Carrefour Laval

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Carrefour Laval
Map
Coordinates45°34′12″N 73°45′04″W / 45.57°N 73.751°W / 45.57; -73.751
Address3003, boulevard le Carrefour
Laval, Quebec, Canada
H7T 1C7
Opening dateMarch 28, 1974 [1]
DeveloperFairview Corporation
ManagementCadillac Fairview
OwnerCadillac Fairview / TD Asset Management
No. of stores and services300+
No. of anchor tenants3
Total retail floor area115,478 m2 or 1,242,990 sq ft (GLA)
No. of floors1
Public transit access
Websitecarrefourlaval.ca

Carrefour Laval (corporately styled as "CF Carrefour Laval") is a superregional shopping mall in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Chomedey neighbourhood of the city at the intersection of Laurentian Autoroute (A-15) and Autoroute Jean-Noël-Lavoie (A-440).[2]

At 115,478 m2 or 1,242,990 sq ft, it is both the largest enclosed shopping centre in the Greater Montreal area and the largest mall operating on a single floor in all of Quebec. Virtually untouched by the ongoing decline of indoor malls, it typically ranks among the top shopping centres in Quebec for its number of visitors as well as sales per square foot and has been home to many retail firsts in the province.

Stores

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The mall has three anchor stores: Hudson's Bay, Simons and Rona L'Entrepôt.[3] Various other stores, boutiques and restaurants are represented in the mall.

History

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Planning for a new mall (1969-1973)

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Construction of the mall was announced on February 27, 1969, by Steinberg's and Eaton's. The consortium announced that a 150-store mall would be built on a 20,000,000-square-foot (1,900,000 m2) property next to the Laurentian Autoroute, subject to the construction of the necessary infrastructure by the newly formed city of Laval.[4]

Construction was intended to start in 1971[5] but the project had been delayed after a zoning bylaw proposed by mayor Jacques Tétreault, that would effectively have given the Carrefour Laval consortium a monopoly over the development of the proposed downtown core of Laval, was challenged by the opposition and by members of his own party who founded his idea to be discriminatory and too restrictive towards other businesses.[6] Carrefour Laval finally broke ground the following year and undertaken by Fairview Corporation which had previously developed the shopping malls Fairview Pointe-Claire and Galeries d'Anjou.[7]

Timeline

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  • 1974: Carrefour Laval opens with major tenants Simpsons, Eaton's, Dupuis Frères, Pascal's and Beaucoup.[a][8] The L-shaped Carrefour Laval has 125 stores.[9][10] Eaton's and Beaucoup anchor the ends of the mall and Simpsons is at the junction.[10] Carrefour Laval has three owners: Fairview Corporation, Ivanhoe Corporation and Eaton's.[11][12] It has a size of 850,000 square feet[13] and occupies a land of 29.6 hectares.[14] Almost 200,000 square feet of it goes to the Eaton's store.[15]
  • 1978: Dupuis Frères closes.[16]
  • 1983: The mall increases to 1.15 million square feet by expanding to the west with 90 new stores and a Sears department store of 158,000 square feet.[17][18]
  • 1984: The Beaucoup concept is abandoned. Steinberg's and Miracle Mart now have their separate anchor spaces, although they remain side by side.
  • 1985: Miracle Mart is converted to M.[19]
  • 1989: Simpsons is converted to The Bay.[20]
  • 1991: Pascal's closes.[21]
  • 1992: Steinberg's and M close.[22][23]
  • 1993: Staples also becomes a tenant of Carrefour Laval.[24] It is located in a portion of the former Pascal's hardware store's.[25] Moreover, work begins to convert the space that had been occupied by M to accommodate what would have been the first Costco store in Quebec,[26] but this is halted when Costco and Price Club merge the same year, since there was already a Price Club store right across the expressway.
  • 1994: Rona L'Entrepôt opens on what used to be the anchor spaces of Steinberg's and M.[27]
  • 1995: Wise closes.
  • 1996: Les Ailes de la Mode opens.[28] Like Staples, it opens in the former Pascal outlet.[29]
  • 1999: Eaton's closes.[30]
  • 2000: Cadillac Fairview acquires full ownership of the mall.[31] Until now it had been co-owned by Ivanhoe.[31]
  • 2002: Carrefour Laval expands with 80 new stores and anchor Simons.[32] This expansion took place on the former spot of the Eaton's store which has been demolished.[33] The new section is characterized on a map as the southern eastern portion of the mall with the shape of an arc.
  • 2008: A newer, expanded food court and redesign of the flooring and ceilings is underway and scheduled to be completed in two phases by 2009.[34] The food court offers now 1,200 seats.[2]
  • 2009: The new food court opens with 22 fast food restaurants, 1,200 seats and an upscale restaurant, Table 51. This results in a small increase of the total size of Carrefour Laval (attributed to the northern part of the new food court) although insignificant in comparison to the mall's expansions in 1983 and 2002. Conversion of the old 1983 food court into retail space begins.
  • 2010: End of the work for the conversion of the old food court
  • 2011: Les Ailes de la Mode closes.
  • 2012: Crate & Barrel opens, in part of Les Ailes de la Mode's past location.[35] The rest is split between The Keg and P.F. Chang's.
  • 2014: Staples closes.
  • 2018: Sears closes.[36]
  • 2019: TD Asset Management becomes owner of the mall at 50%.[37]
  • 2022: Sears' former building is demolished.[38] Sporting Life opens in its former location[39][40] at 26,827 square feet.[41]

Transit accessibility

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Non-local car traffic to the mall is mainly accessible via the two major highways that border it: Highway 15 and Highway 440. Additionally, it is served by public transit via the STL, which has its EXO bus terminal located across from the mall, with bus service that connects to the Montreal Metro (via the terminus of the orange line in Laval).

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Beaucoup Steinberg was a hypermarket that consisted of a Steinberg's supermarket, a Miracle Mart department store, a Le Quick restaurant and a Pik-Nik restaurant all under the same roof.

References

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  1. ^ "The facts on Le Carrefour". Montreal Star. Montreal. March 27, 1974. p. 117.
  2. ^ a b Le Carrefour Laval. Quoted: 22 July 2015.
  3. ^ "CF Carrefour Laval - Stores list".
  4. ^ "Super shopping centre planned". The Gazette. Montreal. February 28, 1969. p. 1.
  5. ^ "New shopping centre for Laval". Montreal Star. Montreal. February 13, 1971. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Laval mayor rebbued". Montreal Star. Montreal. December 23, 1971. p. 3.
  7. ^ "Largest shopping centre planned in Laval". The Gazette. Montreal. June 10, 1972. p. 18.
  8. ^ "Carrefour Laval advertisement page". Montreal Star. Montreal. March 27, 1974. p. 97.
  9. ^ "Teamwork a key to Carrefour success". Montreal Star. Montreal. March 27, 1974. p. 99.
  10. ^ a b "Carrefour Laval original map". Montreal Star. Montreal. March 27, 1974. p. 128.
  11. ^ "Major outlets join force". Montreal Star. Montreal. March 27, 1974. p. 100.
  12. ^ "Laval plaza set to open". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 27 March 1974. p. B1.
  13. ^ "Fairview Corporation Annual Report 1974" (PDF). McGill Digital Archives. August 25, 2021. p. 3. Retrieved August 25, 2021.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ Aubin, Henry (1977). City for Sale: International Financiers Take a Major North American City by Storm. Toronto: Lorimier. p. 285. ISBN 0885150945.
  15. ^ "Eaton's reflects Laurentian landscape". Montreal Star. Montreal. March 27, 1974. p. 117.
  16. ^ "Eaton's reflects Laurentian landscape". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. March 27, 1974. p. 104.
  17. ^ "COMPANY NEWS (Cadillac)". The Globe and Mail . Toronto. 11 August 1983. p. B3.
  18. ^ "COMPANIES IN THE NEWS Cadillac plans mall extension". The Globe and Mail . Toronto. 14 October 1981. p. B7.
  19. ^ "Miracle Mart stores get new name, concept". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 21 August 1986. p. D1.
  20. ^ "Simpsons, Bay merging in Montreal area". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 18 January 1989. p. B2.
  21. ^ "History through our eyes; June 7, 1991: Pascal bankruptcy sale". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. June 7, 1991. p. A2.
  22. ^ "Competition cop probes Steinberg sale". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 22 May 1992. p. B4.
  23. ^ "Curtain to close on another piece of the failed Steinberg empire". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 27 August 1992. p. C1.
  24. ^ "Kicking off expansion; Discount office-supply chain comes to Quebec". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 18 August 1993. p. C1.
  25. ^ "Cadillac Fairview finds comfort in the ruins; Crowd-drawing tenants take space left by former Steinberg and Pascal stores". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 7 October 1993. p. C1.
  26. ^ "Price isn't always right: comparison-shop for best deals". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. April 28, 1993. p. D2.
  27. ^ "Big hardware stores keep close watch on competition". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 2 July 1994. p. C4.
  28. ^ "Les Ailes de la Mode advertisement". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. August 7, 1996. p. 4.
  29. ^ "SAN FRANCISCO Profits on the wing". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 14 December 1996. p. C4.
  30. ^ "Real-estate shakeup seen: Stores are in prime locations". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. August 24, 1999. p. E1.
  31. ^ a b "Ivanhoe buys Eaton Centre in Montreal. Cadillac gets full ownership of two suburban malls". National Post. Toronto. July 5, 2000. p. C04.
  32. ^ "The New Carrefour Laval Opens August 14th - Cadillac Fairview's $88 million investment results in 80 new stores and elegant ambience". Canada NewsWire. Ottawa. 12 August 2002.
  33. ^ "$83-million facelift for Carrefour Laval: Cadillac Fairview to add 60 stores". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 31 January 2001. p. D1.
  34. ^ Cadillac Fairview announces a $52M investment to revitalize Carrefour Laval and its food court Archived 2018-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  35. ^ "Crate and Barrel Comes to Quebec".
  36. ^ "Final Sears stores close Sunday, marking the end of an era | The Star". The Toronto Star. 12 January 2018.
  37. ^ "Cadillac Fairview and TD Asset Management Inc. Announce co-ownership in CF Carrefour Laval and the opportunity to acquire a 50 per cent interest in CF Sherway Gardens".
  38. ^ "Picture of former Sears store at Carrefour Laval" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  39. ^ "CF Carrefour Laval | Mall Map".
  40. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20130124000937/http://www.carrefourlaval.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/carrefourlaval.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  41. ^ "Sporting Life Poised for Growth with Canadian Expansion with National Retail Openings".
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