# Assembly Mall

Somerville, MA · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-cda9f36c80` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/somerville-assembly-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-cda9f36c80.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-cda9f36c80.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-cda9f36c80

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | reported · authors' map |
| Strategy | redevelop | reported · authors' map |
| What is there now | • Partial redevelopment, mixed use | reported · authors' map |
| Retrofit year | 2012 | reported · authors' map |

## Timeline

- 2012: Retrofit: redevelop

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Assembly Square is a neighborhood in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. It is located along the west bank of the Mystic River, bordered by Ten Hills and Massachusetts Route 28 to the north and the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston to the south. The district's western border runs along Interstate 93. Located 2.5 mi (4.0 km) from downtown Boston, the 143 acres (580,000 m2) parcel is named for a former Ford Motor Company plant that closed in 1958.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_Square

## Sources

- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)
- Wikipedia: Assembly Square Mall — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_Square (2026-08-06)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Assembly Mall, Somerville, MA." Record m-cda9f36c80, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/somerville-assembly-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_somervilleassemblymall,
  title = {Assembly Mall, Somerville, MA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/somerville-assembly-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-cda9f36c80, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.