Dead Malls of Canada - Page 71

MolsonExport · #**1401** Posted **Mar 24, 2022, 1:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

Mike's Club Wear and Ardenes in the same place?? I'm so there.

Ardene's is very posh. It is the epitome of upscale. You really hit the big time when your mall has an Ardene's...and a Bentley's. Preferably as anchor stores. Add a fishmonger, and you are set. One stop fishing, err, shopping.

Tone · #**1402** Posted **Jun 13, 2022, 2:30 PM**

La Grande Place demolition this morning

Loco101 · #**1403** Posted **Jun 14, 2022, 5:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Ardene's is very posh. It is the epitome of upscale. You really hit the big time when your mall has an Ardene's...and a Bentley's. Preferably as anchor stores. Add a fishmonger, and you are set. One stop fishing, err, shopping.

A lot of the small mall chain stores seem to have their headquarters in Montreal or within the Montreal Region. That includes Ardene, Bentley, Dollarama, Reitmans, Hart and I'm probably missing a few others.

MolsonExport · #**1404** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 1:25 PM**

Montreal is still the headquarters of the fashion industry in Canada, which spun off a lot of retail, which in turn had a cluster effect on developing new retail chains/concepts.

MolsonExport · #**1405** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 1:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tone

La Grande Place demolition this morning

looks apocalyptic.

before:

gino caron

rimouski.ca

was this a real postcard?

moutonnoir

Tone · #**1406** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 2:15 PM**

^No, the ''postcard'' was more a tongue in cheek to show the populace exasperation.

MolsonExport · #**1407** Posted **Jun 15, 2022, 3:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tone

^No, the ''postcard'' was more a tongue in cheek to show the populace exasperation.

I thought so!

Tone · #**1408** Posted **Jun 16, 2022, 1:01 PM**

La Grande Place demo this morning June 16 - the X-bracing on the right wasn't part of the original structure and was added when the first half was demolished.

MolsonExport · #**1409** Posted **Jun 16, 2022, 2:04 PM**

That place was a real eyesore. I am sure Rimouski is glad to be getting rid of it. Was there an enclosed mall?

Tone · #**1410** Posted **Jun 19, 2022, 1:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

That place was a real eyesore. I am sure Rimouski is glad to be getting rid of it. Was there an enclosed mall?

An eyesore now but it was ahead of its time for Rimouski when it opened more than 50 years ago. It was Canada's first mall built on pillars and Eastern Quebec's first shopping mall. It had Rimouski's only escalator that would take you from the ground level parkade underneath it to the raised mall which had 2 main wings shaped like a T, anchor tenants and a food court.

It was the shopping mall in Eastern Quebec until you guessed it the construction of the larger Carrefour Rimouski, who helped to start its decline.

MolsonExport · #**1411** Posted **Jun 22, 2022, 6:41 PM**

^any (interior) photos of the Mall back in it's heyday?

Tone · #**1412** Posted **Jun 23, 2022, 12:32 AM**

Good idea I'll try to find some!

This evening June 22 - Toujours ouvert pour vous servir

MolsonExport · #**1413** Posted **Jun 23, 2022, 1:52 PM**

Always open to serve you! Love it. I guess that shopping is a little bit...dangerous though.

Tone · #**1414** Posted **Jun 25, 2022, 1:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Always open to serve you! Love it. I guess that shopping is a little bit...dangerous though.

I believe the only thing left to shop is used steel in the clearance aisle.

It's replacement project can't really be as bad as its predecessor and/or what's around it. It will have a public esplanade, retail spaces on the ground floor and will bring even more density to this block.

MolsonExport · #**1415** Posted **Jun 27, 2022, 8:13 PM**

good infill. Is Rimouski growing in terms of population?

zahav · #**1416** Posted **Jun 28, 2022, 4:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

good infill. Is Rimouski growing in terms of population?

According to the census, no. 0.6% in the city and 0.8% in the CMA. But I feel like so many places are having building booms, even when the population stats are showing almost no growth. Nice time for development afficionados though

harls · #**1417** Posted **Jun 28, 2022, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Montreal is still the headquarters of the fashion industry in Canada, which spun off a lot of retail, which in turn had a cluster effect on developing new retail chains/concepts.

SIMONS is the epitome of fashion. I wish there were more SIMONS in Canada.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...postcount=3039

MolsonExport · #**1418** Posted **Jun 28, 2022, 1:52 PM**

Dammit, I clicked. MikeToronto. There is a voice from the past. I actually sort of miss the guy's rambling posts about Toronto area bus routes (once, he presented this master plan where he had rejigged all the routes and schedules to suit his fantasies about mass transit...it must have represented hundreds of hours of work on his part).

Proof Sheet · #**1419** Posted **Jun 28, 2022, 2:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Dammit, I clicked. MikeToronto. There is a voice from the past. I actually sort of miss the guy's rambling posts about Toronto area bus routes (once, he presented this master plan where he had rejigged all the routes and schedules to suit his fantasies about mass transit...it must have represented hundreds of hours of work on his part).

He should be in the SSP Hall of Fame. His pontifications about retail hierarchy and where retail should go was quite regimented. I'm sure he lamented on the decline of the department store dining rooms that Eaton's/Simpson's/The Bay used to have in a bygone era.

Proof Sheet · #**1420** Posted **Jun 28, 2022, 2:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

SIMONS is the epitome of fashion. I wish there were more SIMONS in Canada.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...postcount=3039

Everywhere needs a Simons although Edmonton didn't seem to appreciate what they were given.