St. Laurent Shopping Centre
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St. Laurent Shopping Centre (also known as St. Laurent) is a major shopping centre located in Ottawa
, Ontario
, Canada
owned and operated by Morguard REIT. The shopping mall is located just north of Highway 417
at the corner of St. Laurent Boulevard
and Coventry Road. It opened its doors in 1967.
St. Laurent is the largest mall in terms of total space in the National Capital Region
with 90200 square metres (970,904.7 sq ft) of gross leasable area. It is currently the 27th largest mall in Canada. The owner has applied to the City of Ottawa for land use planning approvals to permit an expansion of the mall, bringing the overall size to 121000 square metres (1,302,433.2 sq ft). If approved, the expansion is expected to be completed between 2014 and 2015, and would make St. Laurent the tenth largest mall in Canada.
OC Transpo
's St. Laurent Station
is connected to the mall. It has three levels, one in a tunnel which is the main transitway, the mezzanine which connects the shopping centre, and a local platform on the upper level where OC Transpo routes 5, 7, 14 and 18 all end or start their trips. The tunnel-level is accessible via escalators from the mall. OC Transpo also have a client service kiosk. The station opened in 1987 and the mall had an expansion of about 80 stores at the same time. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_16-4.pdf
The shopping centre has a total of 195 stores and services on two levels.
Ottawa
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, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
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owned and operated by Morguard REIT. The shopping mall is located just north of Highway 417
Highway 417 (Ontario)
King's Highway 417, also known as Highway 417 and the Queensway through Ottawa is a 400-series highways in the Canadian province of Ontario which connects Montreal with Ottawa. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region, where it forms part of the Queensway along with...
at the corner of St. Laurent Boulevard
St. Laurent Boulevard (Ottawa)
St. Laurent Boulevard is an arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Beginning at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police college complex at Sandridge Road in the Manor Park neighbourhood, St. Laurent Boulevard runs in a straight line, slightly east of south, until it reaches Walkley Road. It then...
and Coventry Road. It opened its doors in 1967.
St. Laurent is the largest mall in terms of total space in the National Capital Region
National Capital Region (Canada)
The National Capital Region, also referred to as Canada's Capital Region, is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighbouring city of Gatineau, Quebec, and surrounding urban and rural communities....
with 90200 square metres (970,904.7 sq ft) of gross leasable area. It is currently the 27th largest mall in Canada. The owner has applied to the City of Ottawa for land use planning approvals to permit an expansion of the mall, bringing the overall size to 121000 square metres (1,302,433.2 sq ft). If approved, the expansion is expected to be completed between 2014 and 2015, and would make St. Laurent the tenth largest mall in Canada.
OC Transpo
OC Transpo
OC Transpo is the urban transit service of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. An integrated hub-and-spoke system of services is available consisting of: regular buses travelling on fixed routes in mixed traffic, typical of most urban transit systems; a bus rapid transit system — a high...
's St. Laurent Station
St. Laurent Station (OC Transpo)
St. Laurent Station is a station on Ottawa's transitway located at St. Laurent Boulevard and the Queensway. This station is the most integrated to its surroundings with direct indoor pedestrian access to the St. Laurent Shopping Centre...
is connected to the mall. It has three levels, one in a tunnel which is the main transitway, the mezzanine which connects the shopping centre, and a local platform on the upper level where OC Transpo routes 5, 7, 14 and 18 all end or start their trips. The tunnel-level is accessible via escalators from the mall. OC Transpo also have a client service kiosk. The station opened in 1987 and the mall had an expansion of about 80 stores at the same time. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_16-4.pdf
The shopping centre has a total of 195 stores and services on two levels.