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Atrium Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtNewton, MA

Reinhabited in 2016. · from the fields below

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Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 9 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 38,071 on a counted road fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 38 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -10% census-cbp · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This site: 2,440 units, Middlesex County census-bps · all sites with this

County typical rent $2,000+

This site: $3,069/mo zillow · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High-income tract ($100k+)

This site: $182,622 census-acs · all sites with this

Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)

This site: 0.18 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Reinhabitation; fitness, medical office, transit shuttle record · all sites with this

New use

Medical and health

This site: Reinhabitation; fitness, medical office, transit shuttle arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Office

This site: Reinhabitation; fitness, medical office, transit shuttle arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

MA, Newton: Atrium Mall/ Life Time Center, 2016
• Reinhabitation; fitness, medical office, transit shuttle

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map
What is there now	Reinhabitation; fitness, medical office, transit shuttleauthors' map
Retrofit year	2016authors' map

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Atrium Mall” and “Newton” (47 hits, first 47 sampled, 1 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 2001-06-06 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2001 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)	CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP	2	2001-06-06 to 2001-06-08	8-K 2
CMBS trust (weak)	COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH SER 2001-CK3	2	2001-06-28 to 2001-06-28	8-K 2
Public owner (weak)	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)	30	2002-08-09 to 2007-02-28	8-K 19, 10-K 10, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (weak)	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/	12	2001-03-30 to 2007-03-16	10-K 12

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	Years	Share	Sales psf	Anchors listed
2009	Simon Property Group 10-K, 2010-02-25	Atrium Mall Borders Books & Music, MA match: exact	205,461	95.0% occupied	acquired 1999	49.1% Fee		Chestnut Hill (Boston)

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	21: 400 LANGLEY; 7-ELEVEN STORE #40078; ANN TAYLOR 0305; APPLE INC R076; AVEDA 751EPA FRS
Census tract 25017373902	3,678 people, 3,946 per sq mi; median household income $182,622; median gross rent $3,501; 23% renters; 14.1% vacant units; 13.1% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 5 schools, 21 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 1 civic, 4 food and drink; 38 cycleway segments, 110 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Middlesex County (MA), 2024	2,440 units in 5+ unit buildings, 166 in 2–4, 889 single-family; 2023: 2,902 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.18; socioeconomic 0.06; housing and transport 0.48; 5% below 150% of poverty; 7% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	9 within 10 km, 26 within 25 km: City Realty development on Route 9 (1.1 km); Wells Avenue Park (3.2 km); Arsenal Mall (5.1 km); Bay Colony office complex (7.8 km); Bay Colony (7.8 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 7,842 m², 7.095896244049072 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
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 low overall (score 37.6); expected annual loss $895,663; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	4,650 establishments (-10%); 79,115 jobs (-5%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $804,837 (+2% 1 yr, +22% 5 yr); typical rent $3,069/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2022	468 (2000 = 100); +5.1% 1 yr, +15% 5 yr, +58% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	38,071 vehicles a day (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 2,057 trucks; 29 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Another Store Set to Leave Newton's Atrium Mall | Broo… patch.com
Fate of the Atrium Mall in Chestnut Hill remains unclear wickedlocal.com
Labelscar: The Retail History BlogAtrium Mall; Newton, Ma… labelscar.com
What Happened To The Atrium Mall? boston.cbslocal.com
Montgomery Vector Scenic Traction Elevator at the Atrium Mall in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts youtube.com
Atrium Mall in Chestnut Hill, MA - Virtual Globetrotting virtualglobetrotting.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
median rent $2,126

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 as	Life Time Center
County	Middlesex County
Census division	1 · New England

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

Timeline

2016 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Atrium Mall, Newton, MA." Record m-4e5e7d420b, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/newton-atrium-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).