Worcester Center Galleria

Worcester Center
Worcester Center on January 26, 2014
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LocationWorcester, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates42°15′44″N 71°47′55″W / 42.262225°N 71.79851°W / 42.262225; -71.79851 (Worcester Common Outlets)
Address100 Front Street
Opening dateJuly 29, 1971
Closing dateApril 2006
(demolished September 13, 2010–May 18, 2011)
DeveloperWorcester Center Associates
ArchitectWelton Becket and Associates
No. of stores and services126
No. of anchor tenants3 (Worcester Center Galleria)
5 (Worcester Common Fashion Outlets)
Total retail floor area1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2)
No. of floors2
Parking4,300 space garage

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.