New Sudbury Centre

New Sudbury Centre
Location Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Opening date 1957.[1]
Management Morguard
No. of stores and services 110
No. of anchor tenants 5
Total retail floor area 562,619 square feet (52,269.0 m2)
No. of floors 2
Website www.newsudburycentre.ca/

The New Sudbury Centre is the largest shopping mall in Northern Ontario, Canada. It has 110 stores and 562,619 square feet (52,269.0 m2) of retail space spanning 2 stories.

Holiday shopping in this mall is popular, police need to guide traffic at certain times of that season.

History

Built and opened in the 1950s, the entrances to the stores in the New Sudbury Shopping Center, was originally in a strip mall format with Woolworth and Loblaws at opposite ends, accomplished by walking on the outer perimeter of the mall. "Rue La Ronde," was the first enclosed shopping facility located in the mall which featured both a fountain and resting area. The mall has undergone many renovations since its original design. The food court area used to contain a Loblaws grocery store while a bowling alley was situated in the area of The Source. There used to be a Cochrane's hardware store in the same area.

After the bowling alley closed, Little Joe's pinball arcade opened up across from the bowling alley and became a popular entertainment establishment for the youth during the 1970s and 80s.

The Family Vision Centre is the only service/business remaining of the original mall tenants in 1972 at the New Sudbury Centre.[2]

With the recent expansion of a Walmart into a Walmart Supercenter, New Sudbury Centre has regained the title of largest shopping mall in Northeastern Ontario.[3] Major tenants include Walmart, Urban Planet, American Eagle Outfitters and Shoppers Drug Mart.

The former Future Shop was originally housed inside the actual shopping mall but relocated to the site of the Sears Garage (now demolished), yet still in the complex. Future Shop was closed in 2015, which is currently occupied by Dollarama and Ardene.[4]

In 1994, Wal-Mart bought the former Woolco location and occupied that location until 2005 when it built a new addition behind the old location, and demolished the old location to reconfigure the parking lot to be more user friendly.[5][6]

In 2016, the mall planned to upgrade the food court for the first time since 1984 and held its grand opening of the newly renovated food court in February 2017.[7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Wallace, C.M. "Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital". Dundurn, Jul 25, 1996, page 198. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ Deep roots in the community, Northern Life/Sudbury.com, Retrieved March 20, 2006
  3. ↑ Redcliff Realty - New Sudbury Centre Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Sunrise Records, two other stores open at New and Centre, Northern Life/Sudbury.com, May 15, 2017
  5. ↑ Sudbury riding wave of new development
  6. ↑ Routine Management Reports - City of Greater Sudbury, City of Greater Sudbury, 2005
  7. ↑ New Sudbury Centre's food court getting first reno since 80s, Northern Life/Sudbury.com, August 11, 2016
  8. ↑ Sudbury mall plans $1.8-million renovation, Sudbury Star, August 13, 2016
  9. ↑ New Sudbury mall touts food court revamp, Sudbury Star, February 26, 2017
  10. ↑ New Sudbury Centre food court gets 'beautiful, fresh look', Northern Life/Sudbury.com, February 28, 2017

Coordinates: 46°31′12″N 80°56′46″W / 46.52°N 80.946°W / 46.52; -80.946

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