Malls · Connecticut

Brass Mill Center

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit proposedWaterbury, CT

Housing construction is active; not a new opportunity for redevelopment. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline

Retrofit in the pipeline

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Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 127,200 on 84 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: 84 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

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New use

Mixed use

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Now

Status	Retrofit proposedWikipedia no source
Strategy	Redevelopment, proposedWikipedia no source
New uses	mixedWikipedia no source

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Brass Mill Center” and “Waterbury” (70 hits, first 70 sampled, 8 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2004-04-14 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2004 from the trust name (weak match). 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.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
CMBS trust (weak)	Wachovia Commercial Mort Pass Thr Certs Ser 2004-C11	2	2004-05-06 to 2004-05-06	8-K 2
CMBS trust (weak)	WACHOVIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC	1	2004-04-14 to 2004-04-14	8-K 1
Public owner (strong)	General Growth Properties, Inc.	43	2011-03-01 to 2021-02-26	8-K 32, 10-K 11
Public owner (strong)	GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES INC	15	2001-03-19 to 2010-08-30	10-K 9, 8-K 5, 10-K/A 1

As reported by the owner

Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.

Year end	Filer	Name in filing	GLA sq ft	Occupancy	Share	Anchors listed
2020	Brookfield Property REIT (formerly GGP) 10-K, 2021-02-26	Brass Mill Center Waterbury, CT match: exact	1,171,000 in-line 444,000	86.4% leased	90.0%	JCPenney, Burlington Stores, Regal Cinemas
2016	GGP Inc. 10-K, 2017-02-22	Brass Mill Center Waterbury, CT match: exact	1,165,475 in-line 448,245	97.6% leased	100.0%	Burlington Coat Factory, JCPenney, Macy's, Sears
2012	General Growth Properties 10-K, 2013-02-28	Brass Mill Center Waterbury, CT match: exact	1,180,000 in-line 396,105	91.2% leased	100.0%	Burlington Coat Factory, JCPenney, Macy's, Sears
2009	General Growth Properties 10-K, 2010-03-01	Brass Mill Center Waterbury, CT match: exact	984,099 in-line 326,760			Burlington Coat Factory, JCPenney, Macy's, Regal Cinemas, Sears

Site context

Housing permits, Naugatuck Valley Planning Regi (CT), 2024	21 units in 5+ unit buildings, 32 in 2–4, 264 single-family; 2023: 252 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby	0 within 10 km, 3 within 25 kmcomputed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	17,971 jobs in 1,296 establishments; average annual pay $43,863; employment location quotient 1.14; employment -1.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 32th income percentile as adults; 6.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (954 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; poverty rate 56.5%; median family income $21,757; 1,433 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Waterbury School District (PK-12); 9 public schools within 1 mile: Brass City Charter School; REGIONS staff secure Waterbury; Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School; Driggs SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	296 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,237 establishments; 18,437 jobsCensus CBP
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	127,200 vehicles a day on 84 (Interstate, 6 lanes); 16,292 trucks; 37 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Brass Mill Center (Waterbury, CT) is a proposed redevelopment of a former Sears mall. Permits show housing construction is already underway: 355 single-unit, 31 two-four-unit, and 252 five-plus-unit homes were permitted in 2023 ($102M value).

Why. The 'proposed' status conflicts with active housing development (permits), and the opportunity score is 0.0 because housing is already in the record and construction is underway. Traffic data shows high volume (127k ADT) on I-84 nearby.

Where it stands. Not a new opportunity: housing construction is active per permits, and the site is not available for new development planning.

For a planner

High traffic corridor (I-84) supports residential development
No new retail or mixed-use plans documented beyond existing housing permits

For a developer

No vacant land or new construction opportunities identified
Existing housing permits indicate active market participation

What we do not know yet

Exact approval status of redevelopment not confirmed
No details on whether Sears closure was recent or historical
No current owner or developer named in record

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already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
housing in the record

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History and original facts

County	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
Census division	1 · New England
Notes	Draft from hartfordbusiness.com, model-extracted, unreviewed: The former Sears store at Brass Mill Center in Waterbury, a 152,149 sq ft mall anchor on 10.33 acres, is being marketed for redevelopment.

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Sources

Three former Sears properties at CT malls hit market for ...
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Brass Mill Center

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Brass Mill Center, Waterbury, CT." Record n-f73f785993, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ct/waterbury-brass-mill-center/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_waterburybrassmillcenter,
  title = {Brass Mill Center, Waterbury, CT},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ct/waterbury-brass-mill-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-f73f785993, 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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