Partial demolition of the Woburn Mall could begin in March as part of a redevelopment that will add a cinema complex, new restaurants and retailers and 350 apartments at the 23-acre property.

TJ Maxx, HomeGoods and DSW will move to new freestanding retail buildings replacing the interior section of the mall, along with a new Homesense store. The lifestyle center component will add up to three full-service restaurants and an eight-screen cinema. Market Basket will remain in its existing location.

Woburn city councilors this week unanimously approved a Chapter 40R overlay zoning district for the property. The state’s “smart growth” law provides incentive payments to communities that approve multifamily housing near transit stations. The mall is near the Mishawum station on the MBTA Commuter Rail’s Lowell line.

The vote clears the way for developer Edens to submit a site plan to the city council.

Brad Dumont, a managing director and head of Edens’ Northeast region, said demolition of the in-line mall section could begin in late winter. Most of the existing tenants already have vacated the enclosed mall section.

TJ Maxx will remain open until its new building is completed in approximately a year, Dumont said. AvalonBay Communities is partnering with Edens on the apartment complex, to be built on the northwestern corner of the property.

The new lifestyle center portion will include up to three full-service restaurants and a handful of fast-casual operators, Dumont said.

The redevelopment reduces the property’s retail square-footage by approximately 100,000 square feet to 245,000.

Several other shopping malls in Massachusetts are being updated to reflect declining demand for traditional brick-and-mortar space, with landlords adding housing and food courts.

Simon Property Group is redeveloping the former Sears and Sears Auto space at the Burlington Mall into a 196,000-square-foot lifestyle center called the Burlington Mall Retail Collection. A new retail and restaurant building will replace the Sears Auto building, and the former Sears space will be replaced with restaurants and multitenant retail space.

Hanover Mall owner PECO Real Estate Partners continues to seek approval for its conversion to an open-air lifestyle center with 297 new apartments.

And in Springfield, owner Mountain Development Corp. has hired Cushman & Wakefield to market its 87-acre Eastfield Mall property and is touting the property’s potential for additional development including housing.