Walden Galleria

Walden Galleria

"Eat, Shop, Play"
Location	Cheektowaga, New York, USA
Opening date	1989
Developer	The Pyramid Companies
Management	---
Owner	The Pyramid Companies
No. of stores and services	250
No. of anchor tenants	10
Total retail floor area	1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m2)
No. of floors	2
Website	www.waldengalleria.com

Walden Galleria is an upscale shopping center located in the town of Cheektowaga, a suburb of Buffalo, New York located east of I-90 and New York State Thruway Exit 52 off of Walden Avenue New York State Route 952Q. The Walden Galleria comprises more than 1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m²) of retail space, with 250 stores on two levels, including a food court and a movie theater. The Galleria has department stores, JCPenney, Macy's, and Lord & Taylor; with additional anchors including Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Forever 21, Old Navy, and a Regal Cinemas multiplex. The mall is owned and managed by The Pyramid Companies of Syracuse, New York, the same management firm that developed it.

Opened in 1989, Walden Galleria initially featured national chains JCPenney and Sears, along with regional chain Bonwit Teller, and local chains Sibley's, L. L. Berger, and The Sample as its major tenants; the bankruptcies of these chains in the 1990s made way for several big-box stores. Anchors Lord & Taylor and Galyan's (now Dick's Sporting Goods) were later additions to the existing mall property, opening in 1992 and 2000, respectively. The most recent renovation to Walden Galleria comprised an extensive $60 million renovation between 2006 and 2008, which added several new tenants, as well as a new theater adding 250,000 square feet of retail.