Harborcreek Township has plans to give the old Kmart Plaza on Buffalo Road new life. 

On Wednesday morning, Harborcreek supervisors took steps to begin redevelopment in the Kmart Plaza.

They are hoping to get an appraisal and an offer to buy the property, supervisors have seen growth in the businesses around it and now want action from the owner.

"It's one of the busiest corners in Erie County, it's our busiest corner, if you look at all the growth around it locally and nationally just in the last year alone," said Dean Pepicello, Harborcreek Township Supervisor. "Clearly the problem lies, we think, with ownership. It's a big deal, we don't to everything we can as a municipality to help." 

Pepicello said they hope it will have the same success as the the Harborcreek mall. The township revitalized about10 years ago.