Malls · Massachusetts

Greendale Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedWorcester, MA

Opened 1987. Closed 2020. Redeveloped in 2021.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed

documented

It was demolished in Summer 2021.

en.wikipedia.org

What it becamelogisticsextracted, unreviewed reported

Last sale$11.8M · 2016public reporting

Retrofit year2021extracted, unreviewed reported

Walkability15 of 20 · 15-minute 5 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNo · Opportunity ZoneOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Greendale Mall. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile17 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/426643464090116 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://www.simon.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

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

This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 76,310 on 190 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

County typical rent $2,000+

This site: $2,119/mo zillow · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.76 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: 190 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: Odd Fellows' Home; Higgins Armory Museum nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Opportunity Zone

This site: 25027730500 hud-oz · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 69% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 15 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Amazon delivery station (DTB4) extraction · all sites with this

New use

Housing

This site: …ar-old shopping center and replace it with a mix of retail, apartments, and office space. extraction · all sites with this

Logistics and industrial

This site: Amazon delivery station (DTB4) Plans were to demolish the 33-year- extraction · all sites with this

Office

This site: …center and replace it with a mix of retail, apartments, and office space. extraction · all sites with this

Retail (continued)

This site: …ivery station (DTB4) Plans were to demolish the 33-year-old shopping center and replace it with a mix of retail, apartments, and extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Demolishedextracted, unreviewed documented It was demolished in Summer 2021. en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented Plans were later changed and the mall would be demolished and replaced with an Amazon delivery station (DTB4). en.wikipedia.org
New uses	logisticsextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	Amazon delivery station (DTB4)extracted, unreviewed documented Plans were later changed and the mall would be demolished and replaced with an Amazon delivery station (DTB4). en.wikipedia.org
Retrofit year	2021extracted, unreviewed reported
Redeveloper	Boston developerextracted, unreviewed reported

Planning

Planning notes	Plans were to demolish the 33-year-old shopping center and replace it with a mix of retail, apartments, and office space.extracted, unreviewed reported

Deals and debt

Date	Event	Price	Parties	Source
2016	Sold	$11.8M closed	Seyfarth Shaw LLP ← noteholder	Wikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Greendale Mall” and “Worcester” (125 hits, first 100 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 2006-11-20 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2006 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)	CD 2006-CD3 Mortgage Trust	1	2006-11-20 to 2006-11-20	8-K 1
Public owner (strong)	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/	19	2001-03-30 to 2015-03-02	10-K 19
Public owner (weak)	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)	78	2002-05-17 to 2015-07-24	8-K 55, 10-K 22, 8-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	Years	Share	Sales psf	Anchors listed
2009	Simon Property Group 10-K, 2010-02-25	Greendale Mall Worcester, MA match: exact	430,819	92.4% occupied	acquired 1999	49.1% Fee and Ground Lease (2009)		T.J. Maxx 'N More, Best Buy, DSW,

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail station; 1 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	1, 2, 22, 22-23OpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	23: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC - DTB4; AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC - DTB4; BARBER AVENUE SELF STORAGE; BUGHAUS INC; CELLEDITEPA FRS
Census tract 25027730500	4,126 people, 3,895 per sq mi; median household income $71,667; median gross rent $1,659; 69% renters; 10.3% vacant units; 1.3% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 15 of 20; 60 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 457 m; land-use mix 0.9; 63,340 jobs within 45 min by car, 45,751 by transit; 4% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 1 schools, 5 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 1 civic, 4 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 114 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	yes, tract 25027730500 (rural)HUD
National Register places within 500 m	2: Odd Fellows' Home; Higgins Armory MuseumNPS
Housing permits, Worcester County (MA), 2024	1,434 units in 5+ unit buildings, 108 in 2–4, 964 single-family; 2023: 303 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.76; socioeconomic 0.52; housing and transport 0.82; 26% below 150% of poverty; 14% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 5 within 25 km: Worcester Galleria (3.9 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Greendale Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.61, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 11,199 m², 7.665687561035156 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.simon.com (alive); archived 1997–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	55,129 since 2015; 3,222 in the last 12 months (-8% vs the prior 12); peak 2016-04 with 975Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +22% (3,367 → 4,126); median income +52% ($47,130 → $71,667); renters 67% → 69%; median home value +60% ($176,700 → $283,400)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 33.5); expected annual loss $1.1M; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	36,872 jobs in 2,325 establishments; average annual pay $42,790; employment location quotient 1.05; employment -0.5% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	5,898 jobs; 586 in retail trade, 474 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 25027730500)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 39th income percentile as adults; -0.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (458 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; 0% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 29.5%; median family income $35,296; 296 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Worcester School District (PK-12); 6 public schools within 1 mile: Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School; Burncoat Senior High; Burncoat Middle School; Forest Grove MiddleNCES EDGE
Elevation	529 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	510 county-logged events: 299 thunderstorm wind, 87 flood, 52 flash flood, 40 hail; $7,596,550 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 01606, 2026-09	median list price $493,275 (+6.4% on the year); 28 active listings; median 41 days on market; 25% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	2,405 establishments (-7%); 38,937 jobs (-2%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $495,048 (+2% 1 yr, +30% 5 yr); typical rent $2,119/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	380 (2000 = 100); +3.0% 1 yr, +57% 5 yr, +92% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	76,310 vehicles a day on 190 (Interstate, 4 lanes); 5,112 trucks; 10 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Greendale Mall opened in 1987 with anchors Best Buy, Big Lots, DSW, and TJ Maxx/HomeGoods. Simon Property Group owned it from 1999 until 2015, after which debt issues led to a noteholder taking over and the mall’s sale to Seyfarth Shaw LLP in 2016. A Boston developer bought the property in 2019, the mall closed in 2020, was demolished in 2021, and the site now hosts an Amazon delivery station (DTB4).

Why. The record shows financial distress—Simon stopped paying debt in 2015, the loan exceeded the property’s appraisal—and anchor loss when TJ Maxx/HomeGoods announced relocation in 2020, leaving the mall vacant.

Where it stands. The mall is demolished and replaced by an Amazon delivery station; the Boston developer controlled the site from 2019 to 2021, after which current ownership is not stated in the record.

For a planner

Original plan called for demolition and a mixed‑use redevelopment of retail, apartments, and office.
The site was ultimately converted to a logistics use (Amazon station).
Open questions include what zoning changes were approved, what infrastructure upgrades were required, and how the logistics use fits with local land‑use goals.

For a developer

Site size is not specified in the record.
Control passed from the Boston developer (2019‑2021) to an unspecified entity after demolition.
Entitlement stage: demolition permit obtained in 2021 and Amazon station built.
Context‑layer constraints (flood risk, transit access, environmental conditions) are not provided.
Market signals: Worcester County grew 4.8% 2018‑2023 and the note mentions housing demand in the area.

What we do not know yet

Exact parcel dimensions and acreage are missing.
Current owner and lease terms for the Amazon station are not stated.
Flood‑plain, wetland, or other environmental constraints are unknown.
Transit proximity and access details are not in the record.
Any remediation or brownfield status is not indicated.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
closed or demolished site (sourced)
county grew 4.8% 2018–23
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

Opened	1987Wikidata
Closed	2020Wikidata reported
Anchors	Big Lots, Best Buy, DSW, TJ Maxx and HomeGoods
Organisations in Wikidata (undated)	Simon Property Group
County	Worcester County
Census division	1 · New England
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

The Greendale Mall was an enclosed shopping mall located near the intersection of Interstates 290 and 190 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. The anchors were Best Buy, Big Lots, DSW, and a combination of TJ Maxx and HomeGoods.

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

Timeline

1987 Opened (Wikidata)
1987 Mall first opened
1999 Simon Property Group purchased the mall
2015 Simon stopped paying debt; noteholder took ownership
2015 Mall appraised at $14.7 million with loan value $45 million
2016 Mall sold at auction to Seyfarth Shaw LLP for $11.8 million
2016 KeyPoint Partners announced mall would remain open
2019 Boston developer bought rundown mall
2020 Closed (Wikidata)
2020 Mall closed permanently
2020 TJ Maxx/HomeGoods announced relocation, leaving mall vacant
2021 Mall demolished

Sources

Wikipedia: Greendale Mall · supports: after notes, status, strategy
13 quoted sentences
Plans were later changed and the mall would be demolished and replaced with an Amazon delivery station (DTB4).
It was demolished in Summer 2021.
Plans were later changed and the mall would be demolished and replaced with an Amazon delivery station (DTB4).
The mall first opened in 1987, anchored by Lechmere and Marshalls stores.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Greendale Mall, Worcester, MA." Record m-db8049eeb7, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/worcester-greendale-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_worcestergreendalemall,
  title = {Greendale Mall, Worcester, MA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/worcester-greendale-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-db8049eeb7, 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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