Place Laurier
Encyclopedia
Laurier Québec is one of Canada's largest shopping malls. It is located in Quebec City
(former city of Sainte-Foy). Laurier Québec has approximately 300 stores, is built on three levels, has an underground parking, a multilevel parking, and an outdoor parking. Major tenants include La Baie
, Future Shop
, Zellers
, Sears
and Toys "R" Us. Other shops include jewelry stores, gift shops, shoe stores, bookstores, shops selling glasses
, music store, toy stores, electronics stores, clothing stores, a hardware store, pet shops, hair and beauty salons.
Place Laurier was the first indoor mall in the province of Quebec
. None of the anchor
s from 1961 are still in operation. Sears, which opened in 1971 (as Simpsons-Sears), is the oldest anchor. Place Laurier was noteworthy for having in the 1970s two Dominion supermarkets at the same time, and in the 1990s two Zellers stores at the same time.
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
(former city of Sainte-Foy). Laurier Québec has approximately 300 stores, is built on three levels, has an underground parking, a multilevel parking, and an outdoor parking. Major tenants include La Baie
The Bay
The Bay is a chain of 91 department stores that operate across parts of Canada. It is the main brand of Hudson's Bay Company , North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie, short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"...
, Future Shop
Future Shop
Future Shop is Canada's largest consumer electronics retailer. Future Shop currently operates a total of 146 stores across all of Canada's provinces as of December 2008....
, Zellers
Zellers
Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country....
, Sears
Sears Canada
Sears Canada Inc. is a retailer, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, that operates in all provinces and territories across Canada with a network of 196 corporate stores, 195 dealer stores, 38 home improvement showrooms, 108 Sears Travel offices and a nationwide home maintenance, repair, and...
and Toys "R" Us. Other shops include jewelry stores, gift shops, shoe stores, bookstores, shops selling glasses
Glasses
Glasses, also known as eyeglasses , spectacles or simply specs , are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes. They are normally used for vision correction or eye protection. Safety glasses are a kind of eye protection against flying debris or against visible and near visible light or...
, music store, toy stores, electronics stores, clothing stores, a hardware store, pet shops, hair and beauty salons.
Place Laurier was the first indoor mall in the province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. None of the anchor
Anchor store
In retail, an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store or a major retail chain....
s from 1961 are still in operation. Sears, which opened in 1971 (as Simpsons-Sears), is the oldest anchor. Place Laurier was noteworthy for having in the 1970s two Dominion supermarkets at the same time, and in the 1990s two Zellers stores at the same time.
Major tenants
- Aliments de Santé Laurier (15,728 sq. ft. / 1,461.2 m²)
- Freedom Central ( 15,333 sq. ft. / 1,424 m²)
- Future ShopFuture ShopFuture Shop is Canada's largest consumer electronics retailer. Future Shop currently operates a total of 146 stores across all of Canada's provinces as of December 2008....
(29,494 sq. ft. / 2,470.1 m²) - H&MH&MH & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....
(16,444 sq.ft / 1,528 m²) - Linen Chest (28,793 sq. ft. / 2,675 m²)
- Old NavyOld NavyOld Navy is an American clothing brand as well as a chain of stores owned by Gap, Inc., with corporate operations in San Francisco and San Bruno, California. It is one of the first major corporations to house headquarters in the new Mission Bay district of San Francisco.Gap, Inc. was run by...
(15,990 sq. ft. / 1,485.5 m²) - Renaud-BrayRenaud-BrayLa librairie Renaud-Bray is the largest chain of French-language bookstores in North America, and the largest bookstore chain in Canada after Chapters/Indigo....
(19,869 sq. ft. / 1,845.9 m²) - SearsSears CanadaSears Canada Inc. is a retailer, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, that operates in all provinces and territories across Canada with a network of 196 corporate stores, 195 dealer stores, 38 home improvement showrooms, 108 Sears Travel offices and a nationwide home maintenance, repair, and...
(157,363 sq. ft. / 14,619.5 m²) - Sports ExpertsSports ExpertsSports Experts is a major Canadian sports retailer franchise primarily located in Quebec, and part of the Forzani Group.Sports Experts was independently founded in 1967, but purchased by Provigo in 1981...
(20,959 sq. ft. / 1,947.2 m²) - La BaieThe BayThe Bay is a chain of 91 department stores that operate across parts of Canada. It is the main brand of Hudson's Bay Company , North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie, short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"...
(157,024 sq. ft. / 14,588 m²) - Toys "R" Us (41,042 sq. ft. / 3,812.9 m²)
- ZellersZellersZellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country....
(133,784 sq. ft. / 12,428.9 m²)