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Malls · Virginia

Newmarket North Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtHampton, VA

Opened 1975. Closed 2000. Reinhabited in 2000.

Status nowRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
What it becamemixedextracted, unreviewed
Site size53 acresextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2000authors' map
Walkability11 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Former anchors
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · 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
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 43,705 on 258 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -12% census-cbp · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 6 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 65% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: Reinhabitation: office record · all sites with this
New use
Mixed useThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
OfficeThis site: Reinhabitation: office extraction · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

VA, Hampton Roads: Newmarket North Mall/NetCenter, 2000
• Reinhabitation: office

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
StrategyReinhabitedauthors' map
New usesmixedextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowReinhabitation: officeauthors' map
Retrofit year2000authors' map
RedeveloperGoodman Segar Hoganextracted, unreviewed

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2000Sold—NetCenter Partners and Hampton PartnersWikipedia
1989Sold—Goodman Segar HoganWikipedia

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m6: EXXON CO USA #20011; NATIONAL COATINGS & SUPPLIES (HAMPTON); SAM'S XPRESS HAMPTON; SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO THE; TREADQUARTERS 1052EPA FRS
Census tract 516500103094,941 people, 5,884 per sq mi; median household income $53,080; median gross rent $1,408; 65% renters; 4.2% vacant units; 1.8% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 11 of 20; 63 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 754 m; land-use mix 0.64; 43,178 jobs within 45 min by car, 28,618 by transit; 7% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 6 grocers, 1 schools, 7 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 1 civic, 16 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 40 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Hampton (Independent City) (VA), 20240 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 68 single-family; 2023: 20 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.68; socioeconomic 0.85; housing and transport 0.31; 34% below 150% of poverty; 7% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 4 within 25 km: Mercury Plaza Mall (3.6 km); Coliseum Mall (4.6 km)computed
Overture Mapsno place match; building footprint 11,084 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views21,127 since 2015; 1,733 in the last 12 months (-5% vs the prior 12); peak 2018-07 with 273Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +10% (4,504 → 4,941); median income +13% ($46,866 → $53,080); renters 55% → 64%; median home value +15% ($191,300 → $220,700)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 34.1); expected annual loss $792,071; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km1 LIHTC properties, 108 units: Westover Station (108 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023386 establishments (-12%); 6,346 jobs (-9%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $279,270 (+2% 1 yr, +28% 5 yr); typical rent $1,691/mo (+7% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2023262 (2000 = 100); +35.8% 1 yr, +47% 5 yr, +69% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)43,705 vehicles a day on 258 (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 859 trucks; 28 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

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

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • 53 acres
  • 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

Now called / also known asNetCenter
Opened1975Wikidata
Closed2000extracted, unreviewed
Acres53.0extracted, unreviewed
Original developerThe Hahn Companyextracted, unreviewed
AnchorsSears, Miller & Rhoads, Leggett
CountyHampton city
Census division5 · South Atlantic

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Background

Newmarket North Mall was a shopping mall located in Hampton, Virginia, that was developed by The Hahn Company and opened in 1975. Its three anchors were Leggett, Miller & Rhoads, and Sears.

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

Timeline

  1. 1975 Opened (Wikidata)
  2. 1975 Opened
  3. 1989 Purchased by Goodman Segar Hogan
  4. 1990 Renovation completed, renamed Newmarket Fair
  5. 2000 Retrofit: reinhabit
  6. 2000 Purchased by NetCenter Partners and Hampton Partners, converted to NetCenter
  7. 2018 Sears announced closing
  8. 2019 Sears closed

Sources

  • Wikipedia · supports: acres, original developer, year closed
    9 quoted sentences
    In 2000, Washington, D.C.–based companies NetCenter Partners and Hampton Partners purchased the 900,000-square-foot (84,000 m2) property on 53 acres (210,000 m2) and converted it into a business center with supporting retail, personal services and food service amenities called NetCenter.
    property on 53 acres (210,000 m2)
    developed by The Hahn Company
    opened in 1975
  • Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

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