The 60 year old shopping concourse will become refreshed and feature the addition of an urban boulevard concept with office and residential elements.

Since its opening, periphery retail surrounding the mall, primarily on Maple Road, Niagara Falls Boulevard, and Sheridan Drive has exploded.

In 2014, after years of declining patronage and vacancies, it was announced that the food court would close and make way for a new Dick's Sporting Goods.

Chains such as Charlotte Russe, Banana Republic, Hollister, The Children's Place, PacSun and others began to leave.

By 2019, after changing ownership, leases were no longer being renewed and many of the inline stores left for the massive development proposed at the mall.

This abrupt closure served as the death knell for many inline stores hanging on by a thread, and when the mall reopened in the summer of 2020, many did not return.

Throughout the early 2020's many national chains that were still left continued the exodus, including Victoria's Secret and Pink, American Eagle, Hot Topic, Kay Jewelers, Express and ExpressMen, Zumiez, Lids, Bath and Body Works and others.

The 60 year old shopping concourse will become refreshed and feature the addition of an urban boulevard concept with office and residential elements.

[6][7] In 2020, the town of Amherst was seeking a $10 million grant to retro-fit the 60 year old property into an upscale development in anticipation of a future extension of the Buffalo Metro Rail to reach the University at Buffalo North Campus via Niagara Falls Boulevard and Maple Road.

[6][7] In 2021, it was reported the Washington, D.C.–based Douglas Jemal closed on the purchase of the 63-acre site of the mall, and the adjacent Wegmans property for $30 million.