The Mayflower Mall is a single level shopping mall in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the only regional mall in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia, and the community's main destination for fashion shopping. The mall features a diverse anchor mix including Best Buy, Winners, Sport Chek, Michaels, Staples, and Hudson's Bay.[1]
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| Coordinates | 46°8′47.9″N 60°8′15.8″W / 46.146639°N 60.137722°W |
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| Address | 800 Grand Lake Road Sydney, Nova Scotia B1P 6S9 |
| Opening date | 1980 |
| No. of stores and services | 75 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 416,327 sq ft (38,678.0 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | mayflowermall |
The mall opened in 1980 with Hudson's Bay, Dominion, and Woolco as original anchor stores. Shortly after opening in February 1983, Hudson's Bay was converted to Simpsons, another department store chain owned by the Hudsons Bay Company (HBC). In the 1982 HBC annual report, it outlines the reason for conversion is Simpsons had better market recognition than The Bay (Hudson's Bay) in this part of the country.[2] Simpsons was converted back to Hudson's Bay along with the stores in Halifax and Dartmouth by July 1986.[3][4] During the early 1990s, a stand-alone Sobeys store was opened next to Woolco. In March 1994 Walmart bought 122 Woolco stores from Woolworth Canada in which the Mayflower Mall location was converted to Walmart. In the mid-2000s, Walmart moved across the street to a new big box power centre development also owned by the mall. On May 5, 2010, Sobeys closed the Mayflower mall location affecting 63 employees.[5] Around this time Mayflower Mall had been renovated with a new food court with the former Sobeys and Walmart spaces being redeveloped into several new retailers.
Walmart was redeveloped into Winners, Sport Chek, East Side Mario's, and Future Shop
Sobeys was redeveloped into Michaels, Mark's, and Pets Unlimited.
In 2015 Future Shop closed and was converted to Best Buy.
Urban Planet closed in 2020 with Old Navy moving into the space previously occupied by Urban Planet.
Dollarama opened in 2020.
Spring 2023 TJX opened a HomeSense location within Winners creating a hybrid banner location.
Major Anchor Stores/Restaurants
editWinners/HomeSense - Opened In 2006 (Winners), 2023 (HomeSense)
Michaels - Opened In 2007 (Free Standing)
East Side Marios - Opened In 2005
Mark's - Opened In 2007 (Free Standing)
Staples - Opened In 2004
Dollarama - Opened In 2020
Tim Hortons - Opened In 2007
A&W - Opened In 2007
Subway - Opened In 2002
Old Navy - Opened In 2020
Hudson's Bay - Opened In 1980, converted to Simpsons in 1983. Converted back to Hudson's Bay (The Bay) in 1986 by HBC.
Sport Chek - Opened In 2008
Best Buy - Opened In 2016
Reitmans - Opened In 2004
PetValu - Opened In 2008 (Free Standing) (Originally Pets Unlimited Until 2015)
La Vie En Rose - Opened In 2019
Former Major Stores/Restaurants
editFuture Shop - Closed in 2015 converted to Best Buy. Future Shop was owned by Best Buy with Best Buy closing all Future Shop locations in Canada.
Sobeys - Closed May 5, 2010. This location retained an older store design never having a major renovation. Sobeys decided to close the Mayflower Mall location due to having locations nearby in Sydney River and at the Sydney Shopping Centre. The closing affected 63 employees[5]
Walmart - Closed in 2005 - Relocated to power centre development also owned by Mayflower mall.
Dominion - Closed in 1985 with Dominion selling its Nova Scotia locations to the Oshawa Group. converted to other retailers
Woolco - Converted to Walmart in 1994 with Walmart purchasing 122 Woolco stores form Woolworth's Canada
Simpsons - converted back to Hudson's Bay in July 1986. This being a rare exception in which a store reverts to its original banner.
Urban Planet - Closed in 2020 with Old Navy opening its first location on the island.
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Hudson’s Bay Company, Annual Report 1982. "HBC Annual Report 1982" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hudson’s Bay Company, Annual Report 1986 (February 22, 2021). "HBC Annual Report 1986" (PDF). p. 8.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Bay manager at Devonshire likes challenge". Windsor: Windsor Star. October 25, 1986. p. D3.
- ^ a b Network, SaltWire. "Sobeys has opted to close one of its Sydney stores | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.