Crossgates Commons

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Crossgates Commons is a large shopping plaza that is split between Albany and Guilderland New York owned by The Pyramid Company. It is located on Washington Avenue Extension and is roughly across the street from Crossgates Mall which is also managed by Pyramid. The shopping center has a split-level design with stores on the upper level accessible from the front and stores on the lower level accessible from the rear. It opened in 1994 and has 1.3 million square feet of retail space. Although Crossgates Commons is relatively young, it has already underwent an expansion and some locations have had high turnover rates.

When the shopping center first opened in 1994, it had six original tenants: Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, Home Depot, Media Play, Old Navy, and MJ Designs.

Contents 1 Tenants 1.1 Upper level 1.2 Lower level 1.3 Former tenants 2 External links

[edit] Tenants

(left to right)

[edit] Upper level

• The Home Depot (original tenant)
• Sports Authority (location formerly occupied by Bob's Stores)
• Tweeters
• Old Navy (Original tenant, and the only retailer that also has a branch at Crossgates Mall)
• Circuit City (part of expansion project)
• Panera Bread (part of expansion project)
• Party City (part of expansion project)
• Wal-Mart (original tenant)

[edit] Lower level

• PetsMart
• Jeepers!
• Michael's (location formerly occupied by MJ Designs)

[edit] Former tenants

• Sam's Club (Closed unexpectedly on May 1, 2006 due to lack of membership) The still vacant space, which is located on the lower level, may be combined with the existing Wal-Mart to create a Wal-Mart Supercenter 1.
• Mars Music (2000-2003) (lower level) Still vacant
• The Big Party (1996-2000) (upper level) Now Tweeter.
• Bob's Stores (upper level) Location now occupied by Sports Authority.
• Kids "R" Us (upper level, location was occupied by "Giant Book Sale" temporarily). Vacant
• Homeplace (upper level) Moved into former Media Play in 1997 and closed after only 11 months in the shopping center. Later became Bob's Stores (1998-2004), and is now Sports Authority.
• Media Play (original tenant on upper level when Crossgates Commons opened in 1994, closed in 1997.) Became Homeplace, then Bob Stores, and is now Sports Authority.
• MJ Designs (1994-1999) (original tenant). Now Michaels.

[edit] External links

• Crossgates Commons (Pyramid Company web site)
• Crossgates Commons (Crossgates Mall web site)
• Times Union article about Crossgates Commons' expansion
• Crossgates Mall