Crossroads Plaza is an outdoor shopping center located in Cary, North Carolina, United States.
[1] The Crossroads site comprises 237 acres (96 ha) and was originally developed by NCNB (now Bank of America), acting as trustee for the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio,[2] as a commercial development with an enclosed shopping mall plus 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m2) of non-retail space including a corporate park and hotel.
Site clearance and road work began, but construction was halted when a national recession forced the company to declare bankruptcy in late 1989.
The plaza opened in 1991 with anchors including Toys "R" Us, Uptons department store, Stein Mart, Bookstar, Pet Depot, Marshalls, REI, OfficeMax, Home Quarters Warehouse, and Phar-Mor.
Cary Towne Center, built in 1979 and closed in 2021, was located approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) from Crossroads Plaza down Walnut Street.