Pearson Plaza
Location | Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada |
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Coordinates | 46°22′58″N 82°38′44″W / 46.38278°N 82.64556°WCoordinates: 46°22′58″N 82°38′44″W / 46.38278°N 82.64556°W[1] |
Opening date | Spring 2016 |
No. of stores and services | 6 |
No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
Total retail floor area | over 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2)[2] |
Parking | Ground 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[]
- ^ McSheffrey, Kevin (2013-05-13). "A few stores to be in Pearson Plaza named". Elliot Lake Standard. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
- ^ McSheffrey, Kevin (2012-09-19). "Elliot Lake's Pearson Plaza Development project growing". Elliot Lake Standard. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
- ^ a b "New Elliot Lake mall scheduled for completion by end of 2013". CTV News. 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- ^ Briggs, David (2012-10-31). "EL council selects Pearson Plaza developer". Elliot Lake Standard. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- ^ "Elliot Lake's new mall opens 4 years after fatal mall collapse". CBC News, April 1, 2016.
- ^ "Elliot Lake welcomes Hart Home Store", myespanolanow.com, 9 Dec 2020
- ^ a b "Site prep underway for Elliot Lake plaza". Northern Ontario Business, June 13, 2013.
- ^ Briggs, David (2012-11-27). "McCowan & Associates update on Pearson Plaza". Elliot Lake Standard. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- ^ Friscolanti, Michael (October 13, 2014). "Elliot Lake: Still shopping for a new mall". MacLeans Magazine. Rogers Media. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
External links[]
- Pearson Plaza[dead link]
- Shopping malls in Ontario
- Shopping malls established in 2016
- Buildings and structures in Elliot Lake
- 2016 establishments in Ontario