Author: Vicki Harris

First Columbia, in partnership with leading businesses, city, county, state and federal governments, is proposing a new community-minded grocery store, Bargain Grocery, planning to move into Troy’s North Central neighborhood. This will be downtown Troy’s most centrally-located large-scale grocery store and will serve customers from all walks of life, providing quality, healthy food to an … Continue reading “Grocery Store Coming to Troy’s North Central Neighborhood Community-minded “Bargain Grocery” Provides Food For All, With Dignity”

As Troy City Hall prepares to reopen later this month at 433 River Street, a number of other businesses headquartered in the historic building are also welcoming more employees back. First Columbia, which owns and operates the building, has taken the last year to evaluate how to make facilities much safer and adjust to the … Continue reading “First Columbia’s 433 River Street, Welcomes Back Employees & Visitors w/ High Tech Virus Protection”

Century Hill Works is the newest co-working space in Latham, New York developed and designed by First Columbia. The new space provides a professional space for businesses, freelancers, startups, remote workers and more. The new corporate shared workspace and private office facility is located on the first floor of 22 Century Hill Drive at Century … Continue reading “First Columbia Launches Corporate Shared Workspace in Latham NY”

19th Century Fitzgerald Facility to Become “Class A” Life Storage Facility TROY, N.Y. (10/16/20) — The historic Fitzgerald Bros. bottling plant in Troy will be rehabilitated this fall to become a high security, climate controlled, multi-story “Class A” self-storage facility. The renovations will span three adjacent buildings at 494, 498 and 500 River Street which are owned … Continue reading “Historic Troy Beer Bottling Plant to be Rehabbed”

Fortune 100 company, health insurer Empire BlueCross, a subsidiary of Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM), chose Century Hill Plaza in Latham, New York to move its employees to the brand new 150,000 square feet office building in 2019. The new building would hold roughly 1,000 of its employees and provide a more centralized location in the … Continue reading “New Albany Office for Empire BlueCross @ Century Hill Plaza”

First Columbia is currently focused on the completion of the 9th floor of 433 River Street, Troy NY. The newly added space to the existing building will feature a 10,000 SF rooftop event and meeting space for Mazzone Hospitality. The new venue will be known as Loft 433 and is taking event reservations with the … Continue reading “Troy’s Newest Event & Meeting Venue First Event January 2020”

October 29, 2019 First Columbia held a ribbon cutting/grand opening event for the newest addition to the company’s portfolio…227 Wolf Road a state-of-the-art Courtyard by Marriott & Residence Inn by Marriott dual brand hotel on the intersection of Wolf Road and Albany Shaker Road in Colonie, NY. The combined 130-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel and … Continue reading “State of the Art – Dual Brand Courtyard & Residence Inn by Marriott Now Open in Albany NY”

The Waterfront District is starting to enter its third phase, with construction of two new apartment buildings and a multi-level parking garage along River Street north of the Green Island Bridge. The first phase was the restacking of Hedley Park Place office building.  First Columbia worked hard at filling the 300,000 sq.ft. office property with … Continue reading “More Amenities Coming to the Waterfront District”

Troy’s Waterfront [District] continues its innovative redevelopment with the May 1st opening of the River Street Market. Located in 12,000sf of the 1918 wing in First Columbia’s Hedley Park Place Building, workers have uncovered and restored the original maple flooring and revealed the former Factory’s impressive concrete structure to create a truly unique Food Hall … Continue reading “River Street Market to Open May 1st @ Hedley Park Place, Troy NY”

April 2019, Deep Blue Communications will move roughly 40 employees from Latham, New York into the 4th floor at  Hedley Park Place, 433 River Street in downtown Troy.  First Columbia’s Waterfront [district], a master planned redevelopment project is known for attracting tech focused type businesses along with many other industries. Deep Blue Communications is a fast-growing Wi-Fi … Continue reading “Deep Blue Communications Moving to Hedley Park Place”