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'''Port Place Shopping Centre''' is a hybrid indoor/outdoor [[shopping mall]] located in [[Nanaimo]], [[British Columbia]], Canada. It previously had a total retail floor area of 145,000 square feet prior to partial demolition of the mall space,<ref>http://www.mallsindex.flotilia.com/item3960.html[]</ref>{{rs|date=June 2014}} which reduced its floor space to approximately 94,000 square feet<ref>[http://wallandceiling.ca/feature-article/turning-inside-out-port-place-mall-nanaimo-bc "Turning Inside Out: Port Place Mall In Nanaimo, BC"], wallandceiling.ca</ref>{{rs|date=June 2014}} prior to the addition of new retail and office space.
'''Port Place Shopping Centre''' is a hybrid indoor/outdoor [[shopping mall]] located in [[Nanaimo]], [[British Columbia]], Canada. It previously had a total retail floor area of 145,000 square feet prior to partial demolition of the mall space,<ref>http://canada.malls.com/malls/port-place-shopping-centre.html</ref>{{rs|date=June 2014}} which reduced its floor space to approximately 94,000 square feet<ref>[http://wallandceiling.ca/feature-article/turning-inside-out-port-place-mall-nanaimo-bc "Turning Inside Out: Port Place Mall In Nanaimo, BC"], wallandceiling.ca</ref>{{rs|date=June 2014}} prior to the addition of new retail and office space.


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 13:34, 27 February 2015

Port Place Shopping Centre
Map
LocationNanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Opening date1952 (original strip mall)
1967 (indoor mall, as Harbour Park)
ManagementFirst Capital (Port Place) Corp.
OwnerFirst Capital (Port Place) Corp.
No. of stores and services14
No. of anchor tenants3
Total retail floor area94,000 square feet
No. of floors2
Parking800

Port Place Shopping Centre is a hybrid indoor/outdoor shopping mall located in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. It previously had a total retail floor area of 145,000 square feet prior to partial demolition of the mall space,[1][unreliable source?] which reduced its floor space to approximately 94,000 square feet[2][unreliable source?] prior to the addition of new retail and office space.

History

A map of Harbour Park mall prior to renovations.
A map of Harbour Park mall prior to renovations.

Port Place began as a two-store strip mall that was built in 1952, with Simpsons-Sears and Safeway as the original anchor tenants.

The facility was expanded in 1967 by attaching an indoor mall (the second one in Nanaimo, after Northbrook Mall), which was then named Harbour Park Mall.[3]

Plans for renovation were begun in 2000, most notably the demolition of several former retail spaces to make way for a food court. The renovations were finished and the food court opened in 2004. That same year, the mall name was changed to the present Port Place.

In a 2009 announcement, Port Place owner First Capital Corp. revealed plans to redevelop much of the present Port Place site.[4] Beginning in early 2010, much of the former indoor part of the mall was demolished to make way for redevelopment of the complex, including a strip mall and freestanding retail space, low-rise office and residential space and a 26-storey condominium tower as part of the redevelopment, which has been estimated will take up to ten years to complete.[5] Phase Two of the new Port Place development, a two-story retail/office hybrid, was completed in the fall of 2013.[6][unreliable source?]

References

  1. ^ http://canada.malls.com/malls/port-place-shopping-centre.html
  2. ^ "Turning Inside Out: Port Place Mall In Nanaimo, BC", wallandceiling.ca
  3. ^ "Queen Victoria part of mall celebration". Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle. Ladysmith, British Columbia. April 25, 1979. Retrieved 2014-07-13. ...as part of the mall's 12th anniversary celebration.
  4. ^ Merchants bail out as Port Place mall gets ready to renovate at the Nanaimo Daily News
  5. ^ Commercial developers take advantage of market with several projects around the city at the Nanaimo Daily News
  6. ^ For Lease - Waterfront retail and office - Port Place Shopping Centre, spacelist.ca