Carrefour Laval

Carrefour Laval (corporately styled as "CF Carrefour Laval") is a super regional mall located in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is located at the intersection of the Autoroute des Laurentides (Laurentian Expressway) (A-15) and Autoroute Jean-Noël-Lavoie (A-440).[1] At 115,478 m2 (1,242,990 sq ft), it is both the largest enclosed shopping centre in the Montreal area and Quebec's largest mall operating on a single floor.

Carrefour Laval
Coordinates45.57°N 73.751°W / 45.57; -73.751
Address3035 Le Carrefour Blvd.,
Laval, Quebec, Canada
H7T 1C7
Opening dateMarch 28, 1974
DeveloperFairview Corporation (planner)
Ain & Zakuta Ltd (builder)[lower-alpha 1]
ManagementCadillac Fairview
OwnerCadillac Fairview / TD Asset Management
No. of stores and services300+
No. of anchor tenants3
Total retail floor area115,478 m2 or 1,242,990 sq ft (GLA)
No. of floors1
Public transit accessTerminus Le Carrefour
Websitecarrefourlaval.ca

Carrefour Laval is one of the four self-branded fashion centres managed by Cadillac Fairview in the Montreal area. The others are Fairview Pointe-Claire, Les Promenades Saint-Bruno, and Les Galeries d'Anjou.

Stores

The mall has three anchor stores: Hudson's Bay, Simons and Rona, with one vacant anchor space last occupied by Sears.[2] Various other stores, boutiques and restaurants are represented in the mall.

Carrefour Laval has the reputation of being a gate for international retail chains looking to expand in Quebec and is one of the best performing shopping malls in the province in terms of sales per square foot.[3][4] Several established American retailers opened their first Quebec store at Carrefour Laval notably Apple Store, Bath & Body Works, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Crate and Barrel, Victoria's Secret, Williams Sonoma and Coach New York.[4][3] Non-American international retailers that had their start at Carrefour Laval include Armani Exchange, Le Creuset and Lego Store.[5][6][7] Carrefour Laval was also the birthplace on June 30, 1994 of Rona L'Entrepôt, today a major big-box Canadian hardware chain.[8][9][10]

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 20,000,000-square-foot (1,900,000 m2) property next to the Laurentian Expressway, subject to the construction of the necessary infrastructure by the newly formed city of Laval.[11]

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 supported the construction of a second mall in the immediate vicinity by the Oshawa Group.[12] A zoning amendment proposed by opposition councillor Lucien Paiement (later mayor), which allowed the Oshawa Group to build its own mall was adopted. By then, Morgan's and Simpson's had joined the Carrefour Laval consortium.[12] However, Morgan's dropped out, preferring instead to anchor an expansion of the existing Centre Laval,[13] just 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) away on the other side of Expressway 15.

Timeline
  • 1974: Carrefour Laval opens with major tenants Simpsons, Eaton's, Dupuis Frères, Pascal's and Beaucoup.[lower-alpha 2]The L-shaped Carrefour Laval has 125 stores. Eaton's and Beaucoup anchor the ends of the mall and Simpsons is at the junction. Carrefour Laval has three owners: Fairview Corporation (its manager), Ivanhoe Corporation and Eaton's.[14]
  • 1978: Dupuis Frères closes. Wise arrives in the mall.
  • 1983: The mall double its number of tenants by expanding to the west with 125 new stores and a Sears department store.[15][16]
  • 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.[17][18]
  • 1989: Simpsons is converted to The Bay.[19]
  • 1991: Pascal's closes.[20][21]
  • 1992: Steinberg's and M close.
  • 1993: Bureau en Gros becomes a tenant of Carrefour Laval.[22] Moreover, work begins to convert the space that had been occupied by Steinberg's and M to accommodate what would have been the first Costco store in Canada, 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 L'Entrepôt opens up its first store ever on what used to be the anchor spaces of Steinberg's and M.
  • 1995: Wise closes.
  • 1996: Les Ailes de la Mode opens in the spaces of the old Pascal's and Wise stores.[23][24]
  • 1999: Eaton's closes.[25]
  • 2000: Cadillac Fairview acquires full ownership of the mall.[26][27] Until now it had been co-owned by Ivanhoe.[26][14]
  • 2002: Carrefour Laval expands with 80 new stores and anchor Simons.[28] This expansion took place on the former spot of the Eaton's store which had been demolished.[29] 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.[30] The food court offers now 1,200 seats.[1]
  • 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.[31]
  • 2012: Crate & Barrel opens, in part of Les Ailes de la Mode's past location. The rest is split between The Keg and P.F. Chang's.
  • 2014: Bureau en Gros closes.
  • 2018: Sears closes.[32]
  • 2019: TD Asset Management becomes owner of the mall at 50%.[33]

Transit centre

An RTM bus terminal is located across boulevard le Carrefour from the Carrefour Laval. From it the STL offers frequent bus service to and from Montmorency metro station, the terminus of the orange line of the Montreal Metro.

See also

Notes
  1. Original phase
  2. Beaucoup Steinberg was a hypermarket that consisted of a Steinberg's supermarket, a Miracle Mart department store, a Le Quick restaurant and a Pik-Nik restaurant all under the same roof.

References
  1. Le Carrefour Laval. Quoted: 22 July 2015.
  2. "CF Carrefour Laval - Magasins du centre commercial".
  3. Côté, Émilie. "Le Carrefour Laval, nouvelle mecque du shopping" – via Cyberpresse.
  4. "Quand les Américains entrent au Québec par... le Carrefour Laval". www.lesaffaires.com.
  5. "A-X Armani Exchange Taps TransPerfect to Facilitate Entry into Quebec Market". www.translations.com. 21 April 2011.
  6. "Le Creuset Opens Flagship Quebec Location at Carrefour Laval - Think Retail - Chartered Real Estate Broker". www.thinkretail.ca.
  7. QMI, Christopher Nardi / Agence. "Le Carrefour Laval accueille le premier magasin Lego du Québec" – via www.journaldemontreal.com.
  8. "Rona advertisement page". La Presse. Montreal. 13 July 1994. p. A6.
  9. http://meteopolitique.com/fiches/caisse-depot-placement-Quebec/analyse/Intervention/Robert-Duttonet-Rona-2007.pdf
  10. "Rona : suite et... fin". www.lesaffaires.com.
  11. "Super shopping centre planned". The Gazette. Montreal. February 28, 1969. p. 1.
  12. Pierre Richard (December 20, 1971). "Une bataille entre 2 géants déchire le Conseil de Laval". Le Devoir (in French). Montreal. p. 1.
  13. "Morgan's plans to build 110,000 square foot store". The Gazette. Montreal. May 25, 1971. p. 34.
  14. "Le Carrefour Laval ouvrira Jeudi le 28 mars, 9:30". La Presse. Montreal. 27 March 1974. p. K2.
  15. https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cgq/1983-v27-n71-cgq2644/021612ar.pdf
  16. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/sears-unveils-new-expansion-at-carrefour-laval-537411371.html
  17. "Ouverture de Quatre grands magasins "M" dans la région". Boucherville. 3 September 1986. p. 18. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  18. "Encart publicitaire. Steinberg. M. Miracle Mart. Carrefour Laval". La Presse. Montreall. 9 October 1985. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  19. "La Baie advertizing page". La Presse. Montreal. 11 March 1989. p. B10. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  20. "Pascal advertisement with store list at the bottom". La Presse. Montreal. 14 May 1991. p. D9. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  21. "Pascal:succès des ventes de liquidation". La Presse. Montreal. 21 August 1991. p. D9. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  22. "Bureau en gros ouvrira 50 magasins". La Presse. Montreal. 23 August 1993. p. B5.
  23. "Les Ailes de la Mode privéligient les couturiers québecois". Montreal: La Presse. 7 August 1996. p. E3. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  24. "Carrefour Laval advertisement". Montreal: La Presse. 7 August 1996. p. A5. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  25. "Eaton : La Baie et Wal Mart pourraient à leur tour reprendre des magasins". Montreal: La Presse. 22 September 1999. p. D6. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  26. "Le Centre Eaton racheté". La Presse (in French). Montreal. July 5, 2000. p. D1. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  27. "Le Centre Eaton racheté". La Presse (in French). Montreal. Jul 5, 2000. p. D2. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  28. Cloutier, Laurier. "Centres commerciaux: les projets vont bon train" – via Cyberpresse.
  29. https://www.lechodelaval.ca/actualites/affaires/161770/carrefour-laval-nouvelle-image-nouveaux-detaillants
  30. Cadillac Fairview announces a $52M investment to revitalize Carrefour Laval and its food court Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  31. "Walmart déménage son vieux magasin de Laval". Montreal: La Presse. 11 June 2011. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  32. Hameury, Diane (17 January 2018). "Le CF Carrefour Laval en mode solution".
  33. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/cadillac-fairview-and-td-asset-management-inc-announce-co-ownership-in-cf-carrefour-laval-and-the-opportunity-to-acquire-a-50-per-cent-interest-in-cf-sherway-gardens-809352524.html
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