Wikidata reported |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2010Wikidata reported |
| Anchors | JCPenney, H-E-B, White Stores |
| County | Nueces County |
| Census division | 7 · West South Central |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer. Know it? Tell us.
Planning
| Public purchase or subsidy | tax incentivesextracted, unreviewed |
|---|
Deals and debt
| Date | Event | Price | Parties | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sold | — | an investor from Austin | Wikipedia |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | no rail station; 8 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| Motorway junctions within 2 km | junctionOpenStreetMap |
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 4: BUILDERS SQUARE INC; CUNNINGHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL AT SOUTH PARK; GADDIE CLEANERS; POSTAL INSTANT PRESSEPA FRS |
| Census tract 48355002400 | 5,546 people, 3,501 per sq mi; median household income $53,516; median gross rent $1,358; 37% renters; 10.6% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 15 of 20; 86 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 475 m; land-use mix 0.66; 49,205 jobs within 45 min by car, 62,545 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, 1 schools, 4 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 3 food and drink; 5 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Nueces County (TX), 2024 | 104 units in 5+ unit buildings, 18 in 2–4, 1,523 single-family; 2023: 69 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.75; socioeconomic 0.94; housing and transport 0.17; 38% below 150% of poverty; 4% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Sunrise Mall (2.8 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | place WellMed at Parkdale Plaza (doctors_office, confidence 0.92, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 18,476 m², 10.84 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | no website listed · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 9,330 since 2015; 595 in the last 12 months (+5% vs the prior 12); peak 2018-01 with 207Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population -13% (6,400 → 5,546); median income +24% ($42,985 → $53,516); renters 30% → 37%; median home value +52% ($91,300 → $138,300)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively high overall (score 90.1); expected annual loss $3.4M; high: hurricane, tornado, heat wave, cold wave; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 1 LIHTC properties, 82 units: Village At Mcardle (82 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 17,223 jobs in 1,010 establishments; average annual pay $39,976; employment location quotient 1.05; employment -0.2% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 7,208 jobs; 2,423 in retail trade, 1,094 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 48355002400)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 42nd income percentile as adults; 2.4% incarcerated at the 2010 count (1,042 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 14.3%; median family income $64,079; 507 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Corpus Christi Independent School District (PK-12); 5 public schools within 1 mile: POR VIDA ACADEMY CORPUS CHRISTI; HAMLIN MIDDLE; KING H S; CALK-WILSON ELNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 30 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 245 county-logged events: 103 flash flood, 90 thunderstorm wind, 23 flood, 13 hail; $15,252,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 78411, 2026-09 | median list price $239,999 (+5.5% on the year); 71 active listings; median 82 days on market; 20% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 1,056 establishments (-6%); 18,029 jobs (+3%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $225,135 (+1% 1 yr, +4% 5 yr); typical rent $1,420/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2025 | 290 (2000 = 100); +12.1% 1 yr, +56% 5 yr, +91% 10 yrFHFA |
Summary, model-written
Parkdale Plaza opened in 1957 as a shopping mall in Corpus Christi, Texas. Over time it lost key anchors such as JCPenney (1970) and H-E-B (1975), suffered vacancy and a minor fire in 2009, and was sold to an Austin investor in 2005. The mall closed and was demolished in 2010, and a Walmart Supercenter with a shopping strip opened on the site in 2011.
Why. The record shows anchor store losses (JCPenney, H-E-B, Woolworth/Decorators Gallery) and increasing competition as visible causes of the mall’s decline; debt or financial distress is not mentioned.
Where it stands. The site is now occupied by a Walmart Supercenter and shopping strip, as noted in the after_notes field.
For a planner
- Precedent: redevelopment of a dead mall into a big‑box anchored retail strip.
- Policy tools used: tax incentives cited as public subsidy for the retrofit.
- Open questions: long‑term market viability of big‑box retail in a shrinking county, need for mixed‑use or residential components, and potential traffic or environmental impacts.
For a developer
- Site size: not specified in the record.
- Control: owner not identified; the Walmart Supercenter appears to be the current occupant.
- Entitlement stage: redevelopment already completed (Walmart opened 2011).
- Constraints: no flood, transit, or environmental data provided in the record.
- Market signals: opp_score 0.0, with reasons including retrofit already built, closed/demolished site, and county population decline of -2.1% (2018‑2023).
What we do not know yet
- Exact parcel size and boundaries are unknown.
- Current ownership and any ongoing liabilities are not stated.
- Environmental constraints (floodplain, soil contamination) are missing.
- Transit access and surrounding land‑use context are not detailed.
- Reliability of extracted fields (year_retrofit, after_notes, status, strategy, new_use, public_subsidy) is uncertain as they are marked extraction only.
- Whether the tax incentives remain applicable or have expired is unknown.
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Parkdale Plaza shopping center in Corpus Christi caller.com
- Gollihar Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78401 | Crexi.com crexi.com
- [Corpus Christi, TX] (DEMOLISHED) The Park… reddit.com
- WellMed at Parkdale Plaza in the city Corpus Christi usa-med.worldorgs.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- closed or demolished site (sourced)
- county shrank -2.1% 2018–23
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
Background
Parkdale Plaza was a shopping mall located in Corpus Christi, Texas. It opened in 1957 and was torn down in 2010 for a redevelopment anchored by a Walmart Supercenter.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1954 Plans for the shopping center announced
- 1957 Opened (Wikidata)
- 1957 Mall opened
- 1964 Woolworth opened first Woolco discount department store in Texas
- 1970 JCPenney closed
- 1975 H-E-B closed
- 1994 Decorators Gallery shut down
- 2005 Sold to investor from Austin
- 2009 Vacant areas suffered mild fire
- 2010 Closed (Wikidata)
- 2010 Mall demolished
- 2011 Walmart Supercenter opened
Sources
- Wikipedia: Parkdale Plaza · supports: after notes, public subsidy, status, strategy
14 quoted sentences
Though scheduled for completion in 2010, the store was not completed until Fall 2011 and opened on October 26, 2011.
Parkdale Plaza was demolished in 2010.
It opened in 1957 and was torn down in 2010 for a redevelopment anchored by a Walmart Supercenter.
The City Council approved tax incentives for the prospective redevelopment based on plans to build a new Walmart Supercenter and create a shopping strip to lease out to retailers.
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