Malls · New York

Como Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtCheektowaga, NY

Reinhabited in 1991. · from the fields below

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Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

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Bike network nearby

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Grocery within 800 m

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Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +112% fhfa · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 13.3 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

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New use

Office

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From the authors' map

NY, Cheektowaga: Como Mall/Appletree Business Ctr, 1991
• Reinhabitation, office and education

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map
What is there now	Reinhabitation, office and educationauthors' map
Retrofit year	1991authors' map

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	52A, 52EOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	2: BIG D TIRE; MR D CLEANERS INCEPA FRS
Census tract 36029010803	2,046 people, 900 per sq mi; median household income $73,459; median gross rent $475; 24% renters; 6.9% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 13.3 of 20; 31 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 877 m; land-use mix 0.79; 81,446 jobs within 45 min by car, 37,997 by transit; 8% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 4 grocers, 0 schools, 1 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 2 food and drink; 13 cycleway segments, 23 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Erie County (NY), 2024	578 units in 5+ unit buildings, 46 in 2–4, 584 single-family; 2023: 404 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.54; socioeconomic 0.27; housing and transport 0.85; 16% below 150% of poverty; 7% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 5 within 25 km: Seneca Mall (7.1 km); J. N. Adam–AM&A Historic District (9.9 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 34,239 m², 5.406185150146484 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Tract change 2013–2023	population -0% (2,053 → 2,046); median income +57% ($46,750 → $73,459); renters 29% → 24%; median home value +78% ($107,600 → $191,900)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 37.0); expected annual loss $846,097; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	3,116 establishments (-7%); 49,839 jobs (-6%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $295,625 (+3% 1 yr, +31% 5 yr); typical rent $1,480/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2024	280 (2000 = 100); +1.3% 1 yr, +68% 5 yr, +112% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	27,827 vehicles a day on 277 (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,473 trucks; 35 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

The AppleTree Business Park (formerly the Como Mall, AppleTree Mall ... reddit.com
Appletree Business Park (formerly Como Mall) - Raw & Real Retail youtube.com
Como Mall - Cheektowaga, NY | American Retro Apparel americanretroapparel.com

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retrofit already built
county grew 3.3% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Appletree Business Ctr
County	Erie County
Census division	2 · Mid-Atlantic

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Timeline

1991 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Como Mall, Cheektowaga, NY." Record m-335d39f8e5, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/cheektowaga-como-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).