Timmins Square

Shopping mall in Ontario, Canada

Timmins Square

Location| Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Opening date| 1976
Management| Bayfield Property Management Inc.
Owner| Bayfield Realty Advisors Inc.
No. of stores and services| 50
No. of anchor tenants| 4
Total retail floor area| 281,168 square feet (26,121.4 m2)
No. of floors| 1
Website| http://timminssquare.com/

Timmins Square is a shopping centre in the Mountjoy neighbourhood of Timmins, in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It has 281,168 square feet (26,121.4 m2) of space. It has approximately 50 stores.[1] Characterized as a regional shopping centre, Timmins Square draws customers from a surrounding area whose population is about 150,000.[2][3]

Built and initially owned by Multi Malls, Timmins Square opened in 1976.[4][5] Campeau Corporation bought the mall in 1982.[4] The mall was expanded in 1989 to accommodate Sears as an anchor tenant.[6][7] Other anchor tenants over the years have included Walmart, Kmart,  Dominion Stores, Zellers, Winners, and Sport Chek.[6][8][9] In 2000, an outpost of the Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre opened in the mall; items believed to be particular tourist draws included an outfit Shania Twain wore for the 1999 Country Music Association Awards.[10]

As of 1999, the mall was owned by Laing Property Corporation, which is based in Vancouver.[11] The mall was purchased by RioCan in May 2001.[12][13] In 2006 a renovation was completed,[14] the first major updates since the mall opened 30 years prior.

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## References

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1. ^ Grech, Ron (August 14, 1999). "No change expected with sale of Timmins Square", Timmins Daily Press, p. 3.
2. ^ (November 17, 2001). "Timmins worthy of regional hub status", Sudbury Star, p. B10.
3. ^ Reynolds, Gregory (November 29, 1997). "Falling gold prices painful in Timmins: Northern town squeezed by layoffs and cuts", Toronto Star, p. B1.
4. ^ a b (July 1988). "Timmins Native Runs Campeau Mall", Northern Ontario Business 8 (10): C44.
5. ^ MacKinnon, Bruce (October 15, 2001). "Regional shopping centre celebrates 25th birthday", Timmins Daily Press, p. 1.
6. ^ a b MacKinnon, Bruce (March 5, 2003). "Regional shopping mall seeking official approval for expansion", Timmins Daily Press, p. 1.
7. ^ (April 1989). "Timmins Square slated for $10m expansion", Northern Ontario Business 9 (7): 73.
8. ^ Pell, Debbie (September 23, 2003). "New restaurant fits into expansion plan", Timmins Daily Press, p. 3.
9. ^ Larmour, Adelle (July 2005). "Retail, value-added occupy TEDC: investment from retail sign of confidence in market", Northern Ontario Business 25 (9): 19. Courtesy link (registration required).
10. ^ Blais, Melanie (December 13, 2000). "Timmins Museum at the mall", Timmins Daily Press, p. 3.
11. ^ Crone, Greg (May 19, 1999). "P&O plans to sell eight Canadian malls: Expects $593-million", National Post, p. C3.
12. ^ (August 1, 2001). "RioCan plans expansion", Northern Ontario Business 21 (10): 9. Courtesy link (registration required).
13. ^ MacKinnon, Bruce (June 23, 2001). "Big expansion looming for city's regional shopping mall", Timmins Daily Press, p. 1.
14. ^ "Retail developer awaits nod to proceed with expansion". Northern Ontario Business, February 19, 2003.

## External links

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* Timmins Square

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