# Woburn Mall

Woburn, MA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-931e9a3bd5` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/woburn-woburn-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-931e9a3bd5.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-931e9a3bd5.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-931e9a3bd5

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | housing, retail | none |
| What is there now | Today, the transformed “Woburn Village” sports a multi-family building with 350 new homes. Twenty-five percent of them are reserved for people making no more than 80 percent of the median income. The project also preserved commercial space for existing retailers: Market Basket, DSW, TJ Maxx, and HomeGoods. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Sources

- We Could Fit Lots of Homes in the Middle of Old Strip Malls — https://archive.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/3/23/we-could-fit-lots-of-homes-in-the-middle-of-old-strip-malls
- Housing solution: turn old strip malls into new housing | GBH - WGBH — https://www.wgbh.org/news/2023-08-15/housing-solution-turn-old-strip-malls-into-new-housing

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Woburn Mall, Woburn, MA." Record n-931e9a3bd5, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/woburn-woburn-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_woburnwoburnmall,
  title = {Woburn Mall, Woburn, MA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/woburn-woburn-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-931e9a3bd5, 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}
}
```

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.