Place du Royaume
Place du Royaume is shopping centre located in the Chicoutimi neighbourhood of Saguenay, Quebec. It is the largest mall in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and contains 160 stores.[1]
The anchors are Canadian Tire, Walmart, Winners, Future Shop, Cinéma Odyssée, Sports Experts/Hockey Expert/Atmosphère, Pharmaprix, L'Équipeur, Urban Planet, Bouclair, Future Shop et Yellow.[1] Many international retailers are there including Mexx, Tommy Hilfiger, Jack & Jones, Yves Rocher, La Senza, among others. Near the cinema, there is a food court with restaurants such as Tim Hortons, McDonald's, Sushi Shop, KFC, Au vieux Duluth Express and Sukiyaki.
The mall is located right face to Place du Saguenay, another shopping centre which anchors are Sears, l'Aubainerie, Clément et Zellers.
History
The mall opened in August 1973 with 75 stores and anchors Woolco and Steinberg's. Four years after its opening, the mall had doubled size and added a the Bay store.
Steinberg's became Parade in 1985, another brand of Steinberg's, which in turn changed in 1987 for Super Marché Avantage, also a brand of Steinberg's. In the early 1990s, Héritage took the space of the former Steinberg's but sold a portion of it which is now occupied by other stores. Héritage made room for Provigo in 1996. Future Shop now occupies the former space of Provigo.
Woolco became Walmart in 1994.
The Bay was present until May 2007.[2] It closed in the same time as the Bay store at Place Vertu in Montreal. The Bay's mall space has been sub-divided by Tommy Hilfiger, Dynamite, Löv, Bouclair, Cassis, Le Rouet and Amnesia.
Other stores that have closed: Toys "R" Us, Consumers Distributing, Athlete's World, Stéréo Plus, Cohoes, Scotiabank, Tristan & America, Greiche & Scaff, Historia, Action Sport, Pegabo, Transit, A&W and Le Rouet.
References
- 1 2 "Site officiel du centre commercial", www.placeduroyaume.com (in French), retrieved September 3, 2012
- ↑ "La Baie ferme ses portes à Chicoutimi", lapresseaffaires.cyberpresse.ca (in French), retrieved September 3, 2012
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Coordinates: 48°24′17″N 71°03′18″W / 48.40472°N 71.05500°W