Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Boulevard Mall

Opening as the first indoor shopping center in the Buffalo area, the Boulevard Mall's name is taken from its prime location along Niagara Falls Blvd. The center opened in 1962 with a local Sattler's store which would go through the following transitions over the decades: Sattler's to Sibley's, Sibley's to Kaufmann's and finally Kaufmann's to Macy's. The mall was also anchored by a flagship Jenns store which would later become a Kaufman's mens store in 2000 and later a Macy's mens store. The space is currently now empty, but pics below will show it before it closed. JCPenney became a third anchor by opening a store at the property in 1970. 

The mall saw a small expansion to the south in 1978. A food court was added in 1994 and a major renovation occured at the property three years later. Sears would become a fourth anchor in 2000 and close in 2017. The food court was removed in 2015 and replaced with a Dick's Sporting Goods store. With two empty anchor spaces, future plans call for the mall to be redeveloped into a mixed-use property.







You may recall an earlier post I did that covered the liquidation of this Sears location.







































Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Former Kmart #4937

NOTE: This post comes from outside of the blog's coverage area.

We continue in Ohio with one last location Kmart location to tour. This location was a supercenter that was downgraded to a KFresh concept, just like Uniontown, PA was. However; I managed to actually visit this store during normal operations, allowing me to see the concept in person. I must say its really a shame the idea was never really rolled out chain wide. This concept was a breath of fresh air until it was pretty much abandoned. 




Unlike most downgraded supercenter locations, only a bit of floor space was lost thanks to KFresh.



















































With some additional machines in Little Caesars, I guess this store technically had two arcades.


A rare kmart.com pickup station



It has been made known public that Rural King has bought the property. But as of this time, Rural King has not yet opened a store here.