Carrefour Laval
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Carrefour Laval is a super regional mall located in Laval, Quebec
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...

, 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...

 at the intersection of the Laurentian Highway
Quebec Autoroute 15
Autoroute 15 is a highway in western Quebec, Canada...

 (A-15) and Laval Freeway
Quebec Autoroute 440 (Laval)
Autoroute 440 is a provincial highway that runs across the city of Laval, Quebec from Autoroute 13 to Autoroute 25. It is currently long, proceeding across Île Jésus on an east-west axis...

 (A-440). At 115478 m² (1,242,994.8 sq ft), it is the largest enclosed mall in the Montreal area
Greater Montreal Area
Greater Montreal is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec.Greater Montreal is the most populous metropolitan area in Québec. As of 2009, Statistics Canada identifies Montréal's Census Metropolitan Area as Canada's second most populous with a population of 3,859,318...

 and also 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....

's largest mall operating on one floor, like all enclosed malls in Laval.

Carrefour Laval is one of the four fashion centres in the Montreal area that also include Fairview Pointe-Claire
Fairview Pointe-Claire
Fairview Pointe-Claire, also called Fairview Centre , is one of the biggest super regional shopping malls on the island of Montreal with about spread on two levels of shopping space...

, Les Promenades Saint-Bruno and Les Galeries d'Anjou
Les Galeries d'Anjou
Galeries d'Anjou is a shopping mall located in the Anjou borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Current major tenants include The Bay, Sears, Zellers and Brick. It is roughly ....

.

Stores

The mall has more than 300 stores, boutiques and restaurants. It has five major anchor stores; they 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
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...

, Simons
La Maison Simons
La Maison Simons, commonly known as Simons, is a fashion retailer in Quebec, Canada.-History:La Maison Simons was founded by the Simons family in 1840 in Quebec City, and is headquartered in that city. The store began operations as Simons House, where retail operations began in 1889...

, Rona
Rona (company)
Rona Inc. is a Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, home improvement and gardening products. Rona was founded in 1939. Rona operates a network of some 700 stores and is the leading distributor and retailer in its market with approximately 51,594 employees. The Rona network represents...

 and Staples.
Various other retailers are represented in the mall, including Vero Moda, Top Shop
Top Shop
Top Shop may mean:* TopShop A British Clothes Store* BOARD GAME Top Shop - A PlayStation Game* A Serbian national shop located in Novi Sad...

, ONLY
Only
Only may refer to:* Only , a Canadian news and entertainment magazine* Only , an album by Tommy Emmanuel* "Only" * "Only" * "The Only", a song by Static-X...

, Jack & Jones, Forever 21
Forever 21
Forever 21 is an American chain of clothing retailers with branches in major cities in The United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East that offers fashion and accessories for young women and men....

, Stuart Weitzman
Stuart Weitzman
Stuart A. Weitzman is the designer of the international, high-end shoe company, Stuart Weitzman.Stuart Weitzman's trademark use of unique materials , and his attention to detail, garnered him and his company a global following...

, Lacoste, Guess Accesoiries, Steve Madden
Steve Madden
Steve Madden is the founder and former CEO of Steve Madden Ltd., a footwear company.Born in Far Rockaway, Queens, Madden grew up in adjoining Lawrence in Nassau County, New York....

, H&M
H&M
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....

, Zara
Zara (clothing)
Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo, Galicia, and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group; the fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Oysho, Uterqüe, Stradivarius and...

, HMV
HMV Group
HMV is a British global entertainment retail chain and is the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company also operates in Hong Kong and Singapore. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE Fledgling Index...

, Le Château, Rockport
Rockport
-Locations:Canada* Rockport, New Brunswick* Rockport, OntarioUnited States* Rockport, Arkansas* Rockport, California*Rockport, Illinois* Rockport, Indiana* Rockport, Kentucky*Rockport, Maine*Rockport, Massachusetts...

 Store, 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...

, Old Navy
Old Navy
Old 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...

, Browns, B2, American Eagle Outfitters
American Eagle Outfitters
American 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...

, Renaud-Bray
Renaud-Bray
La librairie Renaud-Bray is the largest chain of French-language bookstores in North America, and the largest bookstore chain in Canada after Chapters/Indigo....

, La Senza
La Senza
La Senza Corporation is a Canadian fashion retailer based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, which sells lingerie and intimate apparel. The La Senza brand is currently owned by Limited Brands.- History :...

, Banana Republic, 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...

, A&W, Marciano, Guess Gap
Gap (clothing retailer)
The Gap, Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California, and founded in 1969 by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher. The company has five primary brands: the namesake Gap banner, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime and Athleta. As of September 2008,...

, Aldo Groupe
Aldo Groupe
The ALDO Group is a Canadian corporation that owns and operates a worldwide chain of shoe and accessory stores. The company was founded by Aldo Bensadoun in Montreal, Quebec, in 1972 where its corporate headquarters remain today...

, Stone Ridge, Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger
Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and founder of the premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger.-Early life:...

, Aveda
Aveda
Aveda Corporation is a company headquartered in Blaine, Minnesota, that manufactures skin care, cosmetics, perfume, hair care products, and trains students in cosmetology and esthiology at the Aveda Institutes in Minneapolis, New York City, Washington, DC, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and many other...

, The Body Shop
The Body Shop
The Body Shop International plc, known as The Body Shop, has 2,400 stores in 61 countries, and is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world, following O Boticario, a Brazilian company...

, Crabtree & Evelyn
Crabtree & Evelyn
Crabtree & Evelyn is an American retailer of body and home products with stores globally. According to its website, Crabtree & Evelyn uses over 160 “natural botanical ingredients” in its skin care products. It is wholly owned by KLK, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad., a Malaysian company that also owns...

, Telus
TELUS
Telus is a national telecommunications company in Canada that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, video, and satellite television. The company is based in Burnaby, British Columbia, part of Greater Vancouver...

, Rogers
Rogers
-Places:Canada*Rogers Island *Rogers PassUnited States*Rogers, Arkansas*Rogers, California*Rogers, California, alternate name of Muroc, California*Rogers, Minnesota*Rogers, Nebraska*Rogers, Ohio*Rogers, Virginia*Rogers City, Michigan...

, Fido
Fido Solutions
Fido Solutions is a Canadian cellular telephone service provider currently owned by Rogers Communications. It was formerly owned by Microcell Telecommunications. Fido does, however, remain a separate entity from Rogers...

, Levi's, LensCrafters
LensCrafters
LensCrafters is an international retailer of prescription eyewear, and prescription sunglasses, and the largest optical chain in the United States, with about 90 stores in California alone. It was founded in 1983 in the U.S. and has subsequently expanded to over 850 stores in Canada, the United...

, Parasuco
Parasuco
Parasuco is a Canadian clothing company, best known for its denim jeans. Based in Montreal, the company is famous for its provocative advertising and fit on jeans...

, Energie/Miss Sixty, GEOX
Geox
Geox is an Italian brand of shoe and apparel manufactured utilising waterproof/breathable fabrics.-Corporate history:The company was founded in 1995 by Mario Moretti Polegato. The brand name, Geox, was created from a mixture between the Greek word “geo” , and “x”, a letter-element symbolizing...

, ECCO, Mephisto Concept Store, Oakley, Mexx
Mexx
Mexx is an international fashion company that designs clothes and accessories for men, women and children. Mexx creates fashion that is inspired by the energy, style and trends of life in the big city. The Mexx’ metropolitan casual look is smart, classy and self confident.Every piece of Mexx...

, Printwell, Starbucks
Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and...

 Coffee Shop, Jacob
Jacob (clothing retailer)
Jacob is a private Canadian affordable women's and girls' clothing store chain based out of Montreal, Quebec. Jacob stores, which number over 200, are all over Canada, usually in malls...

, Swarovski
Swarovski
Swarovski is the brand name for a range of precisely-cut crystal and related luxury products produced by Swarovski AG of Wattens, Austria...

, The Children's Place
The Children's Place
The Children’s Place is an American specialty retailer of children’s apparel and accessories founded in 1969. They became publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange in 1997 under the ticker symbol PLCE...

, EB Games, Sephora
Sephora
Sephora is a chain of cosmetics stores founded in France in 1970 and acquired by Paris-based conglomerate LVMH in 1997. The Sephora chain includes more than 750 stores in 17 countries...

, Joshua Perets, Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works, LLC, is an American retail store under the Limited Brands umbrella. It was founded in 1990 in New Albany, Ohio and has since expanded across the United States and Canada. It specializes in lotions, bath items, personal care items, and home fragrances.The company launched both a...

, Stitches, MAC Cosmetics, AIX Armani Exchange, BCBG Max Azria, American Apparel
American Apparel
American Apparel is a clothing manufacturer in the United States. It is a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer that also performs its own design, advertising, and marketing...

 among others.

Banking services include the Bank of Montreal
Bank of Montreal
The Bank of Montreal , , or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits. The Bank of Montreal was founded on June 23, 1817 by John Richardson and eight merchants in a rented house in Montreal, Quebec. On May 19, 1817 the Articles of Association were adopted, making it...

.

Since 1 November 2009, Carrefour Laval requires its 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...

 tenants to use solid dinnerware and cutlery
Cutlery
Cutlery refers to any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food in the Western world. It is more usually known as silverware or flatware in the United States, where cutlery can have the more specific meaning of knives and other cutting instruments. This is probably the...

, which it provides, instead of the traditional foam containers found in the vast majority of food courts.

Retail firsts

Carrefour Laval has a reputation of being a stepping door for many international retail chains looking to gain a foothold either in the province, the country or even North America.
  • Armani Exchange inaugurated its first Quebec store on November 2010, between the food court and the now closed store Les Ailes de la Mode.

  • The first Apple Store in Quebec was opened in 2006 in Carrefour Laval.

  • Though it is no longer in the mall, Games Workshop
    Games Workshop
    Games Workshop Group plc is a British game production and retailing company. Games Workshop has published the tabletop wargames Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000...

     had its first Quebec store in Carrefour Laval.

  • Jack & Jones and sister chain Vero Moda both opened their first stores in North America at Carrefour Laval during the fall of 2008.

  • Rockport
    Rockport (company)
    The Rockport Company is a manufacturer of shoes based in Canton, Massachusetts.Founded in Marlborough, Massachusetts in 1971 by Bruce Katz, the company produces footwear and operates stores in the United States and 66 countries around the world...

    's sole store ever in Quebec has been in Carrefour Laval since 2002.

  • Skechers
    Skechers
    Skechers is an American shoe company headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California, founded by CEO Robert Greenberg. Greenberg started Skechers in 1992 after he left LA Gear which he also founded. Skechers was started with his son as a distributor for Doc Martens; they launched their own shoe line...

     opened its first Quebec store at the end of the summer 2010 in the revitalized section of the mall near Rona.

  • Stuart Weitzman
    Stuart Weitzman
    Stuart A. Weitzman is the designer of the international, high-end shoe company, Stuart Weitzman.Stuart Weitzman's trademark use of unique materials , and his attention to detail, garnered him and his company a global following...

    's shoe company inaugurated its first two Canadian stores on March 15, 2010 in Carrefour Laval and Centre Rockland
    Centre Rockland
    Centre Rockland is an upscale mall located at the intersection of the Metropolitan Boulevard and de L'Acadie Boulevard in Mount Royal, Quebec. The mall is owned and operated by the shopping centre development company Ivanhoe Cambridge, which is a principal real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt...

    .

Planning for a new mall (1969-1973)

Construction of the mall was first announced on by Steinberg's
Steinberg's
Steinberg's was a Canadian grocery store chain that mainly operated in the province of Quebec. In addition to its flagship supermarket chain, the company operated several subsidiaries across the country...

 and Eaton's
Eaton's
The T. Eaton Co. Limited was once Canada's largest department store retailer. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an Irish immigrant. Eaton's grew to become a retail and social institution in Canada, with stores across the country, buying offices across the globe, and a catalogue...

. The consortium announced that a 150-store mall would be built on a 20000000 square feet (1,858,060.8 m²) property next to the Laurentian Highway
Quebec Autoroute 15
Autoroute 15 is a highway in western Quebec, Canada...

, subject to the construction of the necessary infrastructure by the newly formed city of Laval
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...

.

The project had been delayed after a zoning bylaw proposed by mayor Jacques Tétreault
Jacques Tétreault
Jacques Tétreault was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. His background was in law....

 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
Oshawa Group
Oshawa Group was once a leading owner of supermarkets in Ontario, but it was sold to Sobeys in 1998.Stores under Oshawa Group included:* IGA* Tradition Market Fresh Food* Knechtel* Pharma Plus Drug Stores...

. A zoning amendment proposed by opposition councillor Lucien Paiement
Lucien Paiement
Lucien Paiement was a doctor, municipal politician and owner of racehorses in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served as mayor of Laval from 1973 to 1981...

 (later mayor), which allowed the Oshawa Group to build its own mall was adopted. By then, Morgan's
Morgan's
Morgan's was a Montreal-based Canadian department store chain. At its peak, the company had stores in Quebec and Ontario...

 and Simpson's had joined the Carrefour Laval consortium. However, Morgan's dropped out, preferring instead to anchor an expansion of the existing Centre Laval
Centre Laval
Centre Laval is a shopping centre located in the Chomedey district Laval, Quebec, at the corner of Saint-Martin West and Le Corbusier boulevard. Centre Laval is a 10-minute walk from the Montmorency metro station in nearby Laval-des-Rapides...

, just 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away on the other side of Highway 15.

Timeline

  • 1974: Carrefour Laval opens with major tenants Simpsons, Eaton's
    Eaton's
    The T. Eaton Co. Limited was once Canada's largest department store retailer. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an Irish immigrant. Eaton's grew to become a retail and social institution in Canada, with stores across the country, buying offices across the globe, and a catalogue...

    , Dupuis Frères, Pascal's and Beaucoup. The L-shaped Carrefour Laval has 125 stores. Eaton's and Beaucoup anchor the ends of the mall and Simpsons is at the junction.
  • 1978: Dupuis Frères closes. Wise
    Wise Stores
    Wise Stores was a department store chain located in Eastern Canada. Founded in 1930 in Montreal by Alex Wise, Wise Stores expanded their presence in the 1950s with the arrival of shopping centres. In 1992, the company acquired the even longer running and competitor Peoples department stores from...

     arrives in the mall.
  • 1981: Simpsons becomes "Simpson", in a symbolic move across Quebec to hide its Anglicized "s".
  • 1983: The mall expands to the west with 100 new stores, 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 a Sears department store.
  • 1984: The Beaucoup concept is abandoned. Steinberg's and Miracle Mart now have their separate anchor spaces, although they remain side by side.
  • 1986: Miracle Mart's name is shortened to M. A standalone Cineplex Odeon
    Cineplex Odeon
    Cineplex Odeon Corporation was one of North America's largest movie theatre operators, with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United States...

     arrives in the mall's parking lot.
  • 1989: Simpsons store converted to the Bay.
  • 1991: Pascal's closes on May 16.
  • 1992: Steinberg's and M close.
  • 1994: Rona opens up on what used to be the anchor spaces of Steinberg's and M. The first "Rona L'entrepôt" hardware store ever.
  • 1995: Wise closes.
  • 1996: Les Ailes de la Mode
    Les Ailes de la Mode
    Les Ailes de la mode is a Canadian retail store chain. Its flagship store is in downtown Montreal and is the anchor tenant of the Complexe Les Ailes....

     and Staples become new tenants of Carrefour Laval; they both occupy the space of the old Pascal's store.
  • 1999: Eaton's closes.
  • 2000: Cadillac Fairview acquires full ownership of the mall. Until now it was always co-owned by Ivanhoe.
  • 2001: Cineplex Odeon closes.
  • 2002: Carrefour Laval expands with 78 new stores and anchor Simons. Part of this expansion took place on the former spots of the Eaton's store and the Cineplex Odeon movie theater which had both been demolished. The new section of the mall is characterized by its higher roof.
  • 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.

  • 2009: The new food court opens with 22 fast-food outlets, 1200 seats, and an upscale restaurant, Table 51. 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.

Transit centre

An AMT bus terminal
Terminus Le Carrefour (AMT)
Terminus Le Carrefour, an AMT bus terminus across boulevard Le Carrefour from the Carrefour Laval at the corner of Terry Fox Avenue. It is located one block west of Autoroute 15. A Radisson Hotel is located between Terry Fox Avenue and the Autoroute, a Hilton Hotel and a Sheraton Hotel are...

 is located across boulevard le Carrefour from the Carrefour Laval. From it the STL
Société de transport de Laval
Société de transport de Laval is the public transit system in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in June 1971 as the Commission de transport de la Ville de Laval ...

 offers frequent bus service to and from Montmorency
Montmorency (Montreal Metro)
Montmorency is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Laval-des-Rapides area of Laval, Quebec, Canada . The station is part of an extension to the line to Laval and opened on April 28, 2007,...

 metro station, the terminus of the orange line
Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro)
The Orange line is the longest, most congested, and first-planned of the four lines of the Montreal Metro, in Montreal, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was extended between 1980 and 1986...

 of the Montreal Metro
Montreal Metro
The Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

.

See also

  • Laval, Quebec
    Laval, Quebec
    Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...

  • List of largest enclosed shopping malls in Canada
  • List of malls in Montreal
  • List of shopping malls in Canada

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