Montreal Eaton Centre

Montreal Eaton Centre
Montreal Eaton Centre
Eaton Center inside.jpg
Atrium of Montreal Eaton Centre
Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Address 705 Saint-Catherine Street West; Montreal, QC; H3B 4G5
Opening date 1991
Management Cadillac Fairview
Owner Cadillac Fairview
No. of stores and services 175
Total retail floor area 26,941.9 m2 (290,000 sq ft)
Parking Metropolitain Parking (492 spaces underground)
No. of floors 5
Website www.centreeatondemontreal.com

The Montreal Eaton Centre (French: Le Centre Eaton Montréal) is a shopping mall located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the largest in downtown Montreal. It is located in the heart of Montreal underground.

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Location

The entrance to the Centre Eaton on Saint Catherine Street, Montreal, Canada

Montreal Eaton Centre is located on Sainte Catherine Street, one of Montreal's primary shopping streets, and is adjacent to the former Eaton's department store (now a shopping and office complex known as the Complexe Les Ailes). The centre is connected to McGill metro and the underground city. Its main entrance is on the north side of Saint Catherine Street, just east of Place Montreal Trust.

History

The site that the Montreal Eaton Centre occupies was previously the Les Terrasses which officially opened in 1976, and occupied the site from 1975 to its closure in 1987. As with the existing mall, it was connected to the metro, underground city and the (former) Eaton's department store, however differed in many respects with the current Eaton Centre. In particular the mall layout was a triangular spiral, with gradually rising interconnected floors, approximately 45 feet (14 m) high in total. Though it had three escalators, at each point of the triangle, patrons could gradually walk to the top of the mall.[1] Floors were colour coded and the mall was adorned with trees, plants and ivy. It housed 140 stores[2], each facing towards the center of the triangle. It was demolished after only one decade of use, and following extensive construction, reopened as the Montreal Eaton Centre in 1991.

Les Terrasses/Montreal Eaton Centre was managed by Rouses Quebec Corporation Development and York Hannover Development (from 1978 to 1993). In September 1997, after the demise of Services de Gestion CEM Inc., Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd. took over the shopping centre.

On July 1, 2000, Ivanhoe Cambridge (then known simply as Ivanhoe) acquired the mall through an exchange of assets. Cadillac Fairview ceded the Montreal Eaton Centre in exchange of Ivanhoe's stakes in Carrefour Laval and Promenades St-Bruno. Viacom sold the Famous Players chain to Cineplex Entertainment in 2005. Under the deal, the Famous Players location at the mall was not sold and was closed instead.

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] Construction of Les Terrasses
  2. ^ [2] Demolision plans for Les Terrasses

External links

Coordinates: 45°30′11″N 73°34′19″W / 45.503°N 73.572°W / 45.503; -73.572


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