Photo from Dave Bronx
Buffalo-based Hengerer's opened in this building in late 1971. There were stints as Sibley's and Kaufmann's before Macy's moved in, in late 2006. Macy's went dark in early 2016.
Photo from https://www.flickr.com / Jack Thomas
By 2016, there was talk of a total reinvention -and demalling- of the shopping hub. We saved this aerial view while it was still available on the Bing server.
Photo from www.bing.com
In 2021, all anchors at EASTERN HILLS are occupied...but not for long. Middle anchors had gone dark in 2016 and 2018, respectively. Macy's became the Niagara Emporium; the The Bon Ton morphed into Raymour & Flanigan Furniture. Sears did an "anchors away" in late 2018. Its space became the BFLO Store, which closed in July 2022. In July 2023, forty-eight inline stores were given eviction notices, effective in mid-January 2024.
We submit for your approval a plan for the new & improved EASTERN HILLS TOWN CENTER. Structures remaining from the former mall are surrounded in blue. When completed, the facility will be Western New York's first town center complex.
Original drawing and graphic from https://uniland.com (Uniland Development Company)
