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Malls · Texas

Midway Mall (Sherman)

Imported, unreviewedClosedSherman, TX

Midway Mall opened 1986, lost anchors, changed owners, closed 2021, now under phased repairs in Sherman by Mustard Street Management · summary, model-written

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Site profile15 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
Dillard'sThis site: Dillard's wikipedia · all sites with this
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Mervyn'sThis site: Mervyn's wikipedia · all sites with this
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
Closed or demolished, no retrofit recordedThis site: …closed extraction · all sites with this
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/520579098115433 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://www.midwaymalltexas.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
Fast-growing county (8%+ 2018–23)This site: 9% census-acs · all sites with this
High heat wave riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)This site: 0.91 cdc-svi · all sites with this
High tornado riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
Lower-income tract (< $50k)This site: $44,165 census-acs · all sites with this
Opportunity ZoneThis site: 48181000902 hud-oz · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 62% census-acs · all sites with this
Scale
Building footprint 50,000+ m²This site: 68,310 m² overture · all sites with this

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Now

StatusClosedextracted, unreviewed
documented
Within the last 10 years, the Midway Mall has become a dead mall, as it has been documented on various YouTube channels.

en.wikipedia.org

What is there nowRepairs are currently being worked on in phases, the first repair was replacing air conditioning.extracted, unreviewed
documented
Repairs are currently being worked on in phases, the first repair was replacing air conditioning.

en.wikipedia.org

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Midway Mall” and “Sherman” (37 hits, first 37 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 2001-03-12 (a sample date, not the issuance date); 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)FIRST UNION COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC42001-03-12 to 2001-03-238-K 4

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m2: JOHN TOOLE NISSAN; MIDWAY NISSAN MITSUBISHIEPA FRS
Census tract 481810009033,340 people, 603 per sq mi; median household income $44,165; median gross rent $939; 62% renters; 15.9% vacant units; 0.3% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)1 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 0 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 0 civic, 3 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zoneyes, tract 48181000902 (rural)HUD
Housing permits, Grayson County (TX), 2024750 units in 5+ unit buildings, 24 in 2–4, 1,368 single-family; 2023: 1,259 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.91; socioeconomic 0.61; housing and transport 0.97; 36% below 150% of poverty; 16% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Mapsplace Midway Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.97, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 68,310 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.midwaymalltexas.com (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views1,467 since 2015; 1,179 in the last 12 months; peak 2026-01 with 127Wikimedia
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 65.7); expected annual loss $1.2M; high: tornado, heat wave, hail, ice storm, cold wave; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)6,262 jobs in 405 establishments; average annual pay $41,269; employment location quotient 1.20; employment -0.7% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20228,625 jobs; 1,608 in retail trade, 1,101 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 48181000903)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 41th income percentile as adults; 5.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (577 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 46% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 16.8%; median family income $59,958; 514 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsDenison Independent School District (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation797 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025323 county-logged events: 181 hail, 93 thunderstorm wind, 30 flash flood, 12 flood; $3,725,700 property damage reported; 5 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 75090, 2026-09median list price $250,000 (-11.5% on the year); 145 active listings; median 56 days on market; 19% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023456 establishments (+8%); 6,857 jobs (+18%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $280,311 (-5% 1 yr, +9% 5 yr); typical rent $1,358/mo (-2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)14,171 vehicles a day (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 960 trucks; 14 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Opened in 1986 as the sole mall serving far North Texas and Southern Oklahoma, Midway Mall lost JC Penney in 2007 and Sears in 2017. Ownership shifted to TNP Sites in 2010 and then to Mustard Street Management in 2021, after which the mall closed but is undergoing phased repairs, beginning with air‑conditioning replacement.

Why. The record shows anchor store losses (JC Penney 2007, Sears 2017) as visible causes of decline; no explicit mention of competition, debt, or demolition is provided.

Where it stands. Currently closed and under phased repairs, the site is controlled by Mustard Street Management, which purchased it in 2021.

For a planner

  • Precedent: similar small‑market malls that have been repurposed for mixed‑use or community services after anchor loss.
  • Policy tools: none noted in the record; potential use of tax increment financing or adaptive reuse incentives could be considered.
  • Open questions: current zoning, permissible uses, and infrastructure capacity for redevelopment.

For a developer

  • Site size: not specified in the record.
  • Control: single owner (Mustard Street Management) since 2021 purchase.
  • Entitlement stage: no zoning or permit details provided.
  • Context: located about one mile east of US Highway 75, offering highway access; flood, transit, and environmental constraints are not detailed.
  • Market signals: Grayson County grew 8.9% 2018‑23 and the Sherman‑Denison area has ~150,000 residents, indicating regional population growth.

What we do not know yet

  • Missing parcel acreage, boundaries, and current land‑use designation.
  • No information on existing structural condition beyond the initial AC repair phase.
  • Environmental or flood‑risk data absent from context layers.
  • Financial details such as debt, repair costs, or projected revenues are not provided.
  • Some fields (origins, after_notes) are model‑extracted and marked as unverified (draft).

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.

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Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Midway 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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  • closed or demolished site (sourced)
  • county grew 8.9% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Opened1986extracted, unreviewed
AnchorsDillard's, JCPenney, Sears, Bealls, Mervyn's
CountyGrayson County
Census division7 · West South Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Abandoned shopping malls in the United States

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

Background

The Midway Mall is the only shopping mall in the areas of far North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. The mall is also the only mall outside of the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area and central Oklahoma. The mall sits about one mile east of US Highway 75. The Sherman and Denison, Texas, area has a population of about 150,000.

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

Timeline

  1. 1986 Opened
  2. 2007 Lost JC Penney
  3. 2010 Sale announced to TNP Sites
  4. 2017 Sears closure
  5. 2021 Contract to sell announced
  6. 2021 Purchased by Mustard Street Management

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Midway Mall (Texas) · supports: after notes, status, year opened
    9 quoted sentences
    The Midway Mall opened in 1986 with the anchor stores Dillard's, Bealls, JCPenney, Mervyn's, and Sears.
    Repairs are currently being worked on in phases, the first repair was replacing air conditioning.
    Within the last 10 years, the Midway Mall has become a dead mall, as it has been documented on various YouTube channels.
    The Midway Mall opened in 1986 with the anchor stores Dillard's, Bealls, JCPenney, Mervyn's, and Sears.

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