Hamburg, New York is part of Buffalo. A shopping mall opened in 1985 called McKinley Mall is located in the town of Hamburg just east of the New York State Thruway. The mall was set up for more than 128 retail stores and services, with seven being anchor spaces. Today the mall has 800,000 square feet all on one floor. The current anchor stores at McKinley Mall include Bed Bath and Beyond, Best Buy, The Bon-Ton, JC Penney, Macy's, Macy's Home Store, Sears, and Barnes and Noble. These anchor stores are not all located in the main mall. Some of the stores like Barnes and Noble are set in their own building adjacent to the mall.
Sears is the only anchor store to have been at the mall since it opened. The rest of the current anchor stores came between 1992 and 2008. The former anchor stores were AM&A's, Sibleys, Kaufmann's, LL Berger, and Kleinhans. Sibley's was bought out in 1990 by Kaufmann's, which was then turned into Macy's. LL Berger became Kaufmann's Home Store in 1994 before becoming Macy's Home Store in 2006. AM&A's became the Bon-Ton.
McKinley Mall is currently under the management of Stoltz. Stoltz is a leader in shopping centers, office space, and industrial buildings. The company was founded in the 1950's as a real estate service business. In New York they currently have four malls including McKinley Mall. Mall hours are Monday to Saturday 10am to 9pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. The doors to the building open at 8am for mall walkers during the week and on Saturday. The doors open at 9am on Sunday for mall walkers. The decor of this mall is sophisticated, yet cozy. Shoppers can find numerous shops for fashion, accessories, and more.
Speciality shops include Claire's, Dakota Watch Co., Gap, Hot Topic, Icing, Piercing Pagoda, Sunglass Hut, Famous Labels, Gap Kids, Payless, Aeropostale, American Eagle Outfitters, Finish Line, Foot Locker, Hollister, Pacific Sunwear, and Zumiez. Health and beauty shops are GNC, MasterCuts, Nail Tique, Regis, Trade Secret, Ulta Beauty, Victoria's Secret, and Vitamin World. Hickory Farms, Hollywood Collectibles, Spencer Gifts, Things Remembered, and Tina's Hallmark offer books, gifts, and cards.
Entertainment and electronics stores include Blue Wireless, Cell Phone Store, AT&T, GameStop, KR Communications, Metro Com Wireless, More Wireless, and Sprint. Dipson Theaters is also located at the mall for a break from shopping.
McKinley Mall has a food court as well as restaurants spaced throughout the retail stores. Visitors to the mall can go to Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Comfort Zone Coffee, Dairy Queen, Mrs. Fields Cookies, Planet Smoothie, and Sbarro Italian. Other quick serve restaurants are Arby's, Casa de Tacos, Cedars Pita Pockets, Subway, and Wok-n-Roll. The mall has some sit down restaurant options located near the shopping center. These restaurants tend to be popular chains that can be found near most of the United States Malls, like Red Lobster or the Cheesecake Factory.
The mall also hosts events and sales throughout the year, which can change from year to year.
