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.
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[edit] Tenants
(left to right)
[edit] Upper level
- The Home Depot (original tenant)
- Sports Authority (location formerly occupied by Bob's Stores)
- Tweeter
- Old Navy (original tenant, and the only retailer that also has a branch at Crossgates Mall)
- Golf Galaxy (Coming Soon in former Kids "R" Us.)
- 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!
- Michaels (location formerly occupied by MJ Designs)
- Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart will be expanidng into the former Sam's Club space on the lower level to create a rare two-story Wal-Mart Supercenter) TU Story
[edit] Former tenants
- 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) Now Tweeter.
- 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). Golf Galaxy will soon open in the space.
- 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.
