Crossgates Commons

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Crossgates Commons is a large shopping plaza that is split between Albany and Guilderland New York. It is owned by The Pyramid Company, but may be sold in the near future [1]. Crossgates Commons 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 1,300,000 square feet (121,000 m²) of retail space. Although Crossgates Commons is relatively young, it has already undergone 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.

The Wal-Mart located at Crossgates Commons became the largest Wal-Mart in the United States in 2008, when it expanded into a Wal-Mart Supercenter, now spanning 260,000 square feet over two-floors.[2]

Contents

[edit] Tenants

(left to right)

[edit] Upper level

[edit] Lower level

  • PetSmart
  • Jeepers!
  • Michaels (location formerly occupied by MJ Designs)
  • Wal-Mart--1st Floor (supermarket floor) [3].

[edit] Former tenants

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  • Sam's Club (Closed unexpectedly on May 1, 2006 due to lack of membership, and will become part of the new Wal-Mart Supercenter)
  • Mars Music (2000-2003) (lower level) Still vacant
  • The Big Party (1996-2000) (upper level)
  • Bob's Stores (upper level) Location now occupied by Sports Authority.
  • Kids "R" Us (1996-2004) (Moved from Northway Mall in 1996 to the upper level of Crossgates Commons. Location was occupied by "Giant Book Sale" temporarily). Now occupied by Golf Galaxy.
  • 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.
  • Tweeter (2001-2007) Closed in a wave of underperforming stores.
  • Old Navy original tenant, and one of the first in the entire chain: (1994-2008), closed in favor of existing branch at Crossgates Mall

[edit] Square Footage

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] WGY Story
  2. ^ Biggest U.S. Wal-Mart Supercenter opening in May-in Albany, N.Y. - The Business Review (Albany):
  3. ^ [2] TU Story

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