La Maison Simons could open at Montreal’s Fairview Pointe-Claire

Craig Patterson
Craig Patterson
Now located in Toronto, Craig is a retail analyst and consultant at the Retail Council of Canada. He's also the Director of Applied Research at the University of Alberta School of Retailing in Edmonton. He has studied the Canadian retail landscape for the past 25 years and he holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws Degrees. He is also President & CEO of Vancouver-based Retail Insider Media Ltd.

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Sources tell us that

La Maison Simons

could open at Montreal’s

Fairview Pointe-Claire

 Shopping Centre. If talks are successful, it would occupy part of the 181,795 square foot

Sears

store that currently anchors the mall’s eastern portion. 

The 1 million square foot Fairview Pointe-Claire Shopping Centre is owned and operated by landlord

Cadillac Fairview

. It features almost 175 stores and is one of Montreal’s most productive malls with yearly sales per square foot of $617.

Simons is expanding across Canada and plans to open new stores in

West Vancouver

,

Ottawa

,

Gatineau,

Quebec and

Mississauga

, Ontario. It may also open a

store in suburban Calgary

. We’ll keep you updated on Simons’ Canadian expansion including this possible new suburban Montreal store.

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  1. It worries me that Simons is beginning to over-reach… didn't they have all of like 6 stores two years ago? Slow and steady wins the race!

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