{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox shopping mall | name = Colonie Center | image = Colonie Center.jpg | caption = | location = Roessleville, New York, United States | coordinates = {{coord|42|42|36|N|73|48|58|W |display=inline,title}} | opening_date = November 1, 1966<ref name="colopens">{{cite news | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=enMhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q4gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=581,5956319 | title= Grand Opening Set For Colonie Center | newspaper=Schenectady Gazette | date= October 31, 1966 | page= 12 | accessdate= March 11, 2010 | via= Google News}}</ref> | developer = Homart Development Company | owner = Colonie Pacific | architect = Victor Gruen Associates<ref name="colopens" /> | number_of_stores = 110 | number_of_anchors = 6 | floor_area = {{convert|1340610|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colonie Center |website=Pacific Retail Capital Partners |url=https://pacificretail.com/properties/colonie-center/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> | floors = 2 (3 in Boscov's, Macy's, and Regal Cinemas) | publictransit = {{bus icon|12px}} CDTA bus: 1, 117, 125, 190, 355, 905 | website = {{URL|shopatcoloniecenter.com}} }}
'''Colonie Center''' is a shopping mall located in Roessleville, New York, a suburb of Albany, at the intersection of Central Avenue, Wolf Road, and Interstate 87. Opening in 1966, it was the first enclosed shopping mall in New York's Capital Region. The two-story mall has an area of {{convert|1340610|sqft|m2|0}} and 110 stores as well as a food court. In April 2013, the shopping center was sold to KKR in partnership with Colonie Pacific.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2013/04/09/colonie-center-sold-to-kkr-global-real.html| title=Colonie Center sold to KKR global real estate investment firm| date=April 9, 2013|accessdate=October 30, 2013|last=DeMasi|first=Michael|work=Albany Business Review}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/06/01/daily38.html?s= | title=Feldman sells stake in Colonie Center for $4.1M | date=June 4, 2009 | work=Albany Business Review}}</ref> On July 9, 2021, KKR sold its stake.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeMasi |first1=Mike |date=July 9, 2011 |title=Colonie Center co-owner sells its share in shopping mall |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2021/07/09/colonie-center-kkr-sells-ownership-share.html |website=Albany Business Review |access-date=July 7, 2024}}</ref>
The mall features the traditional retailers Macy's, Boscov's, L.L. Bean, Barnes & Noble, Whole Foods Market, in addition to a 13-screen, stadium-seating, Regal Cinemas & RPX. Previously, the mall housed a Christmas Tree Shops, which closed in 2023.
By 2019, the original Sears auto center had been reconstructed for both BJ's Restaurants and Ethan Allen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seritage.com/retail/property/1425-central-ave/3312583/landing|title=At Colonie Center|website=Seritage}}</ref> In August 2017, Sears announced it would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its traditional brick-and-mortar format. A number of potential replacement tenants have reportedly been in the midst of early on discussions with property owner and developmental arm Seritage Growth Properties. According the recent rumours, there have been reports of a Crate & Barrel or Saks OFF 5th, filling in for CTS (Christmas Tree Shops)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Manno |first=Melissa |date=July 5, 2023 |title=Outdoor retailer Sierra, not REI, to open in Colonie Center |url=https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/outdoor-retailer-sierra-rei-open-colonie-center-18185543.php |website=Times Union |access-date=2023-08-02}}</ref>
On June 29, 2023, it was announced Christmas Tree Shops would be shuttering after finding itself unable to satisfy their long-term established debt due to ongoing supply chain shortages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/christmas-tree-shops-to-liquidate-all-stores-ea53da39|title=Christmas Tree Shops to liquidate all stores|last=Matsuda|first=Akiko|date=June 29, 2023|access-date=June 30, 2023|website=The Wall Street Journal|language=en}}</ref>
On July 5, 2023 it was announced that Sierra and Floor & Decor would both be dividing and reconstructing the space which originally had been Sears.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://www.shopatcoloniecenter.com Colonie Center Homepage] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050710074551/http://www.ac-chamber.org/visions/visions12-96/feature/article_1.html Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce History of Area Malls]
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