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Originally Posted by Cambridgite
I guess since we're broadening our definition of what constitutes a mall, I might as well through in a few little malls from Waterloo Region and Guelph.
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A couple others you can add to the list Cambridgite:
Westmount Place in Waterloo
At one time, applied to be the next Regional Mall in Waterloo. This was when a 2-level Eaton's anchored the site in the 80s and 90s. Original anchors was a Sayvette discount department store, a small grocery store called Green Grocer and a pancake house restaurant. At one time had some pretty staple mall stores such as Timothy's coffee and Smith Books and a large and unique independent pharmacy (now a Pharmasave). A Michael's Arts and Crafts store was added in the mid 1990s to the rear end of the mall, taking out about 15 vacant and semi-vacant retailers and the small centre court. Unique due to the indoor-outdoor concept - the outdoor concept is still quite dominant. Clarica (now Sunlife) took over the Eaton's space a few years after the department store went bankrupt, and has since taken over the rest of the mall space. The outdoor portion underwent significant renovations a few years ago.
http://www.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&t=...59.995864&z=18
Stanley Park Mall - Kitchener
Basic community based mall anchored by Zehrs and Zellers. Zehrs store underwent major renovations about 5 years ago, adding underground parking and a large expansion. Rest of mall full of independent businesses and other stores such as Reitmans and PharmaPlus. A new format LCBO was added as a pad tenant few years ago as well. Quite similar to Frederick Mall. Somehow it has kept pace quite well with the emergence of other dominant retail sites around the Region. I think the Zehrs expansion is what saved it from going under.
http://www.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&t=...59.995864&z=18