Malls · Massachusetts

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 Facebook

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ULI reference

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Website alive

This 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 km

This site: 1,169 units in 12 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This 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 m

This 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 m

This site: Waldo Street Police Station; Enterprise Building nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Opportunity Zone

This site: 25027731700 hud-oz · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 92% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +134% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract population up 25%+ since 2013

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

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 17 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets record · all sites with this

New use

Mixed use

This 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

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
Strategy	RedevelopedWikidata reported
What is there now	Redevelopment: mixed use, new streetsauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2010authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	39: BANCROFT MOTORS INC; BANCROFT TIRE CENTER; BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY; BRADY FLAHERTY INK CO INC; CHANDLER AUTO BODYEPA FRS
Census tract 25027731700	3,711 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 Zone	yes, tract 25027731700 (rural)HUD
National Register places within 500 m	15: Waldo Street Police Station; Enterprise Building; WCIS Bank; Slater BuildingNPS
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 0.83; socioeconomic 0.71; housing and transport 1.00; 44% below 150% of poverty; 24% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 5 within 25 km: Greendale Mall (3.9 km); Auburn Mall (7.2 km)computed
Overture Maps	place 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 social	en.wikipedia.org (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	57,070 since 2015; 3,753 in the last 12 months (-6% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-03 with 838Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +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 km	12 LIHTC properties, 1,169 units: Plumley Village (428 units); Wellington 2 (180 units); Wellington (180 units)HUD 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	13,959 jobs; 226 in retail trade, 709 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 25027731700)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 38th income percentile as adults; 0.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (283 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; poverty rate 37.0%; median family income $28,561; 398 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Worcester School District (PK-12); 11 public schools within 1 mile: Ma Academy for Math and Science School; Learning First Charter Public School; Belmont Street Community; Chandler Elementary CommunityNCES EDGE
Elevation	482 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 01608, 2026-09	median list price $193,227 (-2.2% on the year); 7 active listings; median 88 days on market; 17% 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

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

The Galleria to CitySquare, a Worcester Odyssey: … kelleher-sadowsky.com
Worcester Center Galleria - Digital Commonwealth digitalcommonwealth.org
Worcester City Square - Benoit Design Group benoitdesigngroup.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
county grew 4.8% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	CitySquare, Worcester Center Galleria
Opened	1971Wikidata
County	Worcester County
Census division	1 · New England
Notes	Wikipedia 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.

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Timeline

1971 Opened
2010 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
Wikipedia: Worcester Center Galleria · 2026-09-02 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Worcester Galleria, Worcester, MA." Record m-79249f4f98, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/worcester-worcester-galleria/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_worcesterworcestergalleria,
  title = {Worcester Galleria, Worcester, MA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/worcester-worcester-galleria/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-79249f4f98, release 2026-10-20, tier: curated. 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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