NB "Big Mall" Status

[DyAm00394]

Now open at McAllister Place. (Photo is from Retail Talk New Brunswick Facebook page).

https://miniso-ca.com/

[DyAm00394]

Resharing from the Saint John, NB Project thread:

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

This construction project listing was published today. "McAllister Place Mall (Redevelopment)".

https://www.merx.com/public/private-cons...&publishDate=&sortBy=&location=834474612

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

Now open at McAllister Place. (Photo is from Retail Talk New Brunswick Facebook page).

https://miniso-ca.com/

Anyone been here yet? It’s basically a psuedo-Japanese dollar store that is very popular across malls in China. I hope it proves popular in SJ, and think it should, considering how popular dollar stores are here in NB.

Would be great to see a Miniso at Brunswick Square and other downtown NB malls, as I imagine they’d get quite a lot of foot traffic from people living and working in the urban cores of NB’s big three.

[jonny golden]

McAllister Place sits on a large parcel with a lot of vacant land. It would be prime for residential development if the owner was so inclined. It is a popular trend elsewhere in the country.

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

McAllister Place sits on a large parcel with a lot of vacant land. It would be prime for residential development if the owner was so inclined. It is a popular trend elsewhere in the country.

I’ve always felt it would be awesome to live at or directly beside the mall.

Would be nice to see more residential developments occur at malls and retail nodes around NB… might require a lot of rezoning, but would be well worth it.

I miss living walking distance from a grocery store. Even better, would be living walking distance from Costco!