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Malls · Texas

Sunrise Mall (Corpus Christi)

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedCorpus Christi, TX

Opened 1981. Closed 2019. Redeveloped.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
What it becamehotel, housing, retailextracted, unreviewed
Site size800,000 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer
Retrofit yearNot yet retrofittedstatus
Walkability14.8 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Sunrise Mall
Sunrise Mall. Photo: Prop21, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

Former anchors
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
Foreclosure or REOThis site: …scope: property research-deals · all sites with this
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/251883325354251 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://www.sunrisemalltx.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Ownership
Single-purpose entityThis site: Mo-Pat Sunrise Mall, LLC county-parcels · 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
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 kmThis site: 410 units in 3 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 36,318 on a counted road fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 5 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High hurricane riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -2.1% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +89% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 14.8 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Several businesses from the original mall—Freedom Fitness, Bel Furniture, Eddie's Tavern, Odyssey Early Learning, Midnight Rodeo, and Safe Space Storage—will… extraction · all sites with this
New use
HotelThis site: …te include the construction of two restaurants and either a hotel or an apartment complex. extraction · all sites with this
HousingThis site: …he construction of two restaurants and either a hotel or an apartment complex. extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

StatusDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
StrategyRedevelopedextracted, unreviewed
New useshotel, housing, retailextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowSeveral businesses from the original mall—Freedom Fitness, Bel Furniture, Eddie's Tavern, Odyssey Early Learning, Midnight Rodeo, and Safe Space Storage—will also remain. The two existing parking garages will remain in place.extracted, unreviewed

Planning

Planning notesPlans for the site include the construction of two restaurants and either a hotel or an apartment complex.extracted, unreviewed

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2008Foreclosure—IBC BankWikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

As reported by the owner

Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.

Year endFilerName in filingGLA sq ftOccupancyYearsShareSales psfAnchors listed
2025CBL & Associates Properties 10-K, 2026-03-03Sunrise Mall Brownsville, TX
match: exact		911,500
in-line 242,175		97.0% leasedbuilt 1979 / acquired 2003 / renovated 2015100.0%$454Barnes & Noble, Cinemark, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dillard's, JC Penney, Main Event , TruFit , Z Cages Hitters' Hangout
2016CBL & Associates Properties 10-K, 2017-03-01Sunrise Mall Brownsville, TX
match: exact		801,392
in-line 236,635		99.0% leasedbuilt 1979 / acquired 2003 / renovated 2015100.0%$394A'gaci, Beall's, Cinemark, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dillard's, JC Penney, Sears
2009CBL & Associates Properties 10-K, 2010-02-22Sunrise Mall Brownsville, TX
match: exact		752,853
in-line 301,396		89.0% leasedbuilt 1979 / acquired 2003 / renovated 2000100.0%$388Beall Bros., Dillard’s, JC Penney, Sears, A'gaci
2006CBL & Associates Properties 10-K, 2007-03-01Sunrise Mall Brownsville, TX
match: exact		750,896
in-line 327,439		91.0% leasedbuilt 1979 / acquired 2003 / renovated 2000100.0%$379Beall Bros., Dillard’s, JC Penney, Linens N Things, Sears

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m5: BK-STOCK; BK-STOCK INC DBA FASTSIGNS; SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO; SPEEDY STOP #5; VIOLA ONE HOUR MARTINIZINGEPA FRS
Census tract 483550026021,918 people, 3,821 per sq mi; median household income $70,300; median gross rent $1,439; 25% renters; 9.5% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 14.8 of 20; 88 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 451 m; land-use mix 0.82; 46,343 jobs within 45 min by car, 38,525 by transit; 4% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 5 grocers, 4 schools, 3 parks or playgrounds, 3 health, 4 civic, 42 food and drink; 4 cycleway segments, 9 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Nueces County (TX), 2024104 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 0.43; socioeconomic 0.69; housing and transport 0.06; 22% below 150% of poverty; 4% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Parkdale Plaza (2.8 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Sunrise Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 1.00, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 16,673 m², 12.54 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.sunrisemalltx.com (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views99,287 since 2015; 5,150 in the last 12 months (-21% vs the prior 12); peak 2016-08 with 1,999Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population -5% (2,012 → 1,918); median income +89% ($37,273 → $70,300); renters 47% → 25%; median home value +92% ($85,700 → $164,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 62.1); expected annual loss $1.3M; high: hurricane, cold wave; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km3 LIHTC properties, 410 units: South Pointe Apts (189 units); Gulfway Manor Apts (151 units); Arrowsmith Apts (70 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20231,056 establishments (-6%); 18,029 jobs (+3%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $225,135 (+1% 1 yr, +4% 5 yr); typical rent $1,420/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)36,318 vehicles a day (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,918 trucks; 22 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Sunrise Mall opened in 1981 as a two-story enclosed shopping center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the following decades it lost key anchors (Frost Bros. 1988, Montgomery Ward 2000, Mervyn's 2006) and was foreclosed upon by IBC Bank in 2008. The mall officially closed in 2019 and demolition began in 2024.

Why. Anchor store closures and the 2008 foreclosure indicate declining tenant viability and financial distress, which are visible causes in the record. No explicit competition or debt details are provided beyond these events.

Where it stands. The site is currently demolished, with control held by Mo-Pat Sunrise Mall, LLC (owner from 2016 to present).

For a planner

  • Redevelopment strategy noted in record, targeting mixed-use (hotel, housing, retail).
  • Planning notes call for two restaurants and either a hotel or apartment complex on the demolished footprint.
  • Opportunity score highlights large 800,000 sq ft GLA and county population decline (-2.1% 2018‑23).

For a developer

  • Site size: 800,000 sq ft GLA (large parcel).
  • Control: Mo-Pat Sunrise Mall, LLC listed as current owner; entitlement stage appears preliminary (planning notes, strategy 'redevelop', verified draft).
  • Context layers (flood, transit, environment) are not specified in the record, so constraints are unknown.

What we do not know yet

  • Exact timeline of ownership after 2016 and any liens or encumbrances are not detailed.
  • Flood zone, transit access, and environmental constraints are absent from the record.
  • Details on demolition progress, remediation, or infrastructure readiness are missing.
  • Market signals beyond tract-level housing mention and county shrinkage are not provided.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

Similar sites

  • Lakeforest Mall, Gaithersburg, MD · Malls · similar GLA (1,045,000 sq ft); opened 1978; closed 2023
  • Euclid Square Mall, Euclid, OH · Malls · similar GLA (632,043 sq ft); opened 1977; closed 2016
  • Schuylkill Mall, Frackville, PA · Malls · similar GLA (727,000 sq ft); opened 1980; closed 2018
  • Swansea Mall, Swansea, MA · Malls · similar GLA (700,000 sq ft); opened 1975; closed 2019

Elsewhere on the web

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

Pages with photos

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Multifamily screen

  • closed or demolished site (sourced)
  • 800,000 sq ft GLA (large site)
  • county shrank -2.1% 2018–23
  • housing in the record

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

Opened1981Wikidata
Closed2019extracted, unreviewed
Gross leasable area800,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer
Stores at peak82Esri 2014 layer
Original developerJim Wilson and Associateshermes-web
AnchorsStein Mart, Burlington Coat Factory, Sears, Joske's, Frost Bros., H-E-B
Organisations in Wikidata (undated)International Bank of Commerce
AddressAirline Rd. & S. Padre Island Dr.
CountyNueces
Census division7 · West South Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Sunrise Mall was a two-story, enclosed shopping mall in Corpus Christi, Texas. It closed in 2019 and demolition began in 2024.

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

Timeline

  1. 1979 Construction crews break ground
  2. 1981 Opened (Wikidata)
  3. 1981 Grand opening
  4. 1987 Expansion and renovation begins
  5. 1988 Frost Bros. closes
  6. 1990 Former H-E-B becomes Stein Mart
  7. 2000 Montgomery Ward collapses
  8. 2006 Mervyn's closes
  9. 2008 IBC Bank purchases mall at foreclosure auction
  10. 2019 Mall officially closes
  11. 2024 Demolition begins

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Sunrise Mall (Corpus Christi) · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed
    14 quoted sentences
    It closed in 2019 and demolition began in 2024.
    Several businesses from the original mall—Freedom Fitness, Bel Furniture, Eddie's Tavern, Odyssey Early Learning, Midnight Rodeo, and Safe Space Storage—will also remain. The two existing parking garages will remain in place.
    Demolition of Sunrise Mall began on August 8, 2024.
    Plans for the site include the construction of two restaurants and either a hotel or an apartment complex.
  • found by hermes-web (staffboxfree)
    2 quoted sentences
    Developer | Jim Wilson and Associates
    Owner | Mo-Pat Sunrise Mall, LLC.
  • Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

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