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Fairview Pointe-Claire

Fairview Pointe-Claire (corporately styled as "CF Fairview Pointe-Claire") is the largest shopping mall in the West Island and one of the biggest on the Island of Montreal. It is located in the city of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada, at the intersection of Trans-Canada Highway and Saint-Jean Boulevard.

Fairview Pointe-Claire
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Coordinates45°27′50.5″N 73°49′52.9″W / 45.464028°N 73.831361°W / 45.464028; -73.831361
Address6801 Trans-Canada Highway
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
H9R 5J2
Opening dateAugust 12, 1965
DeveloperCadillac Development Corporation
ManagementCadillac Fairview
OwnerCadillac Fairview
No. of stores and services175
No. of anchor tenants5
Total retail floor area1,045,178 square feet (97,100 m2) (GLA)[1]
No. of floors2
ParkingOutdoor
Public transit accessBus transport Terminus Fairview
Fairview–Pointe-Claire (future)
Websitewww.cfshops.com/fairview-pointe-claire.html

Fairview Pointe-Claire attracts 8 million visitors each year.[2] 175 stores occupy about 1,000,000 square feet (92,900 m2) spread on two levels of shopping space.[1][3] It is one of Cadillac Fairview's oldest shopping malls. The major tenants are Hudson's Bay, Winners, HomeSense, Sports Experts/Atmosphere, La Maison Simons and Best Buy.

History

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Fairview Pointe-Claire was inaugurated on August 12, 1965 with anchors Simpsons, Steinberg's, Eaton's and Pascal's.[4][5] It had exactly 70 tenants.[6] Notable mid-sized tenants included Holt Renfrew, Ogilvy's and Woolworth's.[7] Fairview Pointe-Claire was a single level mall at the time; only tenants Simpsons, Eaton's, W.H. Smith Books, and Pascal's had two floors. Although they initially had only two floors, Simpsons and Eaton's were both built with the capacity to each house a third level in the future.[8] Simpson's was located on the east end of the mall and had on the parking its own auto centre with an Esso.[9] Eaton's was in the west end and back then used the English name (with the letter "s") for the store signage of this location.[10]

At the time of its opening, Fairview Pointe-Claire was the first enclosed shopping mall in the West Island, the first shopping centre in Quebec with either a Simpsons or Eaton's store, as well as the second largest mall in all of Canada.[11] Simpsons purchased a replica of Michelangelo's Statue of David and installed it in the mall's hallway, a move that was met with criticism.[12]

In 1985, Fairview Pointe-Claire was extensively converted to a two-level shopping mall whose renovation was completed on August 14, almost to the day of its 20th anniversary.[13] The mall went from 88 to 201 stores and its first floor was completely renovated.[13] Among the additions was the introduction of the food court.

Simpsons was taken over by The Bay on January 29, 1989, with no layoffs in the store.[14][15]

Pascal's declared bankruptcy in 1991.[16]

A Sears store of 164,000 square feet opened on August 12, 1992.[17] It was a new construction built on the south side of the shopping centre.[18]

Eaton's closed on October 17, 1999 after 34 years in the mall.[19] Sears relocated in 2001 to Eaton's former location.[20][21] Sears's original location is now home to Winners/HomeSense, Sports Experts/Atmosphere, Renaud-Bray, Old Navy and Starbucks Coffee.

On July 26, 2001, Déco Découverte opened one of its first two Quebec stores in Super C's former space.[22][21]

A Best Buy opened in the fall of 2005.[23] It was built in the place of the torn down Pascal's store, itself having been converted from 1992 to 1998 into an Aventure Électronique Superstore, competing against nearby Future Shop in Complexe Pointe-Claire . Like Aventure Électronique (but unlike Pascal's), Best Buy can only be access from outdoor.

It was announced in September 2017 that the Sears at Fairview Pointe-Claire was targeted for closure along with nine other stores all located outside of Quebec.[24] The Pointe-Claire location closed in December 2017.[25] The first level was repurposed for dining with the food court moving into the space on April 1, 2021.[2] The second and third floors of the location were replaced a year later by Simons on May 5, 2022.[26] The old food court was subdivided for Dollarama and Linen Chest.[2]

Ownership

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Sears' second location. This Sears store had three floors. Originally Eaton's, the building was partially transformed after Sears closed and is today shared between Simons, the food court and Lucille's restaurant.

Fairview Pointe-Claire was originally the joint property of Simpsons Limited and Cemp Investments, and managed by Fairview Shopping Centres Ltd (a subsidiary of Cemp Investments).[27][28] The mall was built by Cadillac Development Corporation.[29]

In 1974, Cadillac Development Corporation and Fairview Corporation merge to form Cadillac Fairview.[30] From then on, Fairview Pointe-Claire was the joint property of Cadillac Fairview and Simpsons.[31]

In 1984, Markborough Properties replaced Simpsons as co-owner of the mall.[32] Cadillac Fairview retained its share of the mall.[13]

In 1997, Markborough Properties was swallowed by Cambridge Shopping Centres which merge in 2001 with Ivanhoe Corporation to form Ivanhoé Cambridge.[33][34]

In 2021, Cadillac Fairview swapped the 50% share it held in Galeries d'Anjou for Ivanhoé Cambridge's in Fairview Pointe-Claire to become the sole owner of the mall.[35]

Public transportation

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The north parking lot of Fairview Pointe-Claire is home to Fairview bus terminus of the Société de transport de Montréal. A new light metro station Fairview–Pointe-Claire station of Réseau express métropolitain is under construction next to the mall.[36]

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
  72 Alfred-Nobel
  200 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
  201 Saint-Charles / Saint-Jean
  202 Dawson
  203 Carson
  204 Cardinal
  205 Gouin
  206 Roger-Pilon
  207 Jacques-Bizard
  208 Brunswick
  215 Henri-Bourassa
  216 Transcanadienne
  217 Anse-à-l'Orme
  218 Antoine-Faucon
  219 Chemin Sainte-Marie
  225 Hymus
  419 Express John Abbott
  470 Express Pierrefonds
  485 Express Antoine-Faucon

CIT La Presqu'Île

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Main article: CIT La Presqu'Île
CIT La Presqu'Île
7 Vaudreuil-Dorion Vaudreuil (AMT) station - John Abbott - Pointe-Claire
10 Gare Vaudreuil Auto-Plaza/Brunswick

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "CF Fairview Pointe Claire". Cfretail.ca.
  2. ^ a b c "Fairview shopping centre unveils new District Gourmand food court". Montrealgazette.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  3. ^ "CF announces plans for Fairview Pointe Claire". Thesuburban.com.
  4. ^ "Fairview shopping centre celebrates 50 years". Globalnews.ca. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Fairview Pointe-Claire shopping centre". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 12 August 1965. p. 36.
  6. ^ "Fairview Pointe-Claire shopping centre". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 12 August 1965. p. 36.
  7. ^ "Photographic image of floorplan" (JPG). 1.bp.blogspot.com. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  8. ^ "In This Corner--Simpson's, Eaton's In Montreal Center". Women's Wear Daily. New York. 11 August 1965. p. 12.
  9. ^ "Simpson's Provide Full Service Range". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 12 August 1965. p. 46.
  10. ^ "Emphasis Directed To Eaton's Exterior". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 12 August 1965. p. 50.
  11. ^ "Newer Fairview Centre Spectacular Concept". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 12 August 1965. p. 34.
  12. ^ "History of Concordia University: The Statue of David". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  13. ^ a b c "Crowds view Fairview after $60-million facelift". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 15 August 1985. p. A2.
  14. ^ "Customers, employees unfazed by store switch: [WEST ISLAND Edition]". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 26 January 1989. p. G1.
  15. ^ "Simpsons to shut down downtown store, lay off 900". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. January 18, 1989. p. A2.
  16. ^ "History through our eyes; June 7, 1991: Pascal bankruptcy sale". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. June 7, 1991.
  17. ^ "Sears opens 109th Canadian store in Fairview Centre". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 13 August 1992. p. 21.
  18. ^ "Pointe Claire cracks down on illegal parking at Fairview". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 30 May 1991. p. G3.
  19. ^ "Goodbye to all that". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 14 October 1999. p. G3.
  20. ^ Sears Canada. "Sears Canada Annual Report" (PDF). Sears Canada. p. 12. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  21. ^ a b "Sears will fill Eaton's space at Fairview mall". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 21 March 2001. p. D1.
  22. ^ "Two New Deco Decouverte stores to open in the Montreal area on July 26". Canada NewsWire. Ottawa. 24 July 2001. p. 1.
  23. ^ "Best Buy Opens Five New Stores - Seeking Technology and Entertainment Enthusiasts". Canada NewsWire. Ottawa. 1 August 2005. p. C6.
  24. ^ "Sears Canada to close 10 more stores, including Fairview and Scarborough locations". Thestar.com. 30 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Stores locations". Sears.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  26. ^ "La Maison Simons opens new store in Fairview shopping centre". Montrealgazette.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  27. ^ "Fairview Sets Pattern For Future Projects". Montreal Star. Montreal. 11 August 1965. p. 66.
  28. ^ "Who, What, Where Of New Centre". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 12 August 1965. p. 48.
  29. ^ "Cadillac Development Corporation Limited message". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 12 August 1965. p. 46.
  30. ^ "Cadillac Fairview | CF History". Cadillacfairview.com.
  31. ^ "Cadillac Fairview to expand Quebec mall for $50 million". The Globe and Mail . Toronto. 5 Oct 1983. p. B4.
  32. ^ "Properties shuffled to Bay subsidiary". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 1 March 1984. p. C5.
  33. ^ "Cambridge bites off property rival Markborough: $375-million takeover is friendly". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 29 April 1997. p. C2.
  34. ^ "Our history". Cdpq.com. February 6, 2017.
  35. ^ "BRIEF: Sephora to Open Almost 50 Stores in Canada, Cadillac Fairview and Ivanhoé Swapping Assets". Retail-insider.com. 6 May 2021.
  36. ^ "Fairview mall Stock Video Footage - 4K and HD Video Clips". Shutterstock.com.
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