# Uncle Sam Atrium

Troy, NY · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-6fb9774175` · release 2026-10-21

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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | office, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Today, the mall along with the attached Frear Building is mostly occupied by office space and retail. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1979 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1994 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Carl Grimm | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The Uncle Sam Atrium broke ground in 1977 and opened in 1979.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam_Atrium
- **original_developer**: “It was not until 1976 that local developer Carl Grimm had taken up the project.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam_Atrium
- **after_notes**: “Today, the mall along with the attached Frear Building is mostly occupied by office space and retail.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam_Atrium
- **status**: “Today, the mall along with the attached Frear Building is mostly occupied by office space and retail.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam_Atrium
- **strategy**: “Beginning in 1994, retail space in the Uncle Sam Atrium was converted to office space for New York State agencies” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam_Atrium

## Anchors

Denby's, Carl Company

## Parties

- Carl Grimm — owner (from text) (1976–1999)
- Bryce Companies — owner (from text) (1999–)

## Timeline

- 1969: Idea for a large shopping mall to revitalize downtown Troy first presented
- 1973: Demolition for Phase One started
- 1976: Local developer Carl Grimm took up the project
- 1977: Broke ground on the mall
- 1979: Mall opened
- 1994: Conversion of retail space to office space began
- 1999: David Bryce bought the mall
- 2020: Farmer's market moved due to COVID-19 pandemic

## Deals and debt

- 1999 sale:  David Bryce   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam_Atrium

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Uncle Sam Atrium and Parking Garage is an urban office space, and parking garage in downtown Troy, New York,. Originally envisioned as a much larger $96 million shopping mall in the early 1970s, the project stagnated due to financial problems until local developer Carl Grimm put forth the financing to complete a smaller shopping center. Due to its small size, Troy's population loss, and competition from nearby larger suburban malls, the Uncle Sam Atrium became underutilized and mostly vacant by the early 1990s. In the late 1990s and 2000s, the mall was bought by David Bryce and saw most of its retail space converted to offices for the New York State Department of Health and Department of Labor. Today, the mall along with the attached Frear Building is mostly occupied by office space and retail.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam_Atrium

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam_Atrium

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Uncle Sam Atrium, Troy, NY." Record m-6fb9774175, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/troy-uncle-sam-atrium/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_troyunclesamatrium,
  title = {Uncle Sam Atrium, Troy, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/troy-uncle-sam-atrium/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-6fb9774175, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.