On the horizon may be a total redevelopment of the mall. A new owner came on board in June 2019. They devised a plan to revitalize the complex as a mixed-use town center that would be known as BOULEVARD PLACE.
Drawing from Dover, Kohl & Partners

The new and improved BOULEVARD PLACE may even include a station stop on a newly-extended Metro Rail light rail transit line. This terminal would be one of ten along a prospective 7-route-mile Tonawanda-Amherst Extension.
Photo from Wikipedia / David Wilson