Stone Road Mall, situated at Stone Road West and Edinburgh Road, is the largest shopping mall in Guelph, Ontario, Canada with approximately 520,000 square feet (50,000 m2) of gross leasable area and 130 stores. It is operated by Oxford Properties.
It first opened in 1975 with a Kmart, Sears, and 35 other stores.
The first major renovation occurred in 1989 with the addition of the Atrium which included the 5-plex Odeon Cinema and adjacent parkade with spots for 600+ vehicles. In 1997 the food court was renovated. Zellers used to be in the former Kmart space but Target is at the former Zellers. That year also saw the largest renovation to the centre since its inception. Old Navy, Pier 1 Imports, Jean Machine, and Jacob Connexion were added to the front of the mall, a new entrance was added, and the main washrooms were renovated.
In late 2006 Home Outfitters opened in a reconfiguration of the Zellers space, along with Sport Chek. A new food court opened in 2006, which includes a fireplace.
Famous quotes containing the words stone, road and/or mall:
“I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head.... But I cannot conceive man without thought; he would be a stone or a brute.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“The rangey bough anticipated fruit
With snowballs cupped in every opening bud.
The road alone maintained itself in mud....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“A father ... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a depraved little mind himself. In fact, if he thinks enough about the plans that he used to have for young girls, the father not only will support his wife in keeping their daughter home but he might even run over to the mall and have a few of those boys arrested.”
—Bill Cosby (20th century)