List of small shopping centres in Montreal

This is a list of small shopping centres in the island of Montreal.

Beaconsfield

Centre d'Achats Beaconsfield

Centre d'Achats Beaconsfield is a small indoor shopping mall (one of the smallest in the West Island) located in Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada on 50 St. Charles Blvd. across from Quebec Autoroute 20. The anchor of this mall is a Metro Plus. The mall is operated by First Capital Realty.

Built in 1959 as a strip mall, it was one of the many malls from Ivanhoe Corporation. Its original anchor was Steinberg's.

In 1992 its primary tenants were Steinberg's and a Canadian Tire store and later Steinberg's became Metro. In 1995, Canadian Tire relocated to a new standalone store in Kirkland, Quebec, while Dollarama, Wimgym & Royal Bank took over the lease.

The mall was sold to First Capital Realty in 2002.

Royal Bank moved to a new standalone location near the mall in 2008 and the mall's northern half was demolished (except for the former Metro store) and was replaced entirely with glass. Metro Plus replaced the former Canadian Tire store in December 2008.

Côte Saint-Luc

Centre commercial Côte Saint-Luc

Centre commercial Côte Saint-Luc is a small indoor shopping mall in Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1956 by Ivanhoe, it is now operated by First Capital Realty. The mall served as the head office of Ivanhoe during many years.

The first anchors of the mall were a Steinberg & Zellers. Prohome eventually took place of the Zellers store in 1987. Steinberg went bankrupt in 1992, and the store was sold to The Oshawa Group as an IGA store. Prohome closed in 1997, and Rona Le Quincallier took its place. That store closed in 2005. A Blockbuster store opened in the late 1990s, and closed in 2011. Jean Coutu, which relocated within the mall, took part of the space, and a Caplan Duval opened in part of the former Rona space in 2010. Also, in the late 2000s, IGA's store was remodeled by counting its exterior. Since inception, the mall has always had only two major anchors, and the current ones are IGA & Caplan Duval (occupying the former Zellers/Prohome/Rona space).

Montreal

Carrefour De La Pointe

Carrefour De La Pointe is one of the few enclosed malls of Montreal's Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough, having first opened on August 26, 1976 with Steinberg and Zellers as anchors.^[1] By 1981, the mall was sold to First City & ABRIM, then ABRIM & SITQ in 1990, later Ivanhoé Cambridge and finally the current Creccal Placements Ltée in 2004.^[2] By 1992, Steinberg went bankrupt and was sold to Metro as the company converted it to Metro. Fifteen years later the Metro store was converted to its sister brand, Super C. By June 2012, Zellers closed down,^[3] and was replaced by the current Walmart in October 2012.^[4]

The mall has also got minor tenants such as Reitmans, National Bank, Jean Coutu & Dollarama, as well as a two in-mall restaurants to date such as Pik-Nik & Montazza. There are also free-standing SAQ Sélection & Tim Hortons buildings.^[5]

Carrefour Langelier

Carrefour Langelier

Location	7373 Langelier, St. Leonard, Quebec, Canada
Opening date	1971
No. of stores and services	50+[6]
No. of anchor tenants	2
No. of floors	1
Parking	Outdoor
Website	http://www.carrefourlangelier.com

Carrefour Langelier is a shopping mall located in the St. Léonard borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada on the corner of Langelier Blvd. & Jean-Talon Blvd. The major anchors are Walmart & Ciné Starz, and minor anchors such as TD Canada Trust, Jean Coutu & Dollarama.

History

The mall opened in 1971 with the Marché union & Woolco. In the 1970's, the Marché Union was converted to Aliments Bonimart before being converted to Aliments Hypermarché and after IGA Boniprix; it eventually closed in the 1980s. In 1994, Walmart replaced Woolco. A standalone Burger King used to exist at the mall, but was closed in 2009 and demolished in 2011. By 2012, the Cinémas Guzzo theatre was sold to Ciné Starz.^[6] In addition, the standalone Burger King that was demolished will be rebuilt as an office complex in 2012. In October 2012, Walmart transitioned to a Walmart Supercentre, with no enlargement of its anchor retail space.

Walmart store at Carrefour Langelier before its conversion to a Walmart Supercentre in October 2012

Centre Le Cavalier

Centre Le Cavalier was a small shopping mall located in the LaSalle borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada located on Champlain Blvd., next to the Place LaSalle shopping centre. The major anchors were Maxi & Wal-Mart.

The mall began in the 1970s with a Woolco, Wise & Dominion Stores. By the late 70s, Wise had pulled out of the mall and its space was divided between Canada Post's sorting office and 3 boutiques on the mall. By the 1980s, Dominion became Provigo. By 1992, Provigo became Héritage. In 1994, Wal-Mart took the former space of Woolco after Woolworth sold Woolco to Wal-Mart. In 1995, Héritage was renamed Maxi. In the summer of 1999 the Maxi store in this mall was shuttered and used by Walmart as extra storage space. In 2002, Wal-Mart closed and they relocated to a standalone location next to the Carrefour Angrignon shopping centre and the last stores were closed too. The mall was demolished in sections between 2002-2003. The former Walmart store was removed in the autumn of 2002 to be replaced by an IGA Extra store. Shortly thereafter the former Provigo was demolished to allow for construction of condos. Canada Post and Scotiabank stayed in the mall right until the end in 2003. In the early 2000s space that had formerly been a Sunnys gas bar was cleared (upon demolition it was landscaped) and paved into new parking space to allow the vacant parking space adjacent to the Caisse Populaire to be redeveloped as a new Jean Coutu store.

Galeries Normandie

Galeries Normandie is a small shopping mall located in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada on the corner of De Salaberry Ave. & Quebec Autoroute 15. The major anchors are IGA Extra, Rossy & Bureau En Gros. Within the mall, there are standalone McDonald's, SAQ & Tim Hortons/Thai Express buildings.

The mall began with the Steinberg, Dominion Stores & Pascal during the 1960s. In the 1980s, the Dominion Stores became Provigo. Pascal closed on May 16, 1991. Pascal's location was converted between mall space & Rossy, even though Pascal had a second floor (now office spaces). In 1990/91, the Steinberg became Xtra, the new discount supermarket division for the group. By 1992, Xtra was converted to IGA when Steinberg went bankrupt. Loblaws acquired Provigo in 1998, and Provigo closed in 2007. Provigo's vacant space became Baron Sports for a little while until the IGA moved to the former Provigo space and expanded the space to become the current IGA Extra. Later on, the former Steinberg store was divided to both a Bureau En Gros & Pharmaprix (which can only be accessed outdoor). By 2011, Blockbuster closed down.

Méga Centre Côte-Vertu

Méga Centre Côte-Vertu is a power centre located in Montreal, Quebec's St. Laurent borough at the corner of Côte-Vertu Blvd. & Bégin Street. The main anchors are Rona L'entrepôt, a Bikini Village warehouse, Bureau En Gros & Economax. The mall began in the 1970s as Le Bazar, an enclosed mall. During the 2000s, the indoor mall format and Le Bazar name were both retired. Le Bazar was notable for having the Quebec's first Club Price warehouse store, the precursor to Costco, although the store at this location is no longer in operation in this shopping centre and has been replaced by Rona L'entrepôt.

Place Lasalle

Place LaSalle is a small shopping mall located in the LaSalle borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The major anchors are Super C, Cineplex Odeon, Hart, and to a lesser extent, Pharmaprix.

Place LaSalle was opened in the 1960s with a Steinberg's, Miracle Mart and Greenberg as the main anchors. There was also an outparcel that was home to a Fina Service Centre (this would later become McDonalds and Yellow shoes). Along with the now-defunct Centre Le Cavalier, Place Lasalle was one of the first indoor malls of LaSalle.

Initially the mall was built as a 2 store unit (Miracle Mart and Steinbergs) with a Fina service centre outparcel (later McDonalds); the mall was added shortly after with a section going from the end of Miracle Mart towards Gagne street. In the early 80s the mall was extended towards the Steinberg store (Steinbergs only gained mall access with this renovation). There was an attempt in 1988 to modernize the mall due to competition from other malls. This included a new entrance facing Champlain leading to an attempt at creating a food court. Around this time the former Greenberg space became Géant des Aubaines (it later became Dollarama)

In 1986, Miracle Mart was renamed as M. In 1991, to try levelling with Maxi, Héritage and Super C (known at the time as Super Carnaval) the Steinberg was converted to Sélex, a discount supermarket. By 1992, when the Steinberg group went bankrupt, Sélex became a Metro, and the M store was closed. In 1994, a 12-screen Cineplex Odeon and GoCart track took over the lease of M.

In the early 2000s, Hart replaced the GoCart track. Somewhat around the mid/late-2000s, the Metro store was converted as a Metro Plus. In May 2010, Metro Plus was converted to Super C and Pharmaprix was relocated to a standalone building, joining the McDonald's (which has since been demolished & rebuilt due to the classic look of the building), Tim Hortons & SAQ buildings. Since then, the mall has started to experience such a decline, making Place LaSalle a dead mall due to increased competition up against larger rival Carrefour Angrignon & smaller rival Place Newman. To ensure its death, lease renewals were refused by management, in favour of dividing the land between condominiums and the more profitable outdoor mall concept. In mid-October 2011, a National Bank of Canada opened next to the SAQ. Place LaSalle is currently under heavy renovation, but is still open. The new mall should open in Winter.

In 2011, Arcade Fire filmed parts of their music video for 'Sprawl II' inside Place LaSalle and its parking lot.

Pointe-Claire

Complexe Pointe-Claire

Complexe Pointe Claire is one of the West Island's largest strip malls, located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada, on Saint-Jean Boulevard at the Quebec Autoroute 40. Owned by Westcliff, the major anchors of this mall are Maxi & Cie, Future Shop, Chapters and Toys "R" Us. Restaurants are Subway (the first Pointe Claire location), La Cage aux Sports, Sushi Shop and Le Chocolat Belge, as well as a McKibbins pub to name a few.

The mall opened in 1987 with Maxi, Litrerie Etc. and Toys "R" Us as anchors; the latter being the only original anchor of the mall. A a six-screen Cineplex Odeon theatre opened in 1988. By 1995, Litrerie Etc. and Consumers Distributing were both closed. Future Shop and Globo Shoes shortly took over the former spots. The following year, Red Lobster (which withdrew from Quebec at the time) and the National Bank of Canada were closed; the latter would reappear during the time when Maxi & Cie replaced Maxi in 1997. The Nature Pet Centre was relocated to Red Lobster's old location; welcoming the old Nature Pet Centre site to house the current Chapters. A Dic Ann's restaurant operated within the mall, but closed down in 1999. The former Dic Ann's space is now Reitmans, which also occupies the former space of the National Bank. Around 2002, CIBC and the Nature Pet Centre replaced the old Cineplex Odeon site (which closed in 2001); causing closure of the National Bank inside the Maxi & Cie store and the current Nature Pet Centre entrance was where it housed Dollar ou Deux. The old Nature Pet Centre location became a J. Schreters store, which also in turn, closed. Today, Addition Elle is located at the former Red Lobster site. Cohoes went bankrupt in 2005, and that store had been there since the mall's inception. A McKibbins takes the former Cohoes space.

Le Centre Terrarium

Le Centre Terrarium (formerly Terrarium Pointe-Claire until 1997) is as strip mall with two sectors located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec. Popular stores include Walmart, The Home Depot, Domino's Pizza, L'Equipeur, Tim Hortons, Pier 1 Imports, Pennington's and Subway. It also houses a free-standing TD Canada Trust.

The mall began in the 1970s with a Kmart (which closed in 1983 and later became Zellers, a CIBC and a Dominion supermarket (which pulled out of the mall in 1983 even though the space had remained empty until Famous Players moved to that space). It was Pointe Claire's third-largest indoor shopping mall behind Fairview Pointe-Claire and Plaza Pointe-Claire until the indoor space was converted to sports stores in 2005. When it was an indoor shopping mall, most stores, such as Domino's Pizza and CIBC were moved to Complexe Pointe-Claire) or other nearby locations. Other tenants such as Famous Players, L'Ile du Dollar, Coiffure Maxicolor and Talons were closed in the indoor mall. Around 2010, Bernard Trottier Sports closed down, and Dollarama took its vacant space the following year.

References

External links

• Map of Centre commercial Centre commercial Côte Saint-Luc
• Place LaSalle Profile
• Place LaSalle
• Place Newman Montreal Shopping Centre Plans
• Complexe Pointe-Claire

See also

List of shopping malls in Montreal