Timmins Square Explained

Timmins Square
Location:	Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Opening Date:	1976
Number Of Stores:	70
Number Of Anchors:	4
Floor Area:	397303square feet
Floors:	1
Website:	http://timminssquare.com/

Timmins Square is a shopping centre in the Mountjoy neighbourhood of Timmins, in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It has 397303square feet of space. It has approximately 70 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. 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.^{[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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External links

• Timmins Square

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Notes and References

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. (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. 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. http://www.northernontariobusiness.com/Industry-News/tourism/Retail-developer-awaits-nod-to-proceed-with-expansion-%282-03%29.aspx "Retail developer awaits nod to proceed with expansion"