# New Rochelle Mall

New Rochelle, NY · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-bae12c6662` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/new-rochelle-new-rochelle-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-bae12c6662.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-bae12c6662.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-bae12c6662

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | entertainment, healthcare, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | New Roc City entertainment complex | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1968 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1995 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1999 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 338000 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 100 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The mall had its grand opening in 1968” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle_Mall
- **year_closed**: “the mall was shuttered in 1995” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle_Mall
- **gla_sqft**: “100 retail shops covering 338,000 square feet” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle_Mall
- **after_notes**: “It was eventually replaced by the New Roc City entertainment complex which opened in 1999.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle_Mall
- **status**: “the entire structure being demolished in 1998” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle_Mall
- **strategy**: “soon thereafter replaced by an entertainment center called New Roc City.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle_Mall
- **enclosed**: “New Rochelle Mall was an enclosed shopping mall located in the downtown business district of the suburban city of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **gla_sqft_before**: “100 retail shops covering 338,000 square feet” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **demolition_year**: “the entire structure being demolished in 1998” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Timeline

- 1968: Grand opening
- 1992: Macy's New Rochelle branch closes due to bankruptcy
- 1995: Mall shuttered
- 1998: Mall demolished
- 1999: New Roc City opens

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

New Rochelle Mall was an enclosed shopping mall located in the downtown business district of the suburban city of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York. The clearing of the site on which the mall was built began in the mid-1960s as part of a downtown urban renewal project. Numerous homes, some businesses, and a cemetery and church were cleared away to create a four-blocks-long lot upon which the mall would be sited.The mall had its grand opening in 1968 and was initially a great success, attracting shoppers from across lower Westchester. A period of decline began in the 1980s, and the mall was shuttered in 1995, with the entire structure being demolished in 1998 and soon thereafter replaced by an entertainment center called New Roc City.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "New Rochelle Mall, New Rochelle, NY." Record m-bae12c6662, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/new-rochelle-new-rochelle-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_newrochellenewrochellemall,
  title = {New Rochelle Mall, New Rochelle, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/new-rochelle-new-rochelle-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-bae12c6662, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. 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.