Cross County Center is getting a serious glow up. Marx Realty has kicked off construction on a two-building, 60,000-square-foot retail expansion plus a new four-acre landscaped park on the mall’s north lot, a move aimed at beefing up the mix of shopping, dining and community hangout space at the Yonkers landmark.
What’s planned
Marx Realty says the north-lot buildout will feature a 44,000-square-foot, two-story building and a 14,000-square-foot, single-story building, with the larger space lined up to host a national apparel retailer’s flagship store, according to Daily Voice. Infrastructure work has already started, and the project will fold in new underground parking along with upgraded vertical transportation on the north side of the property.
The plan also calls for a roughly four-acre landscaped park that Marx is billing as a new “front door” to the center, complete with an allée of trees, seating pockets and room for seasonal events and farmers’ markets, plus an adjacent boardwalk with café-style seating, Daily Voice reports. The idea is to push Cross County further toward a true town-center feel instead of a just-park-and-shop setup.
Center by the numbers
Cross County Center spans about 71 acres and currently totals roughly 1.15 million square feet, with more than 100 retail, dining, educational and entertainment tenants that together attract an estimated 14 million visitors a year, per Marx Realty and the center’s official site. Drivers can spot it from both the Cross County Parkway and the New York State Thruway, and the property lists its address as 8000 Mall Walk in Yonkers.
How it got here
This latest expansion follows a round of planning moves last year, when the owner sought amended site-plan approval to allow new construction on the north lot. That procedural step set the table for the current project and was first reported in 2024 by Westfair. Marx has been repositioning the property for several years, bringing in tenants like Target and educational space for SUNY Westchester as part of a long-term strategy to keep the center busy and relevant.
What it means for Yonkers
Developers say the park and new storefronts will come with programmed activity, including farmers’ markets, summer events and wellness programming, all meant to boost foot traffic and keep visitors hanging around longer. Earlier modernization at the center has already been a major local investment, and the Yonkers IDA notes that the property has been part of a more than $250 million transformation that helped support both construction jobs and permanent positions, according to the Yonkers IDA and local reporting on Target’s opening…