# The Mall at the World Trade Center

Manhattan, NY · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-4e37976d53` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/manhattan-the-mall-at-the-world-trade-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4e37976d53.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4e37976d53.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-4e37976d53

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Westfield World Trade Center is a shopping mall at the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1975 | reported · web research agent |
| Closed | 2001 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2016 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 125 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | reported · web research agent |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_World_Trade_Center
- **after_notes**: “Westfield World Trade Center is a shopping mall at the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_World_Trade_Center
- **status**: “opened on August 16, 2016.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_World_Trade_Center
- **strategy**: “It replaced The Mall at the World Trade Center, the underground shopping mall under the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_World_Trade_Center
- **enclosed**: “underground shopping mall” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **demolition_year**: “destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Sam Goody, Warner Bros. Studio Store, Banana Republic, Victoria's Secret, Gap, Borders, Coach, The Children's Place, Tourneau, J.Crew, Cole Haan, Sephora, Duane Reade, Johnston & Murphy

## Parties

- Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield — owner (from text)

## Timeline

- 2001: Destroyed in September 11 attacks
- 2016: Opened as Westfield World Trade Center

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

Westfield World Trade Center is a shopping mall at the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City, which is operated and managed by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. The mall opened on August 16, 2016, as the largest shopping complex in Manhattan, with 125 retail spaces. It replaced The Mall at the World Trade Center, the underground shopping mall under the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_World_Trade_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "The Mall at the World Trade Center, Manhattan, NY." Record m-4e37976d53, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/manhattan-the-mall-at-the-world-trade-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_manhattanthemallattheworldtradecenter,
  title = {The Mall at the World Trade Center, Manhattan, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/manhattan-the-mall-at-the-world-trade-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-4e37976d53, 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.