Lockport Mall
| Location | Total retail floor area 340,000 sq ft (32,000 m2)[2] | |
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| No. of floors | 1 |
Lockport Mall was an enclosed
Bon-Ton department store. First announced in 2007, plans for a Walmart
supercenter would displace the rest of the former mall building. The mall's demolition began in April 2011.
History
Lockport Mall opened in 1971 and was acquired by
Ames
in 1999; the same year, Montgomery Ward closed and became Rosa's Furniture. Due to the closing of Montgomery Ward, the mall started to decline. Ames closed in 2002, followed by many other mall stores.
Plans were first announced in 2003 to demolish everything but the Bon-Ton building and replace the mall structure with a Walmart supercenter.[4][3] By late 2004, only nine stores remained operational at the mall, which at that point was slated for closure.[5] Rosas closed in 2005. The theaters closed in January 2006.
The mall sat for several years until 2011, when it was finally demolished except for The Bon-Ton. Construction of the Walmart has repeatedly been halted due to
seagulls nesting on the site.[6] In October 2013, construction finally continued on the site, and it opened in 2015[7] The Bon-Ton announced its closure in 2018.[8]
References
- ^ a b "New York". Chain Store Age. 48: E53. 1972.
- ^ Fink, James (17 April 2009). "Lockport Mall owner in bankruptcy". Business First of Buffalo. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ a b Fink, James (17 November 2003). "Big changes coming to Lockport". Business First of Buffalo. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Haarlander, Lisa (20 November 2003). "Wal-Mart eyes Lockport site". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Linstedt, Sharon (17 November 2000). "Rosa's to open Lockport Mall store". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Olenick, Joe (2013-03-20). "Block of seagulls". Lockport Union-Sun & Journal.
- ^ "Lockport Walmart supercenter targeted for Aug. 15 opening - City & Region - the Buffalo News". Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ^ Thomas, John W. Schoen, Lauren (18 April 2018). "Bon-Ton is preparing to liquidate. Here's a map of all its stores". cnbc.com.
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External links
- Lockport Mall at deadmalls.com
- Lockport Mall demolition picture
- View of Lockport Mall interior hallway
- Flickr - some pictures of the mall
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