This spring, the Hallmark Store in the plaza at 76 Congress St. will close March 27 and begin a move to the Shops of Malta. The shopping center on Route 9 in Malta, anchored by a Price Chopper and a CVS, will give a section of the drugstore’s space to the new Hallmark. The gift store’s owner, John McNiven, is seeking more traffic for his business and looking forward to the new tenants coming into the plaza.

“We are going to remodel our Malta space and be able to offer more product lines,” he said. “We’re hoping to get in there by early May.”

--Jennie