Retrofit Atlas

Malls · Texas

West Oaks Mall

Imported, unreviewedStatus not verifiedHouston, TX

West Oaks Mall opened 1984, now boarded up; status, ownership, and closure causes unknown. · summary, model-written

Ask who owns this Download dossier (PDF) · early access Download record (JSON) API Share LinkedIn Correct this record

Solid = from the authors' map · outlined = public source · dashed = model-written, not yet reviewed by a person. Tap any value's source label to see where it came from. documented = a quoted excerpt (click to read it) · reported = a source named, no excerpt yet · no source.

West Oaks Mall
Exterior view of a Steve & Barry's store with large signage and glass windows. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Nick22aku at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile10 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/316179832235316 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …https://www.shopwestoaksmall.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 kmThis site: 232 units in 1 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 73,266 on a counted road fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a yearThis site: 8,623 units, Harris County census-bps · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High hurricane riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High tornado riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 67% census-acs · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

StatusStatus not verifiedWikidata reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “West Oaks Mall” and “Houston” (73 hits, first 73 sampled, 9 other filers such as tenants left out). A strong match to a commercial-mortgage trust means the mall very likely backed, or backs, a securitised loan; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2006-07-25 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2006 from the trust name. Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
CMBS trust (strong)Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp. Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-GG722006-07-25 to 2006-07-258-K 2
Public owner (weak)GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES INC262001-03-19 to 2010-08-3010-K 15, 10-Q 7, 8-K 3, 10-K/A 1
Public owner (weak)General Growth Properties, Inc.162011-03-01 to 2014-02-038-K 14, 10-K 2

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m5: AL-HADI; CHELFORD CITY DIVERSION PACKAGE 3; CVS PHARMACY 6744; IEC AL-HADI; OKLAHOMA INSTALLATION COEPA FRS
Census tract 482014543053,277 people, 5,043 per sq mi; median household income $67,071; median gross rent $1,380; 67% renters; 10.8% vacant units; 4.3% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 0 schools, 1 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 4 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 16 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Harris County (TX), 20248,623 units in 5+ unit buildings, 1,226 in 2–4, 20,087 single-family; 2023: 13,263 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.63; socioeconomic 0.65; housing and transport 0.31; 24% below 150% of poverty; 0% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby1 within 10 km, 10 within 25 km: Town & Country Mall (9.7 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace West Oaks Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.99, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 46,197 m², 12.7 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.shopwestoaksmall.com (alive); archived 2000–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views50,094 since 2015; 6,969 in the last 12 months (-3% vs the prior 12); peak 2024-06 with 909Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 75.4); expected annual loss $1.5M; high: hurricane, tornado, cold wave; community resilience very lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km1 LIHTC properties, 232 units: West Oaks Senior Apts (232 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)210,476 jobs in 13,134 establishments; average annual pay $44,568; employment location quotient 0.87; employment -0.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022591 jobs; 262 in retail trade, 94 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 48201454305)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 46th income percentile as adults; 2.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (993 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; 0% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 12.7%; median family income $58,148; 344 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsAlief Independent School District (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation89 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025489 county-logged events: 176 thunderstorm wind, 143 hail, 92 flash flood, 33 tornado; $10,324,991,000 property damage reported; 54 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 77082, 2026-09median list price $302,498 (+0.8% on the year); 182 active listings; median 54 days on market; 20% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 202313,613 establishments (+8%); 213,745 jobs (+11%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $276,524 (-2% 1 yr, +11% 5 yr); typical rent $1,583/mo (-0% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)73,266 vehicles a day (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 1,755 trucks; 22 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

West Oaks Mall opened in 1984 as a regional shopping mall serving western Houston, including the Energy Corridor and suburbs west of George Bush Park. According to the narrative excerpt, the mall has since been boarded up and shut down. No further timeline of events is provided in the record.

Why. The record does not state any specific causes for the mall's decline, such as anchor losses, competition, debt, or demolition.

Where it stands. The mall's current status is listed as unknown, and the record does not identify who owns or controls the site.

For a planner

  • No specific precedents or policy tools are documented in the record.
  • Open questions include the reasons for closure, potential reuse options, and any existing zoning or entitlements.
  • Infrastructure context (transit, flood risk, environmental constraints) is not described.

For a developer

  • Site size and exact boundaries are not provided.
  • Ownership and control are unknown, so entitlement stage cannot be assessed.
  • Context layers such as flood zones, transit access, or environmental restrictions are not mentioned.
  • Market signal: the opp_reasons note county population growth of 3.4% from 2018‑2023.

What we do not know yet

  • Exact current status (vacant, partially demolished, etc.) is unknown.
  • Owner or controlling entity is not identified.
  • Reasons for shutdown (anchor tenant loss, competition, financial issues) are not stated.
  • Site dimensions, parcel layout, and any existing structures are unspecified.
  • Context‑layer risks (floodplain, transit proximity, environmental constraints) are absent from the record.
  • The record is marked as 'draft' and verified status is unclear, indicating possible data quality issues.

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

Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Search images: Google · Bing · Commons · references: ULI case studies · Google Scholar

Multifamily screen

  • county grew 3.4% 2018–23

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

Opened1984Wikidata
CountyHarris County
Census division7 · West South Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer, what is there now, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Background

West Oaks Mall is a regional shopping mall located in the Alief area of the west side of Houston, Texas, United States, that opened in 1984. It has now been boarded up and shutdown. With a trade area serving far western parts of Houston including a business clientele in the Energy Corridor and suburban neighborhoods west of George Bush Park in the Greater Katy and Fulshear areas, the mall is located at Texas State Highway 6 and Westheimer Road and can easily be accessed south on Highway 6 via Interstate 10.

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

Timeline

  1. 1984 Opened (Wikidata)

Sources

More in Texas

Amigoland MallBrownsville, TX · 2002Reinhabited · Reinhabitation: education, government officesBaybrook MallBaybrook MallHouston, TX · 2016Partial Redeveloped · Partial redevelopment, lifestyleCrossroads MallBalcones Heights, TX · 2011Partial Reinhabited · Partial Reinhabitation: retail, “little shops,” and healthcareDeauville MallKingwood, TX · 1991Reinhabited · Reinhabitation: healthcareHeartland MallEarly, TX · 2010Partial Reinhabited · Partial reinhabitation: educationHighland MallHighland MallAustin, TX · 2012Partial Redeveloped · Regreened · Reinhabited · Reinhabitation, education Partial redevelopment, office and…