Boulevard Mall is a shopping center located north of the city of Buffalo at the western edge of the Town of Amherst in Erie County, New York, United States. The name derives from its location on Niagara Falls Boulevard (U.S. Route 62), which divides Amherst from the Town of Tonawanda. Boulevard Mall features a gross leasable area of 904,000 square feet (84,000 m²). JCPenney added a large three-story store in 1970 (the third floor contains offices and storage). A small southern extension was added in 1978, a food court was added in 1994, and Sears added a store in 2000. The mall underwent a major renovation in 1997.Boulevard Mall opened in 1962 as the first indoor shopping center in the Buffalo area. Since its opening, a large commercial zone has grown up around it. Because of its proximity to the Canadian border, Boulevard Mall is a frequent destination for Canadian shoppers. On December 28, 2016, Sears announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 30 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2017. On October 13, 2017, Macy's Men's (originally Jenss and later Kaufmann's Men's, which operated on the first floor) closed. It is unknown at this time what will replace the two empty anchor stores at the mall.In December, 2017 the mall was turned over by its owner Forest City Enterprises to the lender in order to avoid foreclosure. It was later sold in 2019 to Douglas Development.Today the mall is anchored by Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, and Macy's (originally Sattler's, later Sibley's, then Kaufmann's). There is one vacant anchor slot on the north end of the mall, previously occupied by a Macy's Men's store. The previously vacant Sears store on the south end is now occupied by Gabe's Department Store.
The Boulevard Mall opened in 1962, and was the first enclosed shopping center in the Buffalo area. Since its opening, periphery retail surrounding the mall, primarily on Maple Road, Niagara Falls Boulevard, and Sheridan Drive has exploded. Anchored by a large, two-level 220,000 square foot, Buffalo-based Sattler's and a two-level 80,000 square foot, Lockport-based Jenss, the mall opened with approximately 30 stores and became an immediate attraction to costumers. In 1970, JCPenney opened a three-level 180,000 square foot store across from Jenss, and in 1978 the mall was extended on the south end adding approximately 30 more stores. In 1981, Sattlers was bought out by Sibley's of Rochester, who were, in turn, bought out by Pittsburgh based Kaufmann's in 1990. In 1994, the mall underwent a major overhaul as three restaurants, Bonefish Grill, TGI Fridays, and Honey's opened along with the construction of a 9 bay food court on the mall's east side which featured a carousel, a 1990s mall staple. During this makeover, the mall lured many uspcale stores such as The Disney Store and Abercrombie and Fitch. Following the opening of the Walden Galleria, seven miles to the south in Cheektowaga in 1989, Boulevard Mall underwent the overhaul to firmly establish itself as the number two mall in Western New York.
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