After months of speculation and anticipation among Western New York residents, confirmation has finally arrived: Costco Wholesale is officially coming to Amherst. The news comes through a deed filed Wednesday in the Erie County Clerk’s Office showing that Costco purchased the land for its new store from Benderson Development for $6 million.
While talk of a Costco store at the corner of Bailey Avenue and Ridge Lea Road has been circulating for quite some time, the company had not previously confirmed its involvement in the project.
In fact, neither Costco nor Benderson Development had publicly acknowledged the store’s identity…