Pearson Plaza
| Location | Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
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| No. of stores and services | 20-22 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | over 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2)[2] |
| Parking | Ground level |
Pearson Plaza is the tentative/construction name of a shopping mall under construction in Elliot Lake, Ontario.[3] Located on the site of the former Nordic Hotel (later Huron Lodge), at Hillside Drive South and Ontario Avenue, it is less than a kilometre south of the former Algo Centre Mall, demolished after a tragic collapse.
Originally planned to open in fall 2015,[4] the mall's first store, a Foodland grocery store, officially opened on April 1, 2016.[5]
Due to the Algo Centre situation, and the tremendous social and economic impact it had on Elliot Lake as a small city with few other major retail outlets, the project was funded almost entirely by the provincial and federal governments.[6] The Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada each provided $1 million in funding, with the remaining $1.5 million being provided via an amortized loan from Infrastructure Ontario.[6]
Pearson Plaza was designed as a single floor complex with a series of big box stores to be anchored by Foodland and Canadian Tire, and the number of retail tenants totaling 20 to 22.[3][7]
The land purchase for the new mall was completed by developer Ron McCowan in March 2014 but by October construction on the property had not been started.[8]
The development name Pearson may refer to The Right Honourable Lester Pearson, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former Prime Minister of Canada, who served as the MP for Algoma East, including Elliot Lake, from 1948 to 1968.
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- ↑ "Elliot Lake's new mall opens 4 years after fatal mall collapse". CBC News, April 1, 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Site prep underway for Elliot Lake plaza". Northern Ontario Business, June 13, 2013.
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