Bayside Expo Center

Bayside Expo Center
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Address200 Mt Vernon St,
LocationDorchester, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, United States
Coordinates42°19′18.07″N 71°2′48.95″W / 42.3216861°N 71.0469306°W / 42.3216861; -71.0469306
OwnerUniversity of Massachusetts Boston
Built1965 (as Bayside Mall)
Opened1983
Closed2010
Demolished2016
Former names
Bayside Mall
Enclosed space
 • Total space275,000 square feet
Public transit accessJFK/UMass on the MBTA Red Line

Bayside Expo Center (also known as the Bayside Expo and Conference Center) was a convention center located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Originally opened as a shopping mall called Bayside Mall in the 1960s, the mall later failed and the convention center opened in its place. In 2010, it was purchased by the University of Massachusetts Boston after the building went into foreclosure. After the building's roof collapsed from the weight of accumulated snowfall during the 2014–15 North American winter, the university demolished the facility in 2016. In 2019, the University of Massachusetts board of trustees leased the property to Accordia Partners. In 2020, Accordia Partners proposed redeveloping the property into a 21-building mixed-used biotechnology science park called "Dorchester Bay City". In 2023, the Boston Planning & Development Agency approved the Accordia Partners proposal.