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Worcester Galleria

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRetrofit builtWorcester, MA

Opened 1971. Redeveloped in 2010. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/139345722751879 overture · all sites with this
ULI referenceThis site: PDF CRM Risk Management Deck Oct 2008 - uli.org web-search · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_Center_Galleria overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 kmThis site: 1,169 units in 12 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 53 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
County typical rent $2,000+This site: $2,119/mo zillow · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 6 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)This site: 0.83 cdc-svi · all sites with this
National Register place within 500 mThis site: Waldo Street Police Station; Enterprise Building nps-nrhp · all sites with this
Opportunity ZoneThis site: 25027731700 hud-oz · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 92% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +134% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract population up 25%+ since 2013This site: +69% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 17 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets record · all sites with this
New use
Mixed useThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

MA, Worcester: Worcester Galleria/CitySquare, 2010
• Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
StrategyRedevelopedWikidata
What is there nowRedevelopment: mixed use, new streetsauthors' map
Retrofit year2010authors' map

Site context

FEMA flood zoneno NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m39: BANCROFT MOTORS INC; BANCROFT TIRE CENTER; BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY; BRADY FLAHERTY INK CO INC; CHANDLER AUTO BODYEPA FRS
Census tract 250277317003,711 people, 7,638 per sq mi; median household income $52,782; median gross rent $1,591; 92% renters; 13.2% vacant units; 6.6% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 17 of 20; 171 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 168 m; land-use mix 0.6; 66,367 jobs within 45 min by car, 63,419 by transit; 30% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 6 grocers, 10 schools, 16 parks or playgrounds, 7 health, 18 civic, 83 food and drink; 53 cycleway segments, 406 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zoneyes, tract 25027731700 (rural)HUD
National Register places within 500 m15: Waldo Street Police Station; Enterprise Building; WCIS Bank; Slater BuildingNPS
Housing permits, Worcester County (MA), 20241,434 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 0.83; socioeconomic 0.71; housing and transport 1.00; 44% below 150% of poverty; 24% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 5 within 25 km: Greendale Mall (3.9 km); Auburn Mall (7.2 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Worcester Center Galleria (shopping_mall, confidence 0.80, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 2,275 m², 45.3 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialen.wikipedia.org (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views57,070 since 2015; 3,753 in the last 12 months (-6% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-03 with 838Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +69% (2,192 → 3,711); median income +134% ($22,593 → $52,782); renters 94% → 92%; median home value +30% ($121,300 → $158,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 36.9); expected annual loss $1.2M; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km12 LIHTC properties, 1,169 units: Plumley Village (428 units); Wellington 2 (180 units); Wellington (180 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20232,405 establishments (-7%); 38,937 jobs (-2%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $495,048 (+2% 1 yr, +30% 5 yr); typical rent $2,119/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research

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  • retrofit already built
  • county grew 4.8% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Now called / also known asCitySquare, Worcester Center Galleria
Opened1971Wikidata
CountyWorcester County
Census division1 · New England
NotesWikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

The Worcester Center Galleria, located in Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, was a two level shopping mall which originally opened on July 29, 1971, as a part of the Worcester Center urban renewal project. The mall, which connected the 100 Front Street and 120 Front Street office towers, was successful for 20 years until it closed following a series of store vacancies. The mall re-opened in 1994 as a short-lived outlet center called Worcester Common Fashion Outlets, finally closing in 2006. The mall was demolished and redeveloped into a project called CitySquare.

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

Timeline

  1. 1971 Opened
  2. 2010 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

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