# W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus

Albany, NY · office-park · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-6d401482d8` · release 2026-10-21

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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | proposed | none |
| Strategy | redevelop, reinhabit | none |
| New use | data center, hotel, housing, mixed, office, retail | none |
| What is there now | The plan was originally envisioned in 2003 as a bold move to completely eliminate the ring road, demolish the existing buildings, and construct a hotel, commercial, residential, and high tech office space all integrated with the surrounding neighborhoods. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 330.0 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 3000000 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Columbia Development | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Parties

- Columbia Development — developer

## Timeline

- 2003: The plan was originally envisioned in 2003 as a bold move to completely eliminate the ring road, demolish the existing buildings, and construct a hotel, commercial, residential, and high tech office s
- 2006: Columbia Development purchased 12.6 acres of surface-parking north of Washington Ave for $4.2 million to add to its growing Patroon Creek Corporate Center.
- 2006: Buildings 1 and 1a were slated to be demolished in 2006 as part of that Albany Plan, funded with the proceeds from the parking lot sale to Columbia Development.
- 2007: That far-reaching plan, however, was scrapped by Governor Eliot Spitzer in 2007.
- 2010: Columbia Development will begin with just a five to 15-acre parcel in the northwest corner of the campus and has a one-year window starting in 2010 to market it for development.
- 2015: As of 2015, the buildings have been demolished.
- 2016: In July 2016, New York State released a Request for Proposals for a 27-acre part of the Harriman Campus for sale to private investment.

## Deals and debt

- 2006 sale: 4200000.0 Columbia Development   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Averell_Harriman_State_Office_Building_Campus

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

The W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus is an office park in western Albany, New York, United States that houses sixteen New York State Government office buildings. The land totals roughly 330 acres (130 ha) and over 3 million square feet (280,000 m2) of office space, and about 7,000 state employees work there. The campus was built during the 1950s and 1960s in a suburban, car-oriented style bordered by an outer ring road that cuts the campus off from the surrounding neighborhoods. The campus is flanked by Washington Avenue to the north, Western Avenue to the south, University at Albany to the west, and New York State Route 85 to the east.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Averell_Harriman_State_Office_Building_Campus

## Sources

- W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Averell_Harriman_State_Office_Building_Campus

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus, Albany, NY." Record n-6d401482d8, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/ny/albany-w-averell-harriman-state-office-building-campus/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_albanywaverellharrimanstateofficebuildin,
  title = {W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus, Albany, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/ny/albany-w-averell-harriman-state-office-building-campus/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-6d401482d8, 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.