AMHERST, N.Y. — L.L. Bean is opening in Amherst next week.
The store will open Friday, Nov. 5, at the Boulevard, once known as the Boulevard Consumer Square, a company spokesman confirmed. The 15,000-square-foot shop will be next door to Barnes & Noble.
The Freeport, Maine, retailer specializes in clothing and outdoor gear. L.L. Bean has six stores in New York state; the closest is in a Rochester suburb. You can read the full story on Buffalo Business First's website.
The clothing and outdoor retailer announced in April it will open a new location at The Boulevard Consumer Square on Niagara Falls Boulevard, not at the former Northtown Plaza, soon to be known as Station 12.
In May of 2020, representatives from L.L. Bean asked the town to rescind and refund its building permit for the Station 12 site, but claimed the request came from WS Development, the project's developer.
The new store will be L.L. Bean's seventh location in New York State.