Merivale Mall

Merivale Mall is an indoor mall located at 1642 Merivale Road in the Nepean district of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The mall opened back in 1976 and is bordered by Viewmount Drive to the south and Merivale Road to the east. It's an approximate 20-minute drive from downtown Ottawa. Some of the shops and services currently located at the mall include Farm Boy, CIBC, Pizza Pizza, Rockwell's, Shoppers Drug Mart, Sport Chek, and the YMCA/YWCA. The mall is currently owned by Bentall Kennedy.

Redevelopment

Back in February 2015, Merivale Mall announced that it would be undergoing a $10 million redevelopment. This redevelopment would include a new Marshalls location that would be 25,900 square feet. The redevelopment also includes a relocated and redesigned Sport Chek. The projected is expected to be completed sometime in the fall of 2015.^[1]

Tenants

Sport Chek is currently the longest-serving tenant of the mall, which opened in 1995 to replace a department store that moved out of the mall. Rockwell's Restaurant was the longest-serving tenant, being open since 1986 and closing in late December 2015. Farm Boy has been a main tenant of the mall since 1996. The mall features a A Buck or Two until it converted into "Merivale Mart" in 2002, and soon went out of business as early as 2007.

Nearby amenities

• Merivale High School - The high school is located on the southeastern corner of the intersection of Merivale Road and Viewmount Drive.
• Viewmount Centre - An open-air shopping centre that is located on the east side of Merivale Road between Basil MacDonald Way and Viewmount Drive.
• Canadian Tire Gas Bar - A gas bar that is located on the southwestern corner of the intersection of Merivale Road and Viewmount Drive.
• Merivale Place - An open-air shopping centre located on the east side of Merivale Road between Meadowlands Drive and Family Brown Lane.
• Meadowlands Mall - An open-air shopping centre located on the northeastern corner of the intersection of Merivale Road and Meadowlands Drive.

Transit services

The following OC Transpo routes serve Merivale Mall:
86C 111 116A 116B 156 176

• Route 86C provides residents with connections to the Merivale Acres Business Park, Viewmount Drive, Fisher Avenue, Holland Avenue, Central Experimental Farm, Civic Hospital, the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Tunney's Pasture, downtown Ottawa, the University of Ottawa, and Hurdman.
• Route 111 provides residents with connections to Carleton University, Billings Bridge, Confederation Station, Vincent Massey Park, Prince of Wales Drive, Meadowlands Drive, the community of Parkwood Hills, Chesterton Drive, École secondaire Omer-Deslauriers, and Algonquin College.
• Route 116A provides passengers with connections to businesses along Merivale Road between Viewmount and MacFarlane, MacFarlane Road, the Rideau Heights Business Park, Hunt Club Road, and South Keys Shopping Centre.
• Route 116B provides passengers with connections to businesses along Merivale between Viewmount and West Hunt Club, West Hunt Club, the Rideau Heights Business Park, Hunt Club Road, and South Keys Shopping Centre.
• Route 156 provides passengers with connections to the Tanglewood community and Algonquin College.
• Route 176 provides passengers with connections to Barrhaven Centre, Chapman Mills, Cresthaven, Leikin, RCMP Headquarters, businesses along the entire length of Merivale, the Central Experimental Farm, Westgate Shopping Centre, the Royal Ottawa Hospital, the Ottawa Civic Hospital, Holland Avenue, Tunney's Pasture, downtown Ottawa (peak periods only), University of Ottawa (peak periods only), and Hurdman Station (peak periods only).

References

1. "Merivale Mall Announces $10 Million Redevelopment Project". February 19, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.