Pen Centre
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| Location | 221 Glendale Avenue St. Catharines, Ontario L2T 2K9 |
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| Opening date | 1958 |
| Management | 20 VIC |
| Owner | 20 VIC |
| No. of stores and services | 180 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 10 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,036,696 sq ft (96,312.2 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Parking | 5000 |
| Website | The Pen Centre |
The Pen Centre (originally The Niagara Peninsula Shopping Centre) is the largest mall in the Niagara Region, located in St. Catharines, Ontario. Opened in 1958,[1] The Pen was at one point the fourth largest mall in Canada,[2] with over one million square feet of floor space. Located next to the Highway 406, it features over 180 stores, three major department stores, a supermarket, a ten-screen movieplex, and several large format anchors.[3]
In 2011, the mall began a $13 million renovation of the common space, including 3,600 sq. ft. of new skylights, a new food court, floors and ceiling treatments.[4]
Anchors
- Sears (194,611 sq ft.)
- Hudson's Bay (150,688 sq ft.)
- Zehrs (59,908 sq ft.)
- Landmark Cinemas (formerly Famous Players SilverCity and Empire Theatres) [5] (48,888 sq ft.)
- Winners (28,476 sq ft.)
- HomeSense (24,799 sq ft.)
- Sport Chek (23,245 sq ft.)
- H&M (17,540 sq ft.)
- Old Navy (15,665 sq ft.)
- Target (96,484 sq ft.) (closed)
Target announced that it will open a store in the centre's Zellers location on November 22, 2013. On January 15, 2015, Target announced that it will close all of its 133 Canadian stores. On May 8, 2015 the location was sold to Walmart Canada.[6]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.20vic.com/propertyPDFs/1112/pen-centre.pdf
- ^ http://www.thepencentre.com/HTMLpages/History.htm
- ^ http://www.20vic.com/propertyPDFs/1112/pen-centre.pdf
- ^ http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2011/03/10/pen-centre-to-undergo-13m-interior-renovation
- ^ http://www.mmdnewswire.com/landmark-cinemas-of-canada-129948.html
- ^ http://www.thestar.com/business/2015/05/08/walmart-buys-13-former-target-canada-stores.html