Laurier Québec

Laurier Québec
Location 2700, boulevard Laurier
Quebec City, Quebec
G1V 2L8
Opening date November 11, 1961
Developer Immeubles Delrano Inc.
Management Ivanhoé Cambridge
Owner Ivanhoé Cambridge
No. of stores and services 300[1]
No. of anchor tenants 5
Total retail floor area 1,174,639 square feet [2]
No. of floors 3
Website www.laurierquebec.com
[3][4]

Laurier Québec (formerly called and still commonly referred to as Place Laurier) is one of Canada's largest shopping malls. It is located in Quebec City, Quebec (in what was formerly the city of Sainte-Foy).

Though Galeries de la Capitale is the largest mall in the city in terms of area, Laurier Quebec remains the largest by number of tenants. It has approximately 300 stores and restaurants and is built on three levels with underground, multilevel, and outdoor parking. Major tenants include La Baie, Best Buy, Toys "R" Us, Marshalls and Wal Mart. Other tenants include jewellery, gift, shoe, book, eyeware, music, toy, electronics, clothing, hardware, and pet stores as well as hair and beauty salons.

History

Place Laurier was the first indoor mall in the province of Quebec.[5] It opened on November 11, 1961, with 50 stores including anchors Pascal, Syndicat, Kresge's, Towers and Dominion Stores. [6] Place Laurier has undergone at least nine expansions in its history.[6]

On April 14th 1964, La compagnie Paquet inaugurated a store at Place Laurier. [7] La compagnie Paquet later merged in the 1970s with Syndicat de Québec store chain. [8] Despite the merger, Paquet and Syndicat retained their respective stores at Place Laurier until both chains declared bankrupty in 1981.

Sears Canada opened a store on October 7, 1971, at Place Laurier under its then-name of Simpsons-Sears. It was Sears' second store in the Quebec City area (after the location at Place Fleurs de Lys) and its third in the province of Quebec as a whole.[9] The store closed with the rest of the chain on January 14, 2018. [10]

By 1976 Place Laurier was already well over 1 million square feet with 300 stores, making it the largest shopping mall in Canada at the time.[11] It was still by far the largest shopping mall in Quebec City in 1980 as Galeries de la Capitale had yet to arrive. [12]

An expansion in September 15, 1982 brought in La Baie and a new mall section.[13]

The mall's anchors in 1989 were Bonimart, La Baie Pascal, Sears, Toyville, Wise and Zellers.[14]

Major tenants

See also

References

  1. ↑ Laurier Québec Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.ivanhoecambridge.com/en/shopping-centres/properties/laurier-quebec
  3. ↑ Ivanhoé Cambridge Leasing-Property Facts Archived January 27, 2014, at Archive.is
  4. ↑ Laurier Québec-History Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ https://www.lesoleil.com/affaires/laurier-celebre-ses-50-ans-337b1650aa8f7cca7a3a8b4bf377195c
  6. 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20061220133410/http://www.placelaurier.com:80/fr/default_contenu.asp?IdContenu=14&IdSection=16
  7. ↑ "Inauguration du nouveau la Cie Paquet Liée, Place magasin de Laurie". Le Soleil. 15 April 1964. p. 2.
  8. ↑ https://www.museedelhistoire.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cpm/catalog/cat2406f.shtml
  9. ↑ "Simpsons-Sears inauguera demain son magasin de Place Laurier". Le Soleil du Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean. 6 October 1971. p. 21.
  10. ↑ https://www.thestar.com/business/2018/01/12/final-sears-stores-close-sunday-marking-the-end-of-an-era.html
  11. ↑ "Marathon acquiert Place Laurier au coût de $40 millions". Le Soleil. 1 April 1976. p. C-6.
  12. ↑ "Place Fleur de Lys agrandie". Le Soleil. 20 March 1980. p. A-13.
  13. ↑ "Pas de bousculade chez La Baie". Le Soleil. 15 September 1982. p. A-2.
  14. ↑ "Place Laurier". Le Soleil. 15 November 1989. p. Z-13.

Coordinates: 46°46′12″N 71°17′06″W / 46.77°N 71.285°W / 46.77; -71.285


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