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Middletown Mall

Imported, unreviewedClosedFairmont, WV

Middletown Mall opened 1970 in Fairmont, WV; 471,000‑sf, 31 stores; now closed; no further details on cause, ownership, or dates. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline

Closed per a 2014 list or a Wikipedia category, unchecked

This site: …closed import, no source · all sites with this

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/103144926413832 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …https://sites.google.com/site/middletownmall/ overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 41,000 on I 79 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

High inland flooding risk

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

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: I 79 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -0.8% census-acs · all sites with this

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Now

Status	ClosedEsri 2014 layer reported

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	132, 133OpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	20: ADVANCE AUTO PARTS #6099; AMERICAN TRAILERS; BIOSCRIP INFUSION SERVICES LLC; C.W. STICKLEY INC.; DOLLAR GENERAL STORE #900EPA FRS
Census tract 54049021201	4,018 people, 456 per sq mi; median household income $94,063; median gross rent $1,037; 23% renters; 7.2% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Marion County (WV), 2024	0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 6 single-family; 2023: 5 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.40; socioeconomic 0.23; housing and transport 0.65; 16% below 150% of poverty; 4% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	place Middletown Mall Shopping Center (shopping_mall, confidence 0.91, from Overture, meta); building footprint 43,415 m², 3.7532155513763428 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	sites.google.com (alive); archived 2007–2022 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 57.7); expected annual loss $1.7M; high: inland flooding; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	2,149 jobs in 202 establishments; average annual pay $37,910; employment location quotient 1.25; employment -0.4% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	1,875 jobs; 565 in retail trade, 245 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 54049021201)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 48th income percentile as adults; 0.7% incarcerated at the 2010 count (337 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; 68% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 8.2%; median family income $84,375; 174 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Marion County School District (PK-12); 1 public school within 1 mile: White Hall Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	1,129 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	158 county-logged events: 69 thunderstorm wind, 63 flash flood, 10 hail, 9 flood; $1,726,500 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 26554, 2026-09	median list price $262,400 (+9.0% on the year); 81 active listings; median 51 days on market; 16% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	185 establishments (-3%); 2,166 jobs (-5%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $167,401 (+2% 1 yr, +18% 5 yr); typical rent $1,171/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2024	222 (2000 = 100); +7.5% 1 yr, +44% 5 yr, +48% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	41,000 vehicles a day on I 79 (Interstate, 4 lanes); 5,067 trucks; 28 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Middletown Mall opened in 1970 in Fairmont, West Virginia. It operated as a regional mall with approximately 471,000 square feet of gross leasable area and 31 stores at its peak. The record shows the mall is now closed, with no further dates or events listed.

Why. not stated in the record

Where it stands. The mall is currently closed, and the record does not specify an owner or controlling entity.

For a planner

No documented precedents or reuse examples in the record.
No policy tools or incentives mentioned.
Open questions include the timeline of closure, reasons for decline, and current ownership.

For a developer

Site size: 471,000 sf GLA.
Control and ownership unknown per record.
No context-layer data (flood, transit, environment) or market signals provided in the record.

What we do not know yet

Closure date unknown; only status 'closed' given.
Reason for closure not stated in record.
Current owner or controlling entity not identified.
No information on zoning, entitlements, or physical constraints (flood, transit, environment).

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Elsewhere on the web

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

Pages with photos

Middletown Mall Subway Fairmont Wv at Linda Platt blog storage.googleapis.com
Middletown Mall Poster teepublic.com
MALL HALL OF FAME mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com
Middletown Mall redevelopment large part of proposed TIF Di… wvnews.com
Middletown Mall, Fairmont, WV 1990 on Vimeo vimeo.com
Middletown Mall, Fairmont, WV walk through - July 28, 2013 youtube.com

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History and original facts

Opened	1970Esri 2014 layer
Gross leasable area	471,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	31Esri 2014 layer reported
Anchors	Ace Hardware, Shop and Save, Save A Lot
Address	Rts. 250 & 79
County	Marion
Census division	5 · South Atlantic
Notes	Listed as a closed mall in Esri's 2014 Closed_US_Malls layer (Directory of Major Malls data). Current status to be checked.

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Timeline

1970 Opened

Sources

Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Middletown Mall, Fairmont, WV." Record m-f674ea39b9, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/wv/fairmont-middletown-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_fairmontmiddletownmall,
  title = {Middletown Mall, Fairmont, WV},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/wv/fairmont-middletown-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-f674ea39b9, 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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