[2][3] Stamford designer and architect Alfons Bach planned the initial section of the center in 1946, which opened on March 26, 1947, with 110,000 sq ft (10,000 m2) of retail space on a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) parcel.
[7] In 1958, in a third expansion of the center, Gimbel Bros. opened a branch of Saks-34th, which briefly formed a small four-store chain, positioned as an upper-middle-market, yet more value-conscious sibling of Saks Fifth Avenue.
In their place stood Stop & Shop, Bed Bath & Beyond, Staples, Michaels, Marshalls, Old Navy, Amazing Savings/Just-A-Buck, Dress Barn, and many other new tenants.
Anchors as of June 2023 were Burlington (taking over a portion of the space of the Bed Bath & Beyond that had closed earlier in 2023), Michaels, Marshalls, Old Navy, and a Stop & Shop supermarket.
[9][10][11] Other tenants include Staples, Five Below, Carter's, Ideal Image, Snipes, AT&T, Starbucks, LA Fitness, BevMax, and other small businesses along Sixth Street on the site of the old Professional Building (demolished 1997-1998.)