# Cohoes Commons

Cohoes, NY · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-db303dd224` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/cohoes-cohoes-commons/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-db303dd224.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-db303dd224.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-db303dd224

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | office | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | office complex | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1987 | reported · Wikipedia |

## Quoted support

- **after_notes**: “The building is primarily an office complex at this time.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohoes_Commons
- **status**: “The building is primarily an office complex at this time.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohoes_Commons
- **strategy**: “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.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohoes_Commons

## Anchors

Cohoes Specialty Stores

## Parties

- Cohoes Specialty Stores chain — owner (from text) (1987–1989)
- Burlington Coat Factory — owner (from text) (1989–1995)
- Mohawk Group — owner (from text) (1987–1995)

## 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

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

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.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for after_notes — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohoes_Commons

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Cohoes Commons, Cohoes, NY." Record m-db303dd224, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/cohoes-cohoes-commons/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_cohoescohoescommons,
  title = {Cohoes Commons, Cohoes, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/cohoes-cohoes-commons/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-db303dd224, 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.