Centre Laval

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Centre Laval
Centrelaval.png
Coordinates45°33′45″N 73°43′53″W / 45.5624°N 73.7315°W / 45.5624; -73.7315Coordinates: 45°33′45″N 73°43′53″W / 45.5624°N 73.7315°W / 45.5624; -73.7315
Address1600 Le Corbusier Blvd.,
Laval, Quebec, Canada
H7S 1Y9
Opening dateMarch 26, 1968
ManagementCominar [1]
OwnerCominar [1]
No. of stores and services130+
No. of anchor tenants8
Total retail floor area699,685 sq ft (65,002.9 m2) (GLA)[2]
No. of floors1
Public transit accessMontreal Metro.svg MtlMetro2.svg at Montmorency
Bus interchange Terminus Montmorency
  Société de transport de Laval
Websitecentrelaval.com/en
Former Walmart store

Centre Laval is a shopping mall located in the Chomedey district of Laval, Quebec, Canada, at the corner of Saint-Martin West and Le Corbusier boulevard. It is a 10-minute walk from the Montmorency metro station in nearby Laval-des-Rapides. Centre Laval is paired with Quartier Laval, a power centre across the street owned by the same company, with which it makes a shopping complex called DUO.

Though located only 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away from the bigger and more popular Carrefour Laval, Centre Laval is a large shopping mall in its own right with nearly 700,000 square feet (65,000 m2) of retail space.[2] It has 130 shops, services and department stores, including anchors Hudson's Bay, Marshall's/HomeSense, The Brick, Best Buy, Staples, Lee Valley,  [fr] and Décathlon. Other tenants of importance include Mark's and Ares. There is also a branch of the Bank of Montreal.

History[]

Centre Laval began in 1968 as a 370,000 square feet indoor shopping mall with 50 stores anchored by Famous Players theatre, Woolco and Steinberg's.[3] A mall expansion was supposed to be anchored by Morgan.[4] But by the time the expansion was completed, the Morgan chain had already been renamed to The Bay and the store at Centre Laval inaugurated on August 17, 1972 under the new banner.[5] Centre Laval had two more expansions before reaching its current size in 1991.[2]

The Woolco store became a Walmart when the company purchased Woolco Canada in 1994 to establish a Canadian presence.[6][7] Staples Canada acquired the lease of the defunct office supply chain Club Biz and opened its Centre Laval store on June 1, 1996.[8] Club Biz, which was founded in 1991 by executives of Steinberg's, had taken over in 1993 the space at Centre Laval of the defunct supermarket following the latter's closing in 1992.

Walmart left Centre Laval in November 2012 to relocate as a Walmart Supercentre on the site formerly occupied by Centre 2000.[9] Walmart's location at Centre Laval was demolished to allow a Target store on its location that operated from 2013 to 2015. The store closed when Target took the decision to withdraw all its Canadian operations. As of September 2017, part of that space is now occupied by a Sportium sport equipment store. In 2018 more space is being occupied by Avril Supermarché Santé, Marshalls and HomeSense.[10]

Lee Valley opened its first store in the province on October 3, 2018.[11]

On September 26, 2019, Centre Laval merged with its sister shopping centre Quartier Laval, a power centre located the other side of the street that was acquired by Cominar.[12] The combined property is called DUO and regroups the tenants of both shopping centres. A website was launched for the new complex whose presence is expected to gradually rise on social media.[12] Quartier Laval was built in 2008 and is currently anchored by Winners, Indigo and the headquarters of Nordia Inc.[12][13]

Hudson's Bay closed its second floor around 2020 or 2021 and all of its merchandise is now on the first level.[14]

Ownership[]

In April 2007, Homburg Invest Inc acquired Alexis Nihon REIT and thereby officially took ownership of the shopping centre.[15] Centre Laval was transferred to Homburg Canada REIT in 2009 which eventually changed to Canmarc Real Estate Investment Trust in September 2011.[2][16]

Since March 2012, Centre Laval is owned and managed by Cominar following its acquisition of Canmarc.[1][16]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Centre Laval - About us". Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Centre Laval - Canmarc REIT". CANMARC REIT. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "50-Store shopping mall opening in Laval". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 25 March 1968. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Morgan's plans to build 110,000 square foot store". The Gazette. Montreal. 25 May 1971. p. 34. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  5. ^ "The Bay advertisement page". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 16 August 1972. p. 20.
  6. ^ "Wal-Mart fait trembler la concurrence mais saliver les consommateurs". La Presse. Montreal. 18 January 1994. p. C10.
  7. ^ "Walmart déménage son vieux magasin de Laval". La Presse. June 8, 2011.
  8. ^ "Quatre nouveaux bureaux en gros". La Presse. Montreal. 31 May 1996. p. C4. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  9. ^ "Walmart Canada opens new regional office and supercentre in Laval, Quebec".
  10. ^ Laval, Centre. "Centre Laval annonce officiellement la venue de Marshalls et HomeSense". www.newswire.ca.
  11. ^ "Lee Valley to open first store in Quebec at Centre Laval | Montreal Gazette". September 26, 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "Centre Laval et Quartier Laval s'unissent pour former DUO". lemaglaval.ca.
  13. ^ "Location d'espace commercial - DUO | Quartier Laval - Cominar". espaces.cominar.com.
  14. ^ "Google Maps".
  15. ^ "Homburg and Alexis Nihon announce closing of sale of industrial and office properties of Alexis Nihon to Comin". CNW Group. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  16. ^ a b "Canmarc accepts latest Cominar bid". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved November 3, 2012.

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