Built in 1969 as an enclosed shopping mall called Seneca Mall, it is in the Town of West Seneca at the intersection of Ridge Road (Erie CR 137) and Slade Avenue (Erie CR 91) immediately east of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90).

The William Hengerer Company originally sought to develop a location on this site in the early 1960s.

This eventually led to the development and opening of Seneca Mall in 1969 in direct competition to The Thruway Plaza.

The center was branded as a plaza called The Shops at West Seneca and its first tenant (Tops Markets) opened in May 1997 followed by Kmart in 2000.

[8] In 2019, Kmart would close their location at The Shops at West Seneca leaving Tops Friendly Markets as the only tenant.