Pearson Plaza

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Pearson Plaza
LocationElliot Lake, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates46°22′58″N 82°38′44″W / 46.38278°N 82.64556°W / 46.38278; -82.64556Coordinates: 46°22′58″N 82°38′44″W / 46.38278°N 82.64556°W / 46.38278; -82.64556[1]
Opening dateSpring 2016
No. of stores and services6
No. of anchor tenants2
Total retail floor areaover 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2)[2]
ParkingGround level

Pearson Plaza is a small indoor shopping complex in Elliot Lake, Ontario.[3] Located on the site of a former rock (later Huron Lodge), at Hillside Drive South and Ontario Avenue, it replaced the Algo Centre Mall, which was demolished after a tragic collapse.

It was planned to open in fall 2015,[4] but the mall's first store, a Foodland grocery store, opened on April 1, 2016, and then Turner's department store on December 6, 2016. Dollarama opened in January 2017, the library opened in May and the two-restaurant food court opened in summer 2017 with Chantis Fresh Cafe, owned by Turners Elliot Lake. In May 2018 Chantis was sold and became CC’S Bistro & Café. In May 2019, Turners Department Store and CC's Bistro & Cafe closed.[5] A Hart Home Store opened in December 2020. [6]

Funding and design[]

Due to the Algo Centre situation, and the tremendous social and economic impact it had on Elliot Lake as a small city with few other major retail outlets, the project was funded almost entirely by the provincial and federal governments.[7] The Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada each provided $1 million in funding, with the remaining $1.5 million being provided via an amortized loan from Infrastructure Ontario.[7]

Pearson Plaza was designed as a single floor complex with a series of big box stores to be anchored by Foodland and Canadian Tire, and the number of retail tenants totaling 20 to 22. It has been modified to be a grocery store, department store, dollar store, library and small food court.[3][8]

The land purchase for the new mall was completed by developer Ron McCowan in March 2014 but by October construction on the property had not been started.[9]

Naming[]

The development name Pearson may refer to the Right Honourable Lester Pearson, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former Prime Minister of Canada, who served as the Member of Parliament for Algoma East, including Elliot Lake, from 1948 to 1968.

See also[]

  • Algo Centre Mall#History

References[]

  1. ^ McSheffrey, Kevin (2013-05-13). "A few stores to be in Pearson Plaza named". Elliot Lake Standard. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  2. ^ McSheffrey, Kevin (2012-09-19). "Elliot Lake's Pearson Plaza Development project growing". Elliot Lake Standard. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  3. ^ a b "New Elliot Lake mall scheduled for completion by end of 2013". CTV News. 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  4. ^ Briggs, David (2012-10-31). "EL council selects Pearson Plaza developer". Elliot Lake Standard. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  5. ^ "Elliot Lake's new mall opens 4 years after fatal mall collapse". CBC News, April 1, 2016.
  6. ^ "Elliot Lake welcomes Hart Home Store", myespanolanow.com, 9 Dec 2020
  7. ^ a b "Site prep underway for Elliot Lake plaza". Northern Ontario Business, June 13, 2013.
  8. ^ Briggs, David (2012-11-27). "McCowan & Associates update on Pearson Plaza". Elliot Lake Standard. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  9. ^ Friscolanti, Michael (October 13, 2014). "Elliot Lake: Still shopping for a new mall". MacLeans Magazine. Rogers Media. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

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