Malls · New York
Cohoes Commons
Cohoes Commons opened 1987 as a fashion mall, faced foreclosure, vacated, partially demolished, and now operates as an office complex. · summary, model-written
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Site profile10 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 3 within 10 km computed · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 11 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 6 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisNational Register place within 500 m
This site: Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church; Music Hall nps-nrhp · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 89% census-acs · all sites with thisTract income up 60%+ since 2013
This site: +98% census-acs · all sites with thisWalkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)
This site: …index 18.7 epa-walkability · all sites with thisReinhabited
This site: …office complex extraction · all sites with thisOffice
This site: …office complex extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Operatingextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Reinhabitedextracted, unreviewed |
| New uses | officeextracted, unreviewed |
| What is there now | office complexextracted, unreviewed |
Site context
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
|---|---|
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 18: BERDARS SUNOCO; CALIBER COLLISION CENTER COHOES 4326; CITY OF COHOES WATER SUPPLY; COHOES (C); COHOES FALLS APARTMENT - 39-40 OLMSTEAD STREETEPA FRS |
| Census tract 36001012900 | 3,645 people, 6,296 per sq mi; median household income $50,956; median gross rent $1,072; 89% renters; 18.2% vacant units; 3.6% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 18.7 of 20; 156 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 198 m; land-use mix 0.85; 48,192 jobs within 45 min by car, 25,134 by transit; 58% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 6 grocers, 3 schools, 13 parks or playgrounds, 6 health, 11 civic, 26 food and drink; 11 cycleway segments, 41 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| National Register places within 500 m | 5: Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church; Music Hall; Delaware and Hudson Railroad Freight House; Dr. Jay McDonald TowersNPS |
| Housing permits, Albany County (NY), 2024 | 523 units in 5+ unit buildings, 28 in 2–4, 190 single-family; 2023: 394 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.70; socioeconomic 0.65; housing and transport 0.80; 34% below 150% of poverty; 22% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 3 within 10 km, 8 within 25 km: Uncle Sam Atrium (5.0 km); 5-story vacant warehouse (5.3 km); Latham Circle Mall (6.2 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 4,792 m², 3.5826358795166016 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 11,785 since 2015; 1,015 in the last 12 months (-5% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-12 with 155Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population +16% (3,141 → 3,645); median income +98% ($25,776 → $50,956); renters 80% → 89%; median home value +55% ($135,300 → $209,000)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively low overall (score 48.9); expected annual loss $910,312; community resilience very highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 1 LIHTC properties, 66 units: Cohoes Falls Apts (66 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 1,233 establishments (-6%); 20,596 jobs (-5%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $372,401 (+4% 1 yr, +32% 5 yr); typical rent $1,697/mo (+5% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 19,717 vehicles a day on 787 (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 810 trucks; 39 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Cohoes Commons opened in 1987 as a small, urban enclosed shopping mall focused on upscale fashion outlet stores. Ownership shifted among Cohoes Specialty Stores, Burlington Coat Factory, and the Mohawk Group, and a mortgage foreclosure in 1993 led to transfer to National Enterprises by 1995. By 2000 the mall was largely empty, part of the building was torn down in 2009, and today it operates primarily as an office complex.
Why. The record shows a mortgage holder filed foreclosure in 1993, prompting a transfer to avoid foreclosure, and later notes the building was largely empty by 2000 and partially demolished in 2009, indicating financial distress and vacancy as visible causes.
Where it stands. The site is currently operating as an office complex, though the record does not specify the present owner or controlling entity.
For a planner
- The retrofit followed a 'reinhabit' strategy with a new office use, as indicated in the strategy and new_use fields.
- No specific policy tools or incentives are mentioned in the record.
- Open questions include current zoning designation, present ownership, and potential for further adaptive reuse or redevelopment.
For a developer
- Site size is not provided in the record.
- Current control/ownership is unknown; the last noted owners are historical parties.
- Entitlement stage (permits, approvals) is not described.
- Constraints from context layers such as flood risk, transit access, or environmental conditions are not stated.
- Market signals from tract data (demographics, income, retail demand) are absent.
What we do not know yet
- Current owner and ownership structure are unknown.
- Exact site dimensions and building area are not given.
- Present tenant mix, vacancy rates, and lease terms are unspecified.
- Zoning, land‑use regulations, and any pending entitlements are not described.
- Environmental constraints (e.g., floodplain, wetlands) and transit proximity are not mentioned.
- Financial performance, operating costs, or recent investment activity are not provided.
- Some fields (origins, verified status) are marked as extraction or draft, indicating potential unreviewed model‑extracted data.
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Elsewhere on the web
Retail history: Cohoes Commons on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here
Pages with photos
- Cohoes Commons: Cohoes, New York on D… deadmalls.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| Opened | 1987Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Anchors | Cohoes Specialty Stores |
| County | Albany County |
| Census division | 2 · Mid-Atlantic |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.
Background
Cohoes Commons was a small, urban enclosed shopping mall in Cohoes, New York, mostly focusing on upscale fashion outlet stores. The building is primarily an office complex at this time. It is located on Mohawk Street.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1986 Plans for development announced
- 1986 Ground breaking scheduled
- 1987 Opened (Wikidata)
- 1987 Mall scheduled to open
- 1987 Mohawk Group purchased the mall
- 1989 Burlington Coat Factory purchased chain and took 50% ownership
- 1993 Mortgage holder and foreclosure filed
- 1995 Mall transferred to National Enterprises to avoid foreclosure
- 2000 Noted largely empty
- 2009 Part of original building torn down
Sources
- Wikipedia: Cohoes Commons · supports: after notes, status, strategy
12 quoted sentences
The building is primarily an office complex at this time.
The building is primarily an office complex at this time.
Instead, its purpose changed into an office complex when Seton Health moved in and later a unit of the New York State Department of Civil Service.
Plans for development of the mall were announced in Summer, 1986.
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