Square One Shopping Centre

I can't see Holt's moving to a location on the corridor between WalMart and Target, even if some of the new trendy shops open up near there.

I wonder if Walmart will eventually forced to move out of Square One. I have a hard time imagining Holt's agreeing to open within a mall housing one of their stores. Not ot mention Walmart creates a traffic nightmare around the whole shopping centre.
 
I have heard from a friend at oxford that there is talks of tearing down the Old Navy location and rebuilding it for Holts, but again its just talks. Apparently there are a few different plans they are going over. The movie theatre location has been rejected because they did not like parking situation around the store. Again this is coming from someone who is fairly low level (3 years out of school) at oxford.

The Wal-Mart will not go anywhere, it is in the top 10 in terms of profitably for Wal-Mart locations in North America, the location just down the street (Heartland) has been 1,2 or 3 every year for the past few years.
 
That Wal-mart might be profitable, but it doesn't mean that Oxford has to renew their lease if Square One wants to go in a certain direction.
 
That Wal-mart might be profitable, but it doesn't mean that Oxford has to renew their lease if Square One wants to go in a certain direction.

All walmart needs to do is cut Playdium, who must be languishing in 2013, a cheque that is just borderline inoffensive and then they can have a brand new building and all the space they want right across the street.
 
All walmart needs to do is cut Playdium, who must be languishing in 2013, a cheque that is just borderline inoffensive and then they can have a brand new building and all the space they want right across the street.

Since they aren't going to want customers having to cross Rathburn to get from their cars to the store, they're going to need a parking garage if they want a store comparable in size to the Heartland store.
 
http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3844088-popular-fashion-chain-simons-eyes-square-one-location/

Popular fashion chain Simons eyes Square One location

ByFrancine Kopun/Torstar Network
QUEBEC CITY — Quebec-based department store La Maison Simons would like to open in the two locations to be vacated by Sears Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga and at Yorkdale Mall, said president and chief executive officer Peter Simons.

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Sears store at Square One to close "We are actively in discussion," he said, speaking from the family-owned firm's head office in Quebec City yesterday. "I'm hoping to build a great store in Toronto in the near future if we can get a good deal done."

It will be months before a decision is made, said Michael Kitt, executive vice-president, Canada, of Oxford Properties Group, which owns the malls along with the Alberta Investment Management Corp.

"We have a long list of interested parties for both of these properties," said Kitt, adding that Sears Canada won't be vacating the premises until March.

Simons, named after the Scottish immigrant family that founded the store 175 years ago in Quebec City, has a devout following in the province, largely due to its unique apparel and housewares, at a range of prices. In October it opened in the West Edmonton Mall, its first store outside Quebec.

"We have the most complex and wide fashion assortment in the country, from mid-range to high-end designers like Jean Paul Gaultier. People today are very sophisticated. They know how to mix and put together private label and brand name," said Simons, whose great-great-great-great-grandfather founded the company.

In addition to a staff of 100 designers, Simons seeks out budding designers and up-and-comers. It also sells designer brands.

French fashionistas flock to the store on Rue Ste.-Catherine in downtown Montreal, and the sprawling flagship store at Place Sainte-Foy, in the heart of Quebec City's most affluent suburb, is flagged as a tourist destination.

Simons said the firm he runs with his brother Richard is one of the few Canadian apparel retailers left standing after successive waves of U.S. investment in the country, including the sale of Hudson's Bay Co., Canada's oldest retailer, to NRDC Equity Partners, which owns Lord & Taylor, in 2008.

Simons began expanding outside Quebec City in 1999 and now has eight stores, with a ninth set to open at Galeries d'Anjou in East End Montreal in August and a 10th scheduled to open at the Rideau Centre in Ottawa in 2015 — next door to the new Nordstroms department store.

Simons said he bid on the three leases snagged by Nordstroms after Sears agreed to vacate locations at prime malls in Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa. He lost out to the Seattle-based retailer, which is now planning to open five locations in Canada, including one at Yorkdale and one at Sherway Gardens. It is also shopping for more locations.

Simons said he wants to open unique stores. No two Simons stores are alike.

"We've always had an interest in architecture and art and the environment. We also have an interest in a quality company, creating a unique environment," said Simons.

While he understands the importance of branding, he is discouraged by the way brands are unifying the urban landscape worldwide.

"I was in Milan. You close your eyes and open them up and sometimes you wonder what city you're in. But I have to believe people want unique urban experiences that aren't replicated hundreds of times over."

Retail consultant Wendy Evans of Evans and Co. Consultants Inc. said Simons' entry into the Toronto market is long overdue.

"They have a great point of view; they're different. I think we need that kind of competition in the upper-middle-end and they would be popular."
 
The Bulk Barn is to move on June 30 and reopen July 13. I guess the strike have something to do with it.

Tim Horton is moving next to Walmart on the lower level.

The Lawyer office is gone.

A couple store have signs up saying June 30rd is their last days there and leaving the mall.

Still leave a few places with no info if they are being relocated or leaving the mall.

A sign is up showing the new expansion rendering and saying it is opening September 2014. It also show a driveway between the expansion and soon x-Sears with parking there, but not much of it.

I guess they going yo put in a bigger unloading area with that driveway there.

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The Sources in the process of relocating to the lower level, but not sure which escalators they will be next too.
 
EB Games are now in their new location.

The Source is going in next to Yves Rocher and may take over the Pearle Vision location as well.

Tim, Hakim & Mobilcity are still there with no set date when they will be moving. This is delaying construction.

Sq One map shows retail where the new food court is now.
 
Apparently Club Monaco is leaving Square One by the end of the month. Lease expired. This info is coming from my mom who was told by the staff there when she was asking about returns.

Seems odd Square One would kick them out when they're trying to go upscale.
 

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