Carrefour Laval

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Carrefour Laval (corporately styled as "CF Carrefour Laval") is a superregional shopping mall in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Chomedey neighbourhood of the city at the intersection of Laurentian Autoroute (A-15) and Autoroute Jean-Noël-Lavoie (A-440).<ref name="shopping-canada">Le Carrefour Laval. Quoted: 22 July 2015.</ref>

At Template:Convert, it is both the largest enclosed shopping centre in the Greater Montreal area and the largest mall operating on a single floor in all of Quebec. Virtually untouched by the ongoing decline of indoor malls, it typically ranks among the top shopping centres in Quebec for its number of visitors as well as sales per Template:Convert and has been home to many retail firsts in the province.

Stores

The mall has two anchor stores: Simons and Rona.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Various other stores, boutiques and restaurants are represented in the mall.

History

Planning for a new mall (1969-1973)

Construction of the mall was announced on February 27, 1969, by Steinberg's and Eaton's. The consortium announced that a 150-store mall would be built on a Template:Convert property next to the Laurentian Autoroute, subject to the construction of the necessary infrastructure by the newly formed city of Laval.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Construction was intended to start in 1971<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but the project had been delayed after a zoning bylaw proposed by mayor Jacques Tétreault, that would effectively have given the Carrefour Laval consortium a monopoly over the development of the proposed downtown core of Laval, was challenged by the opposition and by members of his own party who founded his idea to be discriminatory and too restrictive towards other businesses.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Carrefour Laval finally broke ground the following year and undertaken by Fairview Corporation which had previously developed the shopping malls Fairview Pointe-Claire and Galeries d'Anjou.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Timeline

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  • 1978: Dupuis Frères closes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 1983: The mall increases to Template:Convert by expanding to the west with 90 new stores and a Sears department store of Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 1984: The Beaucoup concept is abandoned. Steinberg's and Miracle Mart now have their separate anchor spaces, although they remain side by side.
  • 1985: Miracle Mart is converted to M.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 1989: Simpsons is converted to The Bay.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 1991: Pascal's closes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 1992: Steinberg's and M close.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=" 27 Aug 1992">Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 1993: Staples also becomes a tenant of Carrefour Laval.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It is located in a portion of the former Pascal's hardware store's.<ref name="07 Oct 1993">Template:Cite news</ref> Moreover, work begins to convert the space that had been occupied by M to accommodate what would have been the first Costco store in Quebec,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but this is halted when Costco and Price Club merge the same year, since there was already a Price Club store right across the expressway.
  • 1994: Rona opens on what used to be the anchor spaces of Steinberg's and M.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 1995: Wise closes.
  • 1996: Les Ailes de la Mode opens.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Like Staples, it opens in the former Pascal outlet.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 1999: Eaton's closes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 2000: Cadillac Fairview acquires full ownership of the mall.<ref name="July 5, 2000">Template:Cite news</ref> Until now it had been co-owned by Ivanhoe.<ref name="July 5, 2000"/>
  • 2002: Carrefour Laval expands with 80 new stores and anchor Simons.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This expansion took place on the former spot of the Eaton's store which has been demolished.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The new section is characterized on a map as the southern eastern portion of the mall with the shape of an arc.
  • 2008: A newer, expanded food court and redesign of the flooring and ceilings is underway and scheduled to be completed in two phases by 2009.<ref>Cadillac Fairview announces a $52M investment to revitalize Carrefour Laval and its food court Template:Webarchive Retrieved 30 April 2018.</ref> The food court offers now 1,200 seats.<ref name="shopping-canada"/>
  • 2009: The new food court opens with 22 fast food restaurants, 1,200 seats and an upscale restaurant, Table 51. This results in a small increase of the total size of Carrefour Laval (attributed to the northern part of the new food court) although insignificant in comparison to the mall's expansions in 1983 and 2002. Conversion of the old 1983 food court into retail space begins.
  • 2010: End of the work for the conversion of the old food court
  • 2011: Les Ailes de la Mode closes.
  • 2012: Crate & Barrel opens, in part of Les Ailes de la Mode's past location.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2024: Cadillac Fairview buys back the half-interest in CF Carrefour Laval that it previously sold to partner TD Asset Management.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Transit accessibility

Non-local car traffic to the mall is mainly accessible via the two major highways that border it: Highway 15 and Highway 440. Additionally, it is served by public transit via the STL, which has its EXO bus terminal located across from the mall, with bus service that connects to the Montreal Metro (via the terminus of the orange line in Laval).

See also

Notes

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References

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