Village Shopping Centre
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The Village Shopping Centre (commonly referred to as The Village) is a shopping centre in St. John's
, Newfoundland and Labrador
, Canada
, and is the second largest mall in Newfoundland and Labrador (after the Avalon Mall
, also in St. John's). It offers about 80 stores and services, a food court
, and formerly contained a central water fountain
area.
Wal-Mart
(and previously Woolco
) previously occupied the opposite side of the shopping centre, but was moved to neighbouring Mount Pearl as a 'box' store. Since then, the area has since been used for television and movie sets, by the retail outlet Office Furniture Warehouse owned by East Coast Liquidation, and most recently by Dollarama
and a Convergys
call centre
(top floor); Urban Planet and a new mall entrance has been added where the bottom floor of the Walmart was located. The mall's third-largest tenant, Winners, recently relocated to the Avalon Mall, and the space has been filled by GoodLife Fitness
.
Its other anchor tenant, Sears
, has closed and in the top floor location a new Hart Stores
department store has opened while the lower section is now a SportChek, which moved from its previous location in the mall. As well, in late May 2009, Labels opened their new 30000 sq ft (2,787.1 m²) store in the lower level of the old Walmart location with access from both inside the mall as well as from the parking lot.
The Village Shopping Centre is located at 430 Topsail Road, near Columbus Drive. The mall is currently jointly owned by Plazacorp Retail Properties and Kimco Realty. In the past, The Village was owned by Cambridge Shopping Centres (now Ivanhoe Cambridge
).
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...
, Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
, Canada
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...
, and is the second largest mall in Newfoundland and Labrador (after the Avalon Mall
Avalon Mall
The Avalon Mall is a Canadian shopping mall located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. With over , two floors, there are over 140 stores, making it the largest shopping mall in Newfoundland and Labrador. The mall opened in 1967 and is owned by Crombie REIT.-History:The mall was built in...
, also in St. John's). It offers about 80 stores and services, 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...
, and formerly contained a central water fountain
Fountain
A fountain is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air either to supply drinking water or for decorative or dramatic effect....
area.
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
(and previously Woolco
Woolco
Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in the city of Columbus, Ohio, by the F.W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At its peak, Woolco had hundreds of stores in...
) previously occupied the opposite side of the shopping centre, but was moved to neighbouring Mount Pearl as a 'box' store. Since then, the area has since been used for television and movie sets, by the retail outlet Office Furniture Warehouse owned by East Coast Liquidation, and most recently by 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...
and a Convergys
Convergys
Convergys Corporation is a corporation based in Cincinnati, Ohio that provides solutions in customer management and information management. Customer management solutions include agent assisted, self-service and proactive care solutions tailored to the communications, financial services,...
call centre
Call centre
A call centre or call center is a centralised office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone. A call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product support or information inquiries from consumers. Outgoing calls for telemarketing,...
(top floor); Urban Planet and a new mall entrance has been added where the bottom floor of the Walmart was located. The mall's third-largest tenant, Winners, recently relocated to the Avalon Mall, and the space has been filled by GoodLife Fitness
GoodLife Fitness
Goodlife Fitness is the largest health club company in Canada with nearly 300 outlets across the country.The company is 100% Canadian, and was founded in London, Ontario, in 1979 by David Patchell-Evans...
.
Its other anchor tenant, 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...
, has closed and in the top floor location a new Hart Stores
Hart Stores
Hart Stores Inc. is a junior mid-sized discount department store dominant in the region of Eastern Canada. It was founded in 1960 by Harry Hart, in Rosemère, Quebec. Hart stores are based in the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario...
department store has opened while the lower section is now a SportChek, which moved from its previous location in the mall. As well, in late May 2009, Labels opened their new 30000 sq ft (2,787.1 m²) store in the lower level of the old Walmart location with access from both inside the mall as well as from the parking lot.
The Village Shopping Centre is located at 430 Topsail Road, near Columbus Drive. The mall is currently jointly owned by Plazacorp Retail Properties and Kimco Realty. In the past, The Village was owned by Cambridge Shopping Centres (now 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:...
).
Former tenants
The Village Shopping Centre has gone through many different major tenants in the past 20 years. Some of the tenants the mall once had have included:- American Eagle OutfittersAmerican Eagle OutfittersAmerican Eagle Outfitters is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by Mark and Jerry Silverman as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures, Inc., a company which also owned and operated Silverman's Menswear...
- closed? - WoolcoWoolcoWoolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in the city of Columbus, Ohio, by the F.W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At its peak, Woolco had hundreds of stores in...
- 1st and 2nd floors (128,000 sq.ft.) - opened in 1978 - became a Wal-Mart in 1994- Wal-Mart - 1994-late 2002 - moved to "big box" store in Mount Pearl at Pearlgate Mall
- Mark's Work WearhouseMark's Work WearhouseMark's Work Wearhouse, sometimes branded as Mark's, is a Canadian clothing retailer. First opened in Calgary, Alberta in 1977 by Mark Blumes, a former retail executive with the Hudson's Bay Company, it has been owned since 2001 by Canadian Tire...
- 1st floor - closed in mid 1990s when it moved to plaza on Freshwater Road close to the Avalon Mall (and later west up Kenmount Road to Kelsey Drive) - Marks & SpencerMarks & SpencerMarks and Spencer plc is a British retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, with over 700 stores in the United Kingdom and over 300 stores spread across more than 40 countries. It specialises in the selling of clothing and luxury food products...
- 2nd floor - only Marks & Spencer in Newfoundland and Labrador - closed in mid 1990s - BiWay - 2nd floor - closed in late 1990s - replaced by Winners
- Consumers DistributingConsumers DistributingConsumers Distributing was a catalogue store in Canada and the United States that operated from 1957 to 1996...
- 2nd floor - closed in 1996 - replaced by Winners - DominionDominion Stores (Newfoundland and Labrador)Dominion is the primary brand name of the major-market supermarkets of Loblaw Companies Limited in Newfoundland. The Dominion brand name is used under licence from Metro Inc., which discontinued its use of that banner in the rest of Canada in late 2008 and has no other affiliation with the...
- 1st floor (approx. 30,000 sq.ft.) - closed in 1999 - replaced by Sportchek but now vacant - Shoppers Drug MartShoppers Drug MartShoppers Drug Mart Corporation is Canada's largest pharmacy chain with more than 1,241 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart in nine provinces and two territories and Pharmaprix in Quebec as well as in Hawkesbury, Ontario....
- 2nd floor (approx. 15,000 sq.ft.) - closed in 2004, moving to former Canadian TireCanadian TireCanadian 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...
store nearby (which, along with Wal-Mart, also moved to Pearlgate Mall) - now offices of The TelegramThe TelegramThe Telegram is a daily newspaper published in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:The Evening Telegram was first published on April 3, 1879 by William James Herder. It adopted its current name in 1998, although it was also briefly published under this name in 1881... - 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...
- 1st and 2nd floors (124,000 sq.ft.) - closed in 2005 when it moved to the Avalon MallAvalon MallThe Avalon Mall is a Canadian shopping mall located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. With over , two floors, there are over 140 stores, making it the largest shopping mall in Newfoundland and Labrador. The mall opened in 1967 and is owned by Crombie REIT.-History:The mall was built in...
(in the space vacated by Wal-Mart) - Winners - 2nd floor (25,000 sq.ft.) - 1998-2006 - moved to the Avalon MallAvalon MallThe Avalon Mall is a Canadian shopping mall located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. With over , two floors, there are over 140 stores, making it the largest shopping mall in Newfoundland and Labrador. The mall opened in 1967 and is owned by Crombie REIT.-History:The mall was built in...
in a joint Winners/HomeSenseHomeSenseHomeSense is a chain of off price home furnishing stores operated by TJX Companies with stores in Canada and the United Kingdom.-HomeSense in Canada:At year-end 2010, HomeSense operated 82 stores in Canada...
store (in the space vacated by SobeysSobeysSobeys is the second largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,300 supermarkets operating under a variety of banners. Headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, it operates stores in all ten provinces and accumulated sales of more than $14 billion CAD in 2009...
) - Danier Leather - 1st floor - 1999-2009 - moved to the Avalon Mall
- SportChek - 1st floor - 1999-2010 - moved into vacated area left by Sears
- Foot LockerFoot LockerFoot Locker, Inc. is an American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. Formerly known as Venator Group, Inc., it is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company , and many of...
- 2nd floor - 2000-2011 - moved to Avalon Mall in replace of AeropostaleAéropostale (clothing)Aéropostale, Inc. is a mall-based, specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories, principally targeting 14-to-17-year-old young women and men through its Aéropostale stores and 7-to-12-year-old kids through its P.S. from Aéropostale stores... - DominionDominionA dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities that were nominally under British sovereignty, constituting the British Empire and British Commonwealth, beginning in the latter part of the 19th century. They have included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland,...
- 2nd floor - 1997-2011 - moved to Blackmarsh Road