Malls · Massachusetts

Assembly Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedPartly retrofittedSomerville, MA

Partial Redeveloped in 2012. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/167675709923072 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://www.assemblyrow.com 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

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 8 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 168,627 on 93 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 156 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: 5 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High-income tract ($100k+)

This site: $139,688 census-acs · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: 93 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)

This site: 0.19 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Opportunity Zone

This site: 25017350103 hud-oz · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 94% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Partial redevelopment, mixed use record · all sites with this

New use

Mixed use

This site: Partial redevelopment, mixed use arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

MA, Somerville: Assembly Mall/ Assembly Row, 2012
• Partial redevelopment, mixed use

Now

Status	Partly retrofittedauthors' map
Strategy	Partial RedevelopedWikipedia
What is there now	Partial redevelopment, mixed useauthors' map
Retrofit year	2012authors' map

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	35: 74 MIDDLESEX AVE; ALTA XMBLY; ASSEMBLY ROW - BLOCK 5; ASSEMBLY ROW - BLOCK 5; ASSEMBLY ROW AT ASSEMBLY SQUARE BLOCK 7AEPA FRS
Census tract 25017350106	2,165 people, 8,344 per sq mi; median household income $139,688; median gross rent $3,433; 94% renters; 1.2% vacant units; 29.2% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 5 grocers, 1 schools, 54 parks or playgrounds, 6 health, 3 civic, 40 food and drink; 156 cycleway segments, 401 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	yes, tract 25017350103 (rural)HUD
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 0.19; socioeconomic 0.18; housing and transport 0.69; 11% below 150% of poverty; 22% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	8 within 10 km, 21 within 25 km: A&P food-storage and bakery warehouse (1.7 km); 15 Court Square (4.3 km); Orchard Gardens (4.3 km); Filene's landmark flagship store (4.3 km); 85 Devonshire St. (4.4 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Assembly Row (shopping_mall, confidence 0.95, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 5,475 m², 18.017271041870117 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.assemblyrow.com (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	110,838 since 2015; 7,141 in the last 12 months (-18% vs the prior 12); peak 2016-10 with 1,796Wikimedia
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)	very low overall (score 0.8); expected annual loss $189,702; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	3 LIHTC properties, 84 units: St Polycarp Iii (31 units); St Polycarp Ii (29 units); St Polycarp I (24 units)HUD 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
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	168,627 vehicles a day on 93 (Interstate, 7 lanes); 10,259 trucks; 23 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Assembly Row - You'll find it all on The Row assemblyrow.com
ASSEMBLY ROW - All You SHOULD Know Before Going 2026 (with Photos) - Tripadvisor tripadvisor.in
Staples Assembly Square Mall Somerville Ma at Dwayne Cars… storage.googleapis.com
Lawrence Massachusetts Travel Inspiration purewander.com
Assembly Row Shopping shop.cometoboston.com
Assembly Row- Shopping Malls in Boston thebostondaybook.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
median rent $2,126

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Assembly Row, Assembly Square Mall
County	Middlesex County
Census division	1 · New England
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

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.

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Timeline

2012 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
Wikipedia: Assembly Square Mall · 2026-08-06 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Assembly Mall, Somerville, MA." Record m-cda9f36c80, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/somerville-assembly-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).