McKinley Mall

McKinley Mall

McKinley Mall Logo
Location	Hamburg, New York
Coordinates	42°47′04″N78°48′27″W / 42.7844°N 78.8074°W / 42.7844; -78.8074
Opening date	October 7, 1985
Developer	Zamias Services, Inc. [1]
Owner	Kohan Retail Investment Group [2] Summit Properties USA
No. of stores and services	55
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) [3]
Website	www.shopmckinleymall.com

McKinley Mall, is a shopping mall near Buffalo, New York in Hamburg, New York, at the intersection of McKinley Parkway and Milestrip Road (New York State Route 179) immediately east of Interstate 90 and the New York State Thruway. McKinley Mall services the Southtowns of Erie County, New York. The mall's anchors are Best Buy, Old Navy, Barnes & Noble, and JCPenney.

History

McKinley Mall opened on October 7, 1985, with 80 stores, including a food court known as "The Garden." It also featured anchors AM&A's, The Sample, and Sears. In 1986, a six screen General Cinema Theatre opened. The mall's construction was controversial in the adjoining town of Hamburg, because of the development it brought.

Local chain L. L. Berger opened a 40,000-square-foot (3,700-square-meter) store on August 15, 1988. Sibley's opened on April 6, 1989, relocating from the Seneca Mall. 1989 also saw the opening of the Walden Galleria 10 miles north in Cheektowaga. A super-regional mall, the Galleria helped accelerate the death of many aging surrounding malls including the Seneca Mall, and the Thruway Mall. However, the Mckinley Mall served the Southtowns of Western New York. In 1990, Sibley's was converted to Pittsburgh-based Kaufmann's. JCPenney opened in 1991. That same year, the L. L. Berger chain closed after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Their store at the mall became Kaufmann's Home Store in 1994.

Throughout the 1990s, numerous adjacent stores and restaurants opened, including Circuit City, Pier 1, Media Play, Dollar Tree, and Rosa's Home and Furniture Store, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and TGI Fridays. Outside the mall on McKinley Parkway and Milestrip Road, stores such as Home Depot, BJ's Wholesale Club, Toys "R" Us, Jo-Ann Fabrics, OfficeMax, A.C. Moore, TJ Maxx, Wegmans, and Aldi opened. Restaurants that opened outside the mall included Ruby Tuesday, Applebee's, Friendly's, and Outback Steakhouse. 1994 brought the opening of York, Pennsylvania-based The Bon-Ton, after they purchased Buffalo-based AM&A's the same year.

In 2006 it was announced that Bed Bath and Beyond would open a store in the Sears wing on the mall's western side while Best Buy announced they would open a store next door. In September 2006 Kaufmann's became Macy's. Barnes & Noble opened in 2008. Ulta Beauty opened in 2009. Old Navy moved into the mall in 2011, where KB Toys used to be.

In 2016, Macy's closed. In April 2018, The Bon-Ton closed when the parent chain went out of business. In February, 2020, Sears closed.

On July 28, 2021, the Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased McKinley Mall for $8.5 million. ^[4]

See also

• Walden Galleria
• The Summit
• Eastern Hills Mall
• Boulevard Mall
• Shops at West Seneca

References

1. Adamczak, Rick (January 19, 1989). "McKinley Mall Has Been Catalyst For Hamburg Growth". The Sun and the Erie County Independent. p. 15.
2. Petro, Michael (June 21, 2021). "Developer Mehran Kohansieh agrees to purchase but his intentions for property still unknown". Sun+.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
4. Hackford, Rob (July 9, 2021). "Sale of McKinley Mall approved by judge, objections from town and developer denied". WGRZ. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

External links

• McKinley Mall