Malls · Utah

Ogden City Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedOgden, UT

Redeveloped.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed

documented

The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall.

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What it becameentertainment, retail, office, housingextracted, unreviewed reported

Site size20 acresextracted, unreviewed

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The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall.

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Retrofit yearNot yet retrofittedstatus reported

Walkability16 of 20 · 15-minute 5 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mYesOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/238732772999550 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …https://utah.com/ogden-city-mall overture / http check · all sites with this

Ownership

Public body

This site: Ogden City county-parcels · all sites with this

Place

100k+ jobs within 45 min by transit

This site: 107,323 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

200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km

This site: 681 units in 10 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 32,849 on WASHINGTON BLVD - HIGHWAY 89 - 400 E fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 47 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High earthquake risk

This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this

High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)

This site: Relatively High; earthquake fema-nri · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: Eccles Building; Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Rail within 800 m

This site: Ogden openstreetmap · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 88% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +84% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract population up 25%+ since 2013

This site: +64% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 16 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

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New use

Entertainment and sports

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Housing

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Office

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Retail (continued)

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Now

Status	Demolishedextracted, unreviewed documented The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall. en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall. en.wikipedia.org
New uses	entertainment, retail, office, housingextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall.extracted, unreviewed documented The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall. en.wikipedia.org
Redeveloper	Boyer Companyextracted, unreviewed reported

Planning

Planning notes	The Junction includes residential (housing) as part of the complex.extracted, unreviewed reported

Site context

Transit within 800 m	Ogden (rail); 23 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	33: 100K BUILDING; 24TH ST VIADUCT; PROJECT; ENCIRCLE; ENSIGN PLAZA SOUTH; GRANT AVENUE WATERLINEEPA FRS
Census tract 49057201100	2,570 people, 1,719 per sq mi; median household income $51,136; median gross rent $1,269; 88% renters; 16.5% vacant units; 11.8% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 16 of 20; 47 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 113 m; land-use mix 0.84; 37,249 jobs within 45 min by car, 107,323 by transit; 23% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 3 schools, 13 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 11 civic, 45 food and drink; 47 cycleway segments, 111 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
National Register places within 500 m	13: Eccles Building; Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd; New Brigham Hotel; Peery's Egyptian TheatreNPS
Housing permits, Weber County (UT), 2024	521 units in 5+ unit buildings, 65 in 2–4, 1,044 single-family; 2023: 482 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.73; socioeconomic 0.77; housing and transport 0.86; 30% below 150% of poverty; 16% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: Defense Depot Ogden Utah (0.6 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Ogden City Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.60, from Overture, meta); building footprint 2,926 m², 7.637234210968018 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	utah.com (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population +64% (1,566 → 2,570); median income +84% ($27,724 → $51,136); renters 92% → 88%; median home value +183% ($104,400 → $295,500)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively high overall (score 87.8); expected annual loss $3.6M; high: earthquake; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	10 LIHTC properties, 681 units: Imagine Jefferson Ii (113 units); Osmond Heights/Normandie Apartments (98 units); Liberty Junction Apts. (93 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	12,206 jobs in 712 establishments; average annual pay $41,154; employment location quotient 1.00; employment -1.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	15,060 jobs; 764 in retail trade, 1,020 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 49057201100)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 35th income percentile as adults; 10.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (185 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 38.7%; median family income $45,000; 266 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Ogden School District (KG-12); 9 public schools within 1 mile: Davinci Academy; Contracted Special Education; Spec. Educ. ATC; Ogden PreschoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	4,300 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	77 county-logged events: 66 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 4 hail, 2 tornado; $2,238,500 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 84401, 2026-09	median list price $453,925 (-13.1% on the year); 187 active listings; median 58 days on market; 36% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	731 establishments (+1%); 12,380 jobs (+18%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $454,063 (+0% 1 yr, +12% 5 yr); typical rent $1,490/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	32,849 vehicles a day on WASHINGTON BLVD - HIGHWAY 89 - 400 E (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 2,445 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Ogden City Mall opened as a regional mall (date unspecified) and later was demolished. The site was redeveloped into The Junction, a 20‑acre mixed‑use development of entertainment, retail, office, and housing. Ogden City coordinated and subsidized the project with private partners.

Why. The record does not state why the mall was demolished or what specific market pressures led to its closure.

Where it stands. The site now hosts The Junction, a mixed‑use complex overseen by Ogden City in partnership with the Boyer Company, the LDS Church, Wells Fargo, and other private entities.

For a planner

Policy tool: city‑led coordination and subsidy of the redevelopment.
Precedent: conversion of a demolished mall into a mixed‑use urban district.
Open question: the record does not specify the phasing or timeline for full build‑out.

For a developer

Site size: 20 acres.
Control: redevelopment led by Ogden City with partnerships from Boyer Company, LDS Church, Wells Fargo, and others.
Entitlement stage: strategy is redevelop; new uses include entertainment, retail, office, and housing; status shows the complex is built.
Market signals: opportunity score 65, driven by closed/demolished site, 20‑acre size, 7.4% county growth 2018‑23, and housing component.

What we do not know yet

Original opening and closure dates of Ogden City Mall are not provided.
Reasons for demolition and any anchor tenant losses are not stated in the record.
Post‑development ownership structure and long‑term lease arrangements are unspecified.
Environmental constraints (floodplain, transit access, etc.) are not mentioned.
The record is marked as draft, indicating some facts may be model‑extracted and unreviewed.

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Elsewhere on the web

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

Pages with photos

Ogden City Mall historyofmalls.blogspot.com
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Ogden City Mall interior [6] | University of Utah Marriot… collections.lib.utah.edu
OGDEN CITY MALL youtube.com

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Multifamily screen

closed or demolished site (sourced)
20 acres
county grew 7.4% 2018–23
housing in the record

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History and original facts

Acres	20.0extracted, unreviewed
Original developer	Ogden Cityhermes-web reported
County	Weber County
Census division	8 · Mountain
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall. Its development has been coordinated and subsidized by Ogden City, in an effort to revitalize the city center for economic and cultural growth. The city has worked in partnership with the Boyer Company, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wells Fargo, and other private companies. The Junction borrows its name from Ogden's historic nickname "Junction City".

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

Sources

Wikipedia: Ogden City Mall · supports: acres, after notes, status, strategy
4 quoted sentences
The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall.
The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall.
The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall.
The Junction is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) entertainment, retail, office, and residential complex in downtown Ogden, Utah, built on the site of the former Ogden City Mall.
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3 quoted sentences
The Ogden City Mall opened in 1980 as a solution to a declining downtown with anchors JCPenney, Nordstrom, Bon Marche and ZCMI.
The mall's original owner, Ernie Hahn, lost control of the site to CIGNA in the mid-1990's.
CIGNA sold the mall to Haywood and Angela Whichard of Raleigh, N.C in 1999.
found by hermes-web (staffboxfree)
2 quoted sentences
Boyer is building a four-story, 65,000-square-foot office building
The city bought and demolished the Ogden City Mall

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Ogden City Mall, Ogden, UT." Record m-97f5cba9bb, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ut/ogden-ogden-city-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_ogdenogdencitymall,
  title = {Ogden City Mall, Ogden, UT},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ut/ogden-ogden-city-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-97f5cba9bb, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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