Stuyvesant Plaza is a major shopping plaza and office complex in the US state of New York

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's Capital District

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. It is located in the city of Albany

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, on Western Avenue (US 20

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), near the south end of the Adirondack Northway, I-87. The shopping plaza opened in 1959, making it the second oldest in the Capital Region, after Westgate Plaza

Westgate Plaza (Albany, New York)

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The shopping portion in its current incarnation is a U-shaped strip mall featuring high-end boutique style stores. Unlike most strip malls, there is no major anchor. As of 1987, the plaza consisted of 240000 square feet (22,296.7 m²). The office complex includes high rises and a number of low rise buildings near the shopping center.

Development

The plaza was built by Lewis A. Swyer and opened in 1959. Initially, it had 18 stores, was 170000 square feet (15,793.5 m²), and was L-shaped. By 1964, it had 35 stores and was U shaped, as it is today. Stuyvesant Plaza is on a 28 acres (11.3 ha) parcel.

Shopping Center Tenants

Over the years, tenants have included:

Tenant Name	Date Opened
Flah's	1959 (original tenant) (14,700 sq. ft.) (renamed to B. Foreman before December, 1986)
Howard Johnson's Howard Johnson's Howard Johnson's is a chain of hotels and restaurants, located primarily throughout the United States and Canada. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Howard Johnson's was the largest restaurant chain in the United States, with over 1,000 restaurants...	1959 (original tenant)
Stuyvesant Plaza Barber Shop	1959 (original tenant - 900 sq. ft.) (plaza terminated lease effective April 15, 1995 to expand Bruegger's - plaza refused to allow shop to locate in another section of shopping center)
Dad and Lad's	1959 (original tenant)
ACME Supermarket	1959 (original tenant)
Loft's Candies	before February 12, 1960
Western Auto	before June 30, 1960
Hammond Organ Studios of Albany	before July 29, 1960
Union Fern Showroom	shortly before July 30, 1960
Jug-O-Milk	before September 15, 1960
Hall Drug Corp.	before March 9, 1962
Ormond Shop	before September 10, 1962
W. M. Whitney & Co.	October 22, 1964
Golden Krust Bakery, Inc.	before February 11, 1965
Marcus Fabrics	before February 19, 1965
Lowe Bros. Paint Store	before February 19, 1965
Corbat's Shoes	before September 18, 1966
Miles Shoe	before November 11, 1968
McManus & Riley	before November 22, 1970
Richman's (card shop - later bought out Pearl Grant's to become Pearl Grant Richman's)	approximately 1970
Pearl Grant's (gift shop - later taken over by Richman's to become Pearl Grant Richman's)	approximately 1970
Central Markets	before February 29, 1972
Pearl Grant Richman's (replaced Richman's and Pearl Grant's)	1975 or earlier (went from 8,000 sq. ft. to 15,000 sq. ft. in August, 1993)
Grand Union Grand Union (stores) Grand Union is a supermarket chain operated by C&S Wholesale Grocers of Brattleboro, Vermont. Originally based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey , the company operated mostly in the northeastern United States but at times its reach extended into the Midwest, Southeast, and the Caribbean...	before May 12, 1975 (20,000 sq. ft.) (closed this location in September, 1987)
The Half-Size Shop	before July 4, 1980
Mrs. London's Bake Shop	1980 or earlier
Record Town	before June 17, 1981
Denby's	before September 30, 1981
Andy's Sporting Goods	1982 (7,000 sq. ft.) (planned closing before Christmas, 1989)
Crabtree & Evelyn	1984 or earlier (expanded August, 1993)
Plaza Sweets	1984 or earlier (became part of Pearl Grant-Richman's store in August, 1993)
Entre Nous (women's clothing)	before 1984 (1,236 sq. ft., planned closing December 24, 1994)
Hippo's Home Entertainment Center	1984
Wells and Coverly	before January 7, 1986 (closed in early 1987)
L'Ecole (restaurant, free-standing building)	before 1986
Posters Plus Galleries	before January 7, 1986
Londonderry	before August 26, 1986
Dandelion Green	before September 7, 1986
Lady Madonna	before September 7, 1986
Bruegger's Bruegger's Bruegger's Enterprises, Inc., and wholly owned subsidiary Threecaf Brands Canada, Inc., are franchisers and operators of Bruegger's bakery-cafés, Timothy's World Coffee, mmmuffins, and Michel's Baguette....	before September 30, 1986
Brooks Drugs	before October 23, 1986
Frivolous	November, 1986
Jean Paul Coiffures (hair salon)	November, 1986
Laura Taylor Ltd.	November, 1986
Shelly's Tall Fashions	November, 1986 (closed February 18, 1988)
Guess What? Ltd. (crafts store)	before October 23, 1986
B. Foreman (successor to Flah's -company purchased Flah's in 1984)	before December 24, 1986 (closed late January, 1990)
Stuyvesant Liquors	approximately 1987
TGI Friday's	before February 8, 1987
French Boot Shop	before April 5, 1987
Edleez Tobacco	before June 21, 1987
Emil J. Nagengast Florist	June 1, 1997
Giggles	before September 6, 1987 (closed December, 1991)
Toys in My Room	September/October 1987
Cheese Connection	before October 18, 1987
Great Presentations	before February 11, 1988
Greenhut Galleries	before March 13, 1988
Albany Gallery Inc.	before March 13, 1988
Delmar Bootery	September, 1988 (1,450 sq. ft.)
Cowan & Lobel Gourmet Marketplace	October 1, 1988 (10,500 sq. ft. in former Grand Union location) (13,000 sq. ft. by 1991)
Argersinger's Specialty Fashion Store	before January, 1989 (closed January 5, 1989)
Green's Office Outfitters	before August 22, 1989
Drue Sanders Custom Jewelers	before December 14, 1989 (moved from this location in late January, 1995)
Zizi Eton (high-end women's fashion)	before December 14, 1989
Laura Taylor, Ltd.	before December 14, 1989
Records 'N Such	before December 17, 1989
Book House	before December 27, 1989
Community Box Offices	before December 27, 1989
Peaches 'n Creme	before April 25, 1990
TCBY TCBY TCBY is an international franchise chain of frozen yogurt stores based in the United States. It is the largest U.S. retailer of soft-serve frozen yogurt with live active cultures....	June, 1990
Talbots Talbots Talbots is a specialty retailer and direct marketer of women’s classic clothing, shoes and accessories. Established in 1947, the company sells items such as the blazer, trench, white shirt, ballet flats and pearls....	September 20, 1990
Tough Traveler	before March 28, 1991 (closed location May 15, 1993)
Danker Florist	before April 7, 1991
Dinapoli Opticians	before April 7, 1991
Argus Travel	before April 7, 1991
U.S. Postal Office	before April 7, 1991
Executive Cleaners	before April 7, 1991
TrustCo Bank TrustCo Bank Trustco Bank is a commercial bank within the United States. Trustco was founded in Schenectady, New York in 1902 and is now headquartered in Glenville, NY. Trustco has 134 branches spread among New York, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Vermont...	before April 7, 1991
Woolworth's F. W. Woolworth Company The F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first successful Woolworth store was opened on July 18, 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store"...	before April 7, 1991 (closed before late 1994)
Honigsbaum's	before May 12, 1991
Kaplan Center	before November 1, 1991
Dime Savings Bank	before November 7, 1991 (closed December, 1991)
Rooters Sports Cafe (sports bar - free-standing building)	1991 (closed by early 1992)
Ginger Snips (children's clothing)	June, 1992
Rugged Bear (junior outerwear and equipment - MA-based chain)	August, 1992
Mangia's (Italian restaurant - replaced Rooters Sports Cafe - free-standing building)	after May 29, 1992
Chase Manhattan Bank	before May 16, 1993
Something Special	before December 27, 1993
Jos. A. Bank JoS. A. Bank Clothiers Joseph A. Bank Clothiers, Inc., also known by the abbreviated name JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, is an American manufacturer-retailers of men's classically-styled tailored and casual clothing, sportswear, footwear and accessories...	September 22, 1994 (6,400 sq. ft. took over some of former Woolworth store's space)
The Deli	before December, 1994 (closed before December 6, 1994)
Frank Adams Jewelers	after January, 1995
Rugged Mountain	after January 13, 1996
Barbizon (women's clothing)	before March 13, 1996
Casual Set (women's clothing)	before March 13, 1996
Circles (women's clothing)	April 2, 1996 (1,300 sq. ft.)
Sotto Venti (clothing)	before 1996 (closed before 1996)
U.S. Postal Service store (replaced older smaller post office in different location in plaza)	September, 1997
Sprint PCS	late November, 1997
Color Me Mine	1997
The Toy Maker	before March 30, 1998
Emizack Contemporary Furniture	Spring, 1998
Silver Parrot	before July 16, 1999
Bountiful Bread Bakery	before July 28, 1999
La Femme Golf (women's golf clothing)	September, 1999
Provence (restaurant)	late 1999

Executive Park Office Complex Tenants

This section includes Executive Park Tower and low-rise buildings. Over the years, tenants have included:

Tenant Name	Date Opened
Pinkerton's, Inc.	before January 16, 1971
Strout Realty, Inc.	before July 13, 1977
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services	before June 30, 1981 (workers in Commission on Corrections and the Division of Probation moved mid 1995)
WTZA offices (Channel 62, Kingston, New York Kingston, New York Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, USA. It is north of New York City and south of Albany. It became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British Oct. 16, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga... )	before February 8, 1987

Facelift

By 1981, Stuyvesant Plaza as a shopping center was performing poorly. It was an average strip mall with no serious distinction. Consultants suggested the complex focus on discount retailers. However, the complex ended up focusing on small, high-end, non-chain retailers. It was predicted that this would lead to ruin for the plaza. The gamble paid off and a facelift was completed by the mid 1980s. The facelift caused the strip mall to be one of the top performers along the East Coast. By early 1987, there were 62 specialty retail stores at the plaza.