Appletree Business Park

Appletree Business Park, formerly Como Mall and Appletree Mall is a one-level shopping mall 7.8 miles (12.6 km) west of downtown Buffalo, New York, between Union Road and Como Park Boulevard in Cheektowaga, a suburb of Buffalo. The mall had two anchor stores which once housed Hens & Kelly and the other anchor is currently unknown. The mall also had a movie theater with eight-screens located inside.
== Mall History ==
The mall originally opened in 1972 as Como Mall and was the second indoor shopping mall in the Cheektowaga area, first being Thruway Mall. The mall also had a Loblaws grocery store located inside as well. In 1985, the mall was renamed from Como Mall to Appletree Mall and the mall received a massive remodel with the renaming as well. The mall was doing rather well until 1989 when a new bigger mall was built literally down the street from the Appletree Mall. That mall was the Walden Galleria Mall. In 1991, as an attempt to save the mall, the mall was once again renamed to Appletree Business Park as an attempt to become more of a business park then a mall. In 1994, the last retail store left the mall and Appletree was pretty much vacant and dead. In the early 2000's, the mall was purchased by McGuire Development and half of the mall became an IRS office and Spectrum bought the other half on the vacant mall spaces. The mall is still accessible but the stores now consists of offices and telecommunication offices.
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