History
The mall opened its doors in 1978, becoming instantly the former city of Gatineau's prime shopping destination.
During the 1990s and early 2000s, the mall did experience some difficulties as several large retail spaces were left vacant frequently as several stores and even anchor tenants closed their doors. In the 1990s, K-Mart, Eaton and Steinberg, which at one point were the mall's three anchor tenants, all closed their doors.
The K-Mart location is now occupied by a Mega Meubles as well as the Laura superstore. It was also, briefly, the Bay's appliance section location.
In the late 1990s, the shopping centre made a major expansion on its eastern end. Previously, the mall ended where the Famous Players cinemas were located. When the renovation process ended, a new anchor tenant was in place: la Baie. Also, a Dollarama, a food court, a new office building, a Christopher International hair salon and an artisan or small merchants (Boulevard des Artisans) zone were added.
Also during the 1990s, the Eaton store on the western end of the shopping centre closed its doors. During the next several years that area was for the most part left vacant except when Laura occupied the area for a small period. However, in March 2006, Costco had relocated its location from the north end of the city to its current location at les Promenades bringing a new life to its western end which was often plagued with numerous vacant spaces for several years. Archambault, a Quebec music franchise store also opened a location in 2005 near Costco and the Buffet Dragon, the mall's Chinese restaurant.
Steinberg also had a supermarket in the mall since his opening, but closed when the company folded in 1992. It was later occupied by Super C and Metro. In 2008, Metro closed and the space remained empty until Urban Planet took it.
The mall during most of its existence had a movie theater although a small one. During the late 1990s, the Famous Players cinemas which occupied a location in the previously eastern end of the mall closed, in part due to the opening of the Cinema 9 theater located just a few minutes away from the centre. Most recently, around the mid-2000's, a new movie theater, called Cine-Starz opened its doors at the same location.
Several retailers of various sizes have been added in various areas of the mall including Garage, Videotron, Bath and Body Works, Jack & Jones, Urban Planet, Fruits & Passions, Sirens, Thai Express, Second Cup, Terra Nostra, BCBG Maxzaria and Vision Underground.
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