# Crossgates Commons

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{{infobox shopping mall
| name = Crossgates Commons
| image = WalMart Supercenter Albany.jpg
| caption = Inside of Walmart at Crossgates Commons, the largest Walmart in the United States
| location = [Albany, New York](/source/Albany%2C_New_York), United States
| coordinates = {{coord|42|41|49|N|73|50|51|W |display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = 1994
| developer = [The Pyramid Companies](/source/The_Pyramid_Companies)
| manager = The Pyramid Companies
| number_of_stores = 15
}}
'''Crossgates Commons''' is a large [shopping plaza](/source/shopping_plaza) in [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) along [Washington Avenue Extension](/source/New_York_State_Route_910D). It is owned and managed by [Pyramid Management Group, Inc.](/source/The_Pyramid_Companies), who also own and manage the nearby [Crossgates Mall](/source/Crossgates_Mall).

==History==
Crossgates Commons is built within the [Albany Pine Bush](/source/Albany_Pine_Bush), one of the largest of the world's 20 inland [pine barrens](/source/pine_barrens). When Europeans arrived in the early 17th century, the Pine Bush was in use as hunting grounds and firewood supply of the [Mohawk nation](/source/Mohawk_nation) of the [Haudenosaunee](/source/Haudenosaunee) to the west along the Mohawk River, and the [Mahican](/source/Mahican) to the east, along the Hudson River. One of the largest remaining remnants of the [Pine Bush](/source/Albany_Pine_Bush) is located across Washington Avenue from the plaza, and is managed as the Pine Bush Preserve.

When the shopping center first opened in 1994, it had six original tenants: [Walmart](/source/Walmart) (then branded as Wal-Mart), [Sam's Club](/source/Sam's_Club), [Home Depot](/source/Home_Depot), [Media Play](/source/Media_Play), [Old Navy](/source/Old_Navy), and [MJ Designs](/source/MJ_Designs).

On May 1, 2006, the [Sam's Club](/source/Sam's_Club) at Crossgates Commons closed in favor of the nearby [Latham](/source/Latham%2C_New_York) branch.

The Walmart located at Crossgates Commons became the largest Walmart in the United States (and the largest outside of China) in 2008, when it expanded into a [Walmart Supercenter](/source/Walmart_Supercenter), now occupying {{convert|260000|sqft|m2}} over two floors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2008/03/17/daily44.html|title=Biggest U.S. Wal-Mart Supercenter opening in May-in Albany, N.Y.|work=[The Business Review](/source/The_Business_Review_(Albany))|author=DeMasi, Michael|date=March 17, 2008}}</ref>

==Description==
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 {{convert|1300000|sqft|m2}} of retail space. Although Crossgates Commons is relatively young, it has already undergone an expansion, and some locations have had high turnover rates.

==Square footage==
*[The Home Depot](/source/The_Home_Depot) ({{convert|103000|sqft|sqm|abbr=on}})
*[Michael's](/source/Michael's) ({{convert|35000|sqft|sqm|abbr=on}})
*[At Home](/source/At_Home_(store)) ({{convert|90000|sqft|sqm|abbr=on}})
*[Walmart](/source/Walmart) ({{convert|260000|sqft|sqm|abbr=on}})
*[T.J. Maxx](/source/T.J._Maxx) ({{convert|34000|sqft|sqm|abbr=on}})

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links==
*[https://www.pyramidmg.com/property/crossgates-commons/ Crossgates Commons (Pyramid Company web site)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001161247/http://www.capital.net/~force/tu91199.htm ''Times Union'' article about Crossgates Commons' expansion]
*[http://www.shopcrossgates.com Crossgates Mall]

{{Albany, NY Shopping}}
{{Shopping malls in Upstate New York}}

Category:The Pyramid Companies
Category:Buildings and structures in Albany, New York
Category:Guilderland, New York
Category:Shopping malls in Albany County, New York
Category:Tourist attractions in Albany, New York
Category:Shopping malls developed by the Pyramid Management Group

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