Work is ongoing at North Country Commons, 1206 Route 146, Clifton Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBy Jill Nagy<\/p>\n
North Country Commons, one of Clifton Park\u2019s oldest shopping centers, is in the midst of a major facelift\u2014 a new facade and a new layout\u2014and is welcoming new tenants, including a swim school and computer games parlor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Part of the center, at 1206 Route 146, is a former church that once housed an Albany Public Market. That has been divided into four smaller spaces. The occupant of one of them, Flipside Gaming, opened in November and already has customers lined up every morning waiting for the video and computer game facility to open, according to Howard F. Carr, a broker with Berkshire Hathaway Real Estate, who is managing the center and the renovation project.<\/p>\n
Goldfish Swim School, a swim school, already has 600 children signed up for lessons, Carr said. He represents the owners, Whitney Lane Holdings LLC of New York City.<\/p>\n
Another tenant new to the center is Clifton Park Beverage Center. The center already has outlets in Colonie and South Troy.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>Carr said the facelift project might be completed by the end of the summer. It has been a long haul\u2014two and a half years just to get necessary municipal approvals\u2014made longer by shortages of materials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
For example, it took three weeks to get plywood for the facade, something that normally takes two days, he said. Materials like plywood, steel studs, and electrical switching software are not manufactured locally and are in short supply.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t ask for price anymore,\u201d he said, \u201cIt\u2019s just, \u2018Can I get it?\u2019,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
One local roofing supplier has about 60 percent of his shelves empty, Carr estimated. Usually it is more like 2 percent. For another project, Carr is still waiting for 266 lighting fixtures he ordered in January.<\/p>\n
The total cost of updating the center was estimated at $1.5 million. Carr now calls that the minimum cost. \u201cEverything you purchase today has gotten much higher\u201d including such items as concrete, copper wire, and steel stud work.<\/p>\n
The investor group in New York City that owns the center \u201cis not balking at added costs, but they are not happy about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While the renovation \u201cwas not a total gut,\u201d electrical work, plumbing and improved air conditioning are included in the project.<\/p>\n
So far, no tenants are leaving and space is renting quickly, Carr said. Still, space is available and \u201cwe are always looking for tenants.\u201d If they run out of space, \u201cwe can build,\u201d he said. A new restaurant is a probable addition to the center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cWe are talking to a couple of different ones. We\u2019ll see what works out. I\u2019d like to get some food in there,\u201d Carr said.<\/p>\n
Carr took over the management and leasing of North Country Commons 14 years ago, when the current owners bought it. He has been in the commercial real estate business for 54 years, he said, and was involved in the construction and management of several other well established shopping centers and malls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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