Boulevard Mall

Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Boulevard Mall
opening_date = 1962
location = Amherst, New York


number_of_stores = 106
number_of_anchors = 4
floor_area = convert|902000|sqft|m2|1
floors = 1
website = http://www.boulevard-mall.com/

Boulevard Mall, which opened in 1962, is a shopping mall located at the western edge of the Town of Amherst in Erie County, New York, USA. The name derives from its location on Niagara Falls Boulevard (U.S. Route 62), which divides Amherst from the Town of Tonawanda. Boulevard Mall is north of the City of Buffalo. The Boulevard Mall is a super-regional mall with a gross leasable area of 904,000 square feet (84,000 m²). [ [http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=NY0060 Boulevard Mall] , International Council of Shopping Centers. Accessed October 6, 2007.]

The importance of Boulevard Mall has decreased over the years as newer, and sometimes larger malls, have been built around Buffalo. Nevertheless, the mall has been upgraded several times in the past and lies in the heart of a large commercial section that has grown up around it.

Because of its proximity to the border of Canada, Boulevard Mall is a frequent destination for Canadian shoppers.

Anchors

*JCPenney ("187,640 sq ft., opened 1970")
*Macy's ("220,282 sq ft.")
*Macy's Mens Store ("40,000 sq ft.")
*Sears ("130,000 sq ft., opened 2000") [Fink, james. [http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/1999/02/15/story4.html "Sears proposes store for expanded Boulevard Mall"] , "Business First of Buffalo", February 12, 1999. Accessed October 6, 2007. "The Amherst Planning Board, at its Feb. 18 meeting, will hear a proposal to add a two-story, convert|128000|sqft|m2|sing=on Sears to the mall's south end. Sears would like to open the store by late 2000. The retailer would be an anchor tenant joining J.C. Penney Co., Kaufmann's Department Stores and Jenss Department Stores."]

Former Anchors

* Sibley's ("opened 1983, became Kaufmann's in 1990")
* Sattler's ("opened 1962, closed 1982, became Sibley's in 1983")
* Jenss ("opened 1962, closed 2000, became Kaufmann's Men's Store" in 2001)
* Kaufmann's ("opened 1990, became Macy's in 2006")
* Kaufmann's Men's Store ("opened 2001, became Macy's Men's Store in 2006")
* Kobacker's ("opened 1962")

References

External links

* [http://www.boulevard-mall.com/ Boulevard Mall weblink]