- Park Lane (mall)
Park Lane is a shopping mall in Halifax. It is located on
Spring Garden Road , and is owned byCrombie REIT .History
Park Lane was built in the late 1980s as a new upscale mall in downtown Halifax. However, the mall was not as popular as it was intended for and low-end stores such as Ardenes began to open. The main attraction became the
Famous Players movie theatre built in the bottom floor of the mall off the food court. In 2005, theatre was bought byEmpire Theatres and refurbished to include stadium seating.Shops and Other Attractions
*Ardene's teen accessories
*Frog Hollow Books
*John David Shoes
*City Streets
*La Cache
* The Source by Circuit City
*A&W fast-food restaurant
*Nubody's Gym
*Empire Theatres Movie Theatre
*P'Lovers, an Environmentally Friendly ShopPark Lane is located on Spring Garden Road in Halifax, which is the busiest pedestrian thoroughfare east of Montreal and is the premier shopping district of Atlantic Canada. Spring Garden Road retailers have some of the highest per-square-foot retail sales in the Atlantic region. Park Lane is close to The Halifax Citadel and is one block away famous Victorian Public Gardens. Within a few blocks radius are seven universities and colleges and three hospitals. The downtown business core is 10 minutes walking distance and it is estimated that close to 50,000 employees come into the downtown core to work every day.
Park Lane houses a recently renovated Empire Theatres (formerly
Famous Players ) with 8 screens offering stadium seating in addition to a small food court and even fine dining at Luxx Food & Spirits, The Summit Aesthetic Spa; Frog Hollow Books, a popular local bookstore; and Olsen Europe’s first free-standing store in Atlantic Canada.Parking is available at a parking garage attached to the Shopping Centre, with an additional 6 parking lots within blocks. Many merchants validate parking upon purchase.
Interior decor consists of marble, glass, fountains, skylights and a glass walled interior elevator to office space above the mall.
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