Bay Centre
Hudson's Bay department store) | |
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The Bay Centre (formerly the Victoria Eaton Centre) is a shopping mall in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Douglas, Government, Fort, and View streets, in the city's historic centre.[2] It has 39,115 square metres (421,030 sq ft) of retail space.[3]
Opening in 1989, the mall was the first large shopping mall in downtown Victoria. It occupies two city blocks of the Old Town area, including the site of the original downtown Eaton's store[4] (previously Spencer's) at 1150 Douglas Street.[5] Eaton's was demolished in 1987–88 to make way for the Eaton Centre project. The development of the shopping centre was initially the subject of controversy,[4][6] as construction involved demolishing several historic buildings (or reducing them to facades in front of new construction)[6] and closing one block of Broad Street.[2]
The centre was initially a partnership between
Anchors and majors
- Hudson's Bay(19,301 m2 / 207,750 sq ft)
- Passport Canada[10] (995 m2 / 10,710 sq ft)
- Sport Chek (1,800 m2 / 19,375 sq ft)
- Winners
See also
References
- ^ Bay Centre Stores page Archived June 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Vancouver Sun, p. D1.
- ^ "Victoria – Canadian Urban Institute", Canadian Urban Institute. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ^ The Vancouver Sun, p. B1.
- ^ (May 20, 2001). "Us vs. Them: Architects and amateurs have their say on Victoria buildings", Times Colonist, p. D6.
- ^ a b c Kloster, Darron (May 14, 2010). "Bay Centre sold to U.S. company: City landmark estimated to have fetched at least $90 million", Times Colonist, p. A1.
- ^ Gidney, Norman (February 28, 1997). "Eaton's downtown Victoria store expected to survive financial crisis", Times Colonist.
- ^ Our History: Victoria at HBC Heritage
- ^ Gidney, Norman (May 3, 2003). "Bay celebrates history in return to downtown", Times Colonist, p. E1.
- ^ Wilson, Carla (January 31, 2008). "Passport office secures mall space: Passport Canada will be bringing citizens out of the cold – and into the mall Archived October 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine", Times Colonist. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Architectural artifacts An historical overview of the location.
