Place Vertu
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Place Vertu is a Canadian
shopping centre in the Montreal
borough of Saint-Laurent in Quebec
. It is located on Cote-Vertu boulevard, corner of Cavendish Boulevard.
Anchors are Canadian Tire
, Zellers
, Adonis and Sears
. Other significant tenants include Uniprix
, Sports Experts
and Winners. Three of Canada's Big Five banks (Royal Bank
, CIBC
and TD Canada Trust
) have branches in the mall. There is a food court
, with restaurants such as A&W, and Subway
. There is a McDonald's
located outside of the food court
, and a Scores
located near Zellers. The mall is about 830000 square feet (77,109.5 m²), and has a high-rise building between the past and the current locations of Zellers. The mall has many outlets, such as Browns, Le Château, Tristan, Laura, Blü, Aldo and Feet first, as well as several others.
Place Vertu's original anchors are the Bay
, Sears, Kmart
and Dominion
. Dominion was converted into a Provigo
in 1983, Pascal's former space occupied by Zellers in 1991, Provigo once more converted, into a Maxi
in 1994 and Kmart
's former store space occupied by Canadian Tire
in 1999, a year later after Kmart withdrew from Canada. Maxi closed in 2000 as Loblaws, who acquired the chain in 1998, moved it to 300 Ste. Croix Ave. within the borough (or former city until 2002) and became a standalone Loblaws store. However, Sears is now the only original large store at Place Vertu since the closure of the Bay in May 2007; Zellers relocated to the Bay's vacated location the same year.
Since 2008, the mall has been renovated and now include tenants such as Urban Planet, Dollarama
, Laura/Laura+/Laura Petite Outlet, Browns Outlet, Starbucks Coffee (taking Subway's
old space after that location moved to the food court). Adonis Supermarket took the space of Maxi. Additionally, the mall space between Zellers and the food court was turned into a Winners (which had moved from the strip mall
across the street) and the existing tenants from this section were relocated elsewhere in the mall. Zellers old space (formerly Pascal) remains empty.
. Markborough was dissolved in 1996 and its assets were acquired by Cambridge Shopping Centres. Place Vertu was one of Cambridge's only shopping malls in the province
of Quebec. In 2001, Cambridge merged with Ivanhoe to become Ivanhoe Cambridge
; Place Vertu became the property of this combined company. 10 years later, in 2011, Ivanhoe Cambridge sold the mall to Primaris.
that had originally opened as a The Bay store. The remaining Bay stores in this region are all former Henry Morgan
or Simpsons stores.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
shopping centre in the Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
borough of Saint-Laurent in 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....
. It is located on Cote-Vertu boulevard, corner of Cavendish Boulevard.
Anchors are Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is one of Canada's 60 largest publicly traded companies. The firm operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing hardgoods, apparel and petroleum as well as financial and automotive services, employing more than 58,000 people across Canada...
, 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....
, Adonis and 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...
. Other significant tenants include Uniprix
Uniprix
Uniprix is a Quebec pharmacy chain founded in 1977 and based in Saint-Leonard, Montreal . It operates under four brands: Uniprix, Unipharm, Clinique Santé and Uniclinique...
, Sports Experts
Sports Experts
Sports 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...
and Winners. Three of Canada's Big Five banks (Royal Bank
Royal Bank
The terms Royal Bank, Banque Royale, Banco Real can connote several different things,* Royal Bank * Royal Bank of Canada** Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, a subsidiary of RBC* Royal Bank of Scotland...
, CIBC
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is one of Canada's chartered banks, fifth largest by deposits. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in Toronto, Ontario. CIBC's Institution Number is 010, and its SWIFT code is CIBCCATT....
and TD Canada Trust
TD Canada Trust
TD Canada Trust is the personal, small business and commercial banking operation of the Toronto-Dominion Bank in Canada. TD Canada Trust offers a range of financial services and products to more than 10 million Canadian customers through more than 1,100 branches and 2,600 ATM Green Machines...
) have branches in the mall. There is a food court
Food court
A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...
, with restaurants such as A&W, and Subway
Subway (restaurant)
Subway is an American restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor's Associates, Inc. . Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 35,519 restaurants in 98 countries and territories as of October 25th, 2011...
. There is a McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
located outside of the food court
Food court
A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...
, and a Scores
Scores (restaurant)
Scores, also known as Scores Rotisserie BBQ, is a Montreal-based chain of restaurants in Quebec and Ontario, Canada that was started in 1995....
located near Zellers. The mall is about 830000 square feet (77,109.5 m²), and has a high-rise building between the past and the current locations of Zellers. The mall has many outlets, such as Browns, Le Château, Tristan, Laura, Blü, Aldo and Feet first, as well as several others.
Place Vertu's original anchors are the Bay
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"...
, Sears, Kmart
Kmart
Kmart, sometimes styled as "K-Mart," is a chain of discount department stores. The chain acquired Sears in 2005, forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and...
and Dominion
Dominion Stores (Ontario)
Dominion Stores was once a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was still known as the Dominion of Canada at the time of the company's founding. The chain was founded in 1919 in Ontario and was later acquired by Conrad Black's Argus Corporation...
. Dominion was converted into a Provigo
Provigo
Provigo is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada, consisting of over 300 stores and franchises throughout the province. A majority of the stores are located in the Montreal area. It is owned by Loblaw Companies Limited. Provigo is similar to Ontario's Your Independent Grocer/Zehrs banners, as...
in 1983, Pascal's former space occupied by Zellers in 1991, Provigo once more converted, into a Maxi
Maxi (supermarket)
Maxi is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada. It is a subsidiary of Loblaw Companies and the largest of Loblaws' Quebec supermarket chains. Maxi is the Quebec equivalent of No Frills, a chain of franchised discount grocery stores outside Quebec, except that Maxi stores are company owned. Over...
in 1994 and Kmart
Kmart
Kmart, sometimes styled as "K-Mart," is a chain of discount department stores. The chain acquired Sears in 2005, forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and...
's former store space occupied by Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is one of Canada's 60 largest publicly traded companies. The firm operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing hardgoods, apparel and petroleum as well as financial and automotive services, employing more than 58,000 people across Canada...
in 1999, a year later after Kmart withdrew from Canada. Maxi closed in 2000 as Loblaws, who acquired the chain in 1998, moved it to 300 Ste. Croix Ave. within the borough (or former city until 2002) and became a standalone Loblaws store. However, Sears is now the only original large store at Place Vertu since the closure of the Bay in May 2007; Zellers relocated to the Bay's vacated location the same year.
Since 2008, the mall has been renovated and now include tenants such as Urban Planet, Dollarama
Dollarama
Dollarama is a chain of over 690 dollar stores across Canada. The company is headquartered in Montreal and, since 2009, is Canada's largest retailer of items for 2 dollars or less. The first Dollarama store was created at the shopping centre "Les promenades du St-Laurent" in Matane...
, Laura/Laura+/Laura Petite Outlet, Browns Outlet, Starbucks Coffee (taking Subway's
Subway (restaurant)
Subway is an American restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor's Associates, Inc. . Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 35,519 restaurants in 98 countries and territories as of October 25th, 2011...
old space after that location moved to the food court). Adonis Supermarket took the space of Maxi. Additionally, the mall space between Zellers and the food court was turned into a Winners (which had moved from the strip mall
Strip mall
A strip mall is an open-area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...
across the street) and the existing tenants from this section were relocated elsewhere in the mall. Zellers old space (formerly Pascal) remains empty.
Ownership
Place Vertu was originally owned by Markborough Properties, the real estate company of the Hudson's Bay CompanyHudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
. Markborough was dissolved in 1996 and its assets were acquired by Cambridge Shopping Centres. Place Vertu was one of Cambridge's only shopping malls in the province
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
of Quebec. In 2001, Cambridge merged with Ivanhoe to become Ivanhoe Cambridge
Ivanhoe Cambridge
Ivanhoe Cambridge is a property management and development company that formed from the merger of two former companies, Ivanhoe and Cambridge, in 2001.-Ivanhoe Corporation:...
; Place Vertu became the property of this combined company. 10 years later, in 2011, Ivanhoe Cambridge sold the mall to Primaris.
Trivia
The Bay at Place Vertu was the last store on the island of MontrealIsland of Montreal
The Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
that had originally opened as a The Bay store. The remaining Bay stores in this region are all former Henry Morgan
Morgan's
Morgan's was a Montreal-based Canadian department store chain. At its peak, the company had stores in Quebec and Ontario...
or Simpsons stores.
See also
- List of largest shopping malls in Canada
- List of malls in Montreal
- List of shopping malls in Canada
- MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...