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Boulevard Consumer Sq. in Amherst welcomes five new tenants

The Boulevard Consumer Sq., which is about the say good-bye to one anchor tenant, is poised to welcome five new stores. The 700,000 s/f plaza, located on Niagara Falls Blvd., will be seeing its oldest tenant, Kmart, close its 115,600 s/f store in January. Developers Diversified Realty Corp., has lined up five tenants for what will be the revamped Kmart store. All five stores should be open within the next 12 months. According to Town of Amherst documents, the Kmart store will be jointly occupied by Eastern Mountain Sports, Ultra Cosemtics, Christmas Tree Shops, OfficeMax and Old Navy. DDR is also planning a 7,100 s/f out parcel near the Kmart store that will likely house one or two restaurants.The center is anchored by such tenants Lowe's, Best Buy and Target.
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