Place Alexis Nihon

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Place Alexis Nihon


caption =
location = Downtown Montreal
Atwater station
coordinates = coord|45|29|20|N|73|35|9|W|display=inline,title|type:landmark
opening_date = 1967
developer = Alexis Nihon
manager =
owner = [http://www.alexisnihon.com/ Alexis Nihon Group (REIT)]
number_of_stores = 100+
number_of_anchors = 6
floor_area = 400,000 sq. ft / 37,161.2 m².
floors = 3
website = [http://www.placealexisnihon.com/en/ Official website]
parking = 1235 vehicles

Place Alexis Nihon is a 2.4 million square foot (222,967.3 m²) complex in downtown Montreal, Québec (on the border with Westmount), consisting of a shopping centre, two office towers, and a residential building. The shopping mall is directly connected to the Atwater metro station, which joins the building by a short tunnel with the adjacent Dawson College, and by a longer one adjoins nearby Westmount Square.

On October 26, 1986, a major fire heavily damaged its 16-story office building and is still considered the city's biggest fire in a skyscraper. At least six stories were destroyed in the blaze. In 2002, the city's fire service was heavily blamed for negligence and incompetence according to the Cour d'Appel du Québec. Several tenants including the federal government sued the then-owner of the building for several million dollars. [ Noel, Andre, Incendie de 1986 à la place Alexis-Nihon : "La Ville a été négligente" (Alexis-Nihon Plaza fire of 1986 : The City of Montreal was negligent), La Presse, September 5, 2002, page A3]

During the Dawson shooting incident on September 13, 2006, the building was fully evacuated and some workers thought there were gun shots fired in the complex. Shots did reach the building during the shooting. [ Le Soleil (article from la Presse), "Fusillade au Collège Dawson, "Il tirait au hasard" (He was shooting randomly), Le Soleil, Quebec City, September 14, 2006, page 3 ] [ Myles, Brian & Bourgault-Côté, Guillaume, "Montréal, ville blessé : Panique, pleurs et attente insoutenable dans les rues du centre-ville "(Panic, tears and interminable wait in downtown's streets), Le Devoir, Montréal, September 14, 2006, page A3]

Anchors

* Canadian Tire
* IGA
* Pharmaprix
* Sports Experts
* Winners
* Zellers

References

ee also

* Alexis Nihon
* Centre Laval
* List of malls in Montreal

External links

* [http://www.placealexisnihon.com/en/ Place Alexis Nihon English version webpage]
* [http://www.alexisnihon.com/ Alexis Nihon Group (REIT)]
* [http://www.trouvezleamontreal.com/app/obj/?oid=5550 Location of Place Alexis Nihon]