Galeries de la Capitale

Galeries de la Capitale
Location 5401, boulevard des Galeries
Quebec City, Quebec
G2K 1N4
Opening date August 19, 1981 [1]
Developer Développements Iberville
Management Oxford Properties
Owner Oxford Properties
No. of stores and services 280
No. of anchor tenants 8
Total retail floor area 1,500,000 sq ft (140,000 m2)
No. of floors 2
Website Official website

Galeries de la Capitale is a shopping mall located in the Lebourgneuf neighbourhood of Les Rivières borough, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.[2]

Les Galeries de la Capitale has 280 stores and 35 restaurants.[3] The anchors are La Baie, Sears, Simons, Atmosphère/Sports Experts Toys "R" Us, IMAX, Best Buy and Hart. There is also a Rona l'Entrepôt in the parking lot. The mall is famous for its indoor amusement park, le Mega-Parc, with its 20 attractions and amusement rides including a Ferris wheel, some roller coasters and a skating rink for hockey games. The IMAX theatre has the largest screen in Canada.[3]

Les Galeries de la Capitale is the largest mall in the city with 1,500,000 square feet (139,354.6 m2).[3] It is also the infrastructure in Quebec City with the highest tax value at $320 million in 2007.[4]

History

Les Galeries de la Capitale was the idea of businessman Marcel Adams. The mall was inaugurated in 1981 in a deserted part of the city on a field of 102 hectares (250 acres).[3] At the time the mall was owned at 50% by Les Développements Iberville (the real estate company of Marcel Adams), at 25% by Eaton Properties (the real estate company of Eaton's), and at 25% by Markborough Properties (the real estate company of the Hudson's Bay Company). Upon its opening of 190 stores, the anchors were Eaton, La Baie, Provigo, Cooprix, Simons which were joined in the fall of the same year by Woolco.[1] This also marked the opening of the first La Baie store in Quebec City.[5]

1988 saw the opening of the indoor amusement park Mega-Parc, the second largest of its kind in Canada after West Edmonton Mall.[3] That same year, the first annual Opération Enfant Soleil telethon was broadcast from les Galeries de la Capitale and raised $1.8 million for the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL).[6][7]

Eaton went bankrupt in 1999 and its location at Galeries de la Capitale was the sole store in the province that Sears Canada had acquired. The store was converted into the Sears banner without ever closing down. [8]

The mall was sold on December 1, 2005 for $358 million to a consortium consisting of Canada Pension Plan (80%); Osmington, an investment firm in Toronto (10%); and Westerkirk, a Toronto real estate firm (10%). Redcliff Realty Management was hired to manage the mall.[3]

Zellers (formerly (Woolco/Walmart) closed its doors in late 2012 and was temporarily replaced by Target from 2013 until early 2015 when it ceased all retail operations across Canada.

In 2017 Sears Canada announced they would be closing all their remaining stores. This includes the store at Galeries de la Capitale.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Galeries de la Capitale: le ruban est coupé". Le Soleil. 19 August 1981. p. A-11.
  2. ↑ L'Arrondissement des Rivières : un équilibre étonnant!, ville de Québec, Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galeries de la Capitale Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Reid, Jancimon (24 October 2007). "Quels sont les édifices les plus chers à Québec?" [What are the most expensive buildings in Quebec?]. Webfin Argent. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Cent boutiques et un magasin La Baie s'ajoutent aux commerces de la région". Le Soleil. 4 September 1982. p. B-6.
  6. ↑ "Objectif: 15 M $" [Goal: $15 million]. Le Journal de Québec (in French). 3 June 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. ↑ History, Opération Enfant Soleil, Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/sears-buys-eaton-s-name-eight-stores-1.188722

Coordinates: 46°50′N 71°18′W / 46.83°N 71.3°W / 46.83; -71.3

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