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Cross County Center, also known as Cross County Shopping Center, an open-air
shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...
located at the junction of the NYS Thruway and
Cross County Parkway The Cross County Parkway (CCP) is a parkway in lower Westchester County, New York, in the United States. The parkway is a critical east–west connection throughout Westchester, having full interchanges with every major north–south high ...
, in the Kimball neighborhood of
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,
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. The mall hosts over 100 stores and restaurants, including anchor store
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, and is managed by Marx Realty.


History

Developed by Sol Atlas, Cross County Center opened in 1954 as one of the nation's first open-air shopping destinations. Its parking lot was built atop a former peat bog. The 72-acre site included a hospital in the middle of the mall campus complete with a rooftop helipad the Cross County Hospital closed in the early 1980s. The original anchor stores were Gimbels (later
Stern's Stern's (originally Stern Brothers) was a regional department store chain serving the U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The chain was in business for more than 130 years. In 2001, Stern's parent company Federated Departmen ...
, now
Macy's Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wi ...
), John Wanamaker (
Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...
) soon to be
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, and
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. Woolworth operated a main store and a garden store in the mall (the former is now mall space, while the latter was converted to Odd-Job Trading before becoming
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). Starting in 2007, Cross County Center underwent a new development and upgrade overseen by
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on behalf of the mall's owners, which was completed in 2012. The huge building that now houses Macy's Department Store (that was initially Gimbel's and then Stern's) has been enlarged by one third. It also features a new covered parking lot that is almost as large as the store; the underground loading complex has also been enlarged. The buildings housing the stores on Mall Walk have been renovated and look different, externally, than they did previously, and the
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around some second floor stores has been permanently removed. All of the smaller stores, such a those that housed cookie shops and lingerie stores, have been demolished. Nearby buildings have been extended, and one parking lot now faces several large stores. The former Cross County Hospital and Office building was converted to a
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hotel, with 155 rooms, an indoor pool, cocktails bar, business center and fitness center in 2015. In 2010,
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opened, and in 2015, Olive Garden and
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restaurants opened. On the north side of the mall, Wilsker's restaurant was located, and it was a diner. On June 6, 2019, it was announced that
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would be closing in late July 2019, after being there for 35 years. The mall has long been owned by Brooks Shopping Center LLC, jointly owned by Marx Realty and Benenson Capital Partners, and was managed by
Macerich Macerich ( ) is a real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers. It is the third-largest owner and operator of shopping centers in the United States. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned interests in 52 properties comprisi ...
since 2006. On January 17, 2020, Westfair Communications reported that Marx Realty took over the mall's leasing and management from Macerich and was working on redevelopment of the former
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space. On October 12, 2020, it was announced that
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signed a 40 year lease for 132,000 sq. ft. of space in the former
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building. In late 2021, it was announced that
Westchester Community College Westchester Community College (WCC) is a public community college in Valhalla, New York, in Westchester County. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. History New York Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences becomes Westc ...
would expand their current Yonkers campus at Cross County into the third floor of the new
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store building. WCC will add 30,000 square feet of space, using it to build new lab spaces, and new design school, and expand their current academic offerings at the campus.


Name

"Cross County Center" is the official name of the shopping center.


The Mall at Cross County

Adjacent to the Cross County Center, at 750 Central Park Avenue, is an indoor, air conditioned mall called The Mall at Cross County, which hosts a variety of stores and a large covered parking garage. Current tenants include
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,
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,
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,
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, and
Micro Center Micro Center is an American computer retail store, headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio. It was founded in 1979, and , has 25 stores in 16 states. History Micro Center was founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1979 by John Baker and Bill Bayne, two forme ...
. The mall first opened in 1987 as Cross County Square and had different stores than today, such as Thriftway Drug, Finders Keepers,
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, plus various specialty stores and restaurants. Before 2009, the mall also hosted a Circuit City on the second floor. In 2010,
Micro Center Micro Center is an American computer retail store, headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio. It was founded in 1979, and , has 25 stores in 16 states. History Micro Center was founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1979 by John Baker and Bill Bayne, two forme ...
opened where the Circuit City was. Prior to 2017, the mall hosted a variety of stores and restaurants such as
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,
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,
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, GNC,
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, Nail Pro, Pizza In The Square, Subway,
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, and
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on the first floor, and
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, Kid City, Ideal Jewelers, and
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on the second floor. Before 2004, the mall also hosted a Kids "R" Us, which was the children's clothing chain owned by the
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brand. In 2017, it was announced that, as part of a $10,000,000 renovation to the mall, Century 21 would open a store which covered up the whole interior part of the mall, closing all of the previous tenants mentioned above. On September 10, 2020, it was announced that Century 21 would be closing all of its stores, including the Mall at Cross County location. The
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location, which was housed in a separate structure attached to the rest of the mall, closed in 2017 after a construction accident occurred when a
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fell through the unused portion of the roof parking deck on top of the store. The building was subsequently condemned and demolished, with plans to rebuild a new store. However, no timeline was disclosed for the construction of the new store, and as of 2021, the lot is still empty and construction has not begun.


Gallery

File:01 CCSC marquee.JPG, The iconic former marquee of the Cross County Center with Macy's in the background File:Cross_County_Shopping_Center_Sign_March_2012.jpg, New entrance sign File:New_Cross_County_Shopping_Center_April_2012.jpg, The new mall File:The_Trading_Rock_at_Cross_County_Shopping_Center_2011.jpg, The trading rock File:Cross_County_Mall_Marquee_March_2012.jpg, Marquee at The Mall at Cross County File:Cross County Shopping Center.jpg, The mall walk before the start of the reconstruction project


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