Galeries d'Anjou

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In 1967, the part of Radisson Street in Anjou was renamed Galeries d'Anjou Boulevard in honor of the upcoming shopping mall. Construction of the shopping mall began in the spring of 1967 and it was mostly completed in May 1968 as planned.{{cite news|title =Concept of Les Galeries d'Anjou 'exclusive'|newspaper = Montreal Star|location = Montreal|pages = 23A|date = August 7, 1968|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-concept-of-les-galerie/142660153/}} However, further work needed to be done indoors before the mall could be opened to the public.

Galeries d'Anjou inaugurated on August 8, 1968 with 85 stores.{{cite news|title = Les Galeries d'Anjou above all a place for people|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = 18|date =8 August 1968|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19680808&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}} Its original anchors were the department stores Simpsons and Eaton's, and the supermarkets Steinberg's and Dominion.{{cite news|title = Original stores map|newspaper = Montreal Star|location = Montreal|pages = 16A|date = August 7, 1968|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-original-stores-map/142775991}} As with Fairview Pointe-Claire, Simpsons and Eaton's were located at the extremities of the mall. Simpsons always had three levels, making it the largest store of Galeries d'Anjou, but only its first and second floors were used to sell merchandise (its basement was at the time reserved for store services and an employees' cafeteria).{{cite news|title = Simpsons boasts expanded service, innovations|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = 23|date =8 August 1968|url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/142783808/}}{{cite news|title =Eaton's and Simpson's Galeries d'Anjou page (Montreal Star 1968)|newspaper = Montreal Star|location = Montreal|pages = 34A|date = August 7, 1968|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-eatons-and-simpsons/130448196/}} Eaton's had two floors and, unlike its other Montreal stores at the time, used the French name Eaton (without the "'s") for its location at Galeries d'Anjou.{{cite news|title = Eaton's Anjou grand opening advertisement page|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = 19|date =8 August 1968|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-eatons-anjou-grand-opening/142784211/ }} Both Simpson's and Eaton's had a restaurant inside their store.{{cite news|title =Diners choice: Formal, snack|newspaper = Montreal Star|location = Montreal|page = 25A|date = August 7, 1968|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-diners-choice-formal/142839823/}} Steinberg's and Dominion faced each another in the north side of the mall and were separated from one another by a corridor. Upon its opening, Galeries d'Anjou was the second largest shopping mall in Canada after Yorkdale in Toronto.{{cite news|title = Put on central roads|newspaper = Montreal Star|location = Montreal|pages = 10A|date = August 7, 1968|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-put-on-central-roads/142774608/}} The mall was the joint property of Simpsons Limited and Cemp Investments.{{cite news|title = Quebec's largest shop complex opens|newspaper = Montreal Star|location = Montreal|page = 4A|date = August 7, 1968|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-quebecs-largest-shop/142784623}} It is the second shopping centre in the Montreal area developed and owned by the duo of Simpsons and Cemp Investments.{{cite news|title = Second joint venture of two just another one in series|newspaper = Montreal Star|location = Montreal|page = 18A|date = August 7, 1968|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-second-joint-venture-o/142771654/}}

In 1975, then manager and co-owner Cadillac Fairview announced the expansion of Galeries d'Anjou to bring the total size of the shopping centre from {{convert|700,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} to {{convert|920,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.{{cite news|title = Major expansion planned for Galeries d'Anjou|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = 21|date =March 26, 1975|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19750326&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}} As a result, 65 new stores opened on March 25, 1976, in a new mall wing.{{cite news|title = St.Bruno centre start set for spring|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-stbruno-centre-start-set-fo/130152934/|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = 31|date =February 3, 1976}} This new section was anchored a few months later by Sears which inaugurated on August 18, 1976.{{cite news|title =Sears|newspaper = Montreal Star|location = Montreal|pages = C24|date = August 18, 1976|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-sears/143096972/}}

In 1979, Hudson's Bay Company acquired the Simpsons chain which it kept as a subsidiary.{{cite web | url=https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hrcorpreports/search/detail.php?company=Hudson%27s%20Bay%20Company&ID=299 | title=McGill Digital Archive :: Canadian Corporate Reports :: Company Detail }} In 1984, Hudson's Bay Company transferred to its real-estate unit Markborough Properties the shopping malls that were owned by Simpsons.{{cite news|title = Properties shuffled to Bay subsidiary|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = 29|date =1 March 1984|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19840301&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}} Galeries d'Anjou was therefore the joint property of Cadillac Fairview and Markborough. Simpsons continued operating its store in the mall until it converted to The Bay in March 1989.{{cite news|title = The Bay advertisement page|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-the-bay-advertisement-page/130090119/|page = B8|date =11 March 1989}} The store's basement once served in the early 1990s as a warehouse for The Bay's bargains in Montreal, specifically on household products such as large appliances and home furnishings.{{cite news|title = Stores are fighting to attract customers; Shoppers can benefit from bargain outlets all over the city: [FINAL Edition]|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = C3|date =November 14, 1993|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-stores-are-fighting-to-attra/130152786/}}

Dominion rebranded as Provigo on June 29, 1981.{{cite news|title = Dominion notice|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = 8|date= June 27, 1981|url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-dominion-stores-notice/130152406/}} Based on past telephone directories, the Provigo at Galeries d'Anjou lasted until 1989-1990.{{cite encyclopedia| title = Galeries d'Anjou stores list| encyclopedia = 1989-1990 Montreal phone book| pages = 854| publisher = Bell Canada}} Ironically, the Steinberg's store in the mall was later rebranded as a Provigo for a brief time in 1992 before being converted into a Maxi supermarket that same year.{{cite encyclopedia| title = Galeries d'Anjou stores list| encyclopedia = 1992-1993 Montreal phone book| pages = 810| publisher = Bell Canada}}{{cite news|title = Maxi's advertisement page|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-maxi-advertisement-page/130152592/|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = 8 (A8)|date = October 7, 1992}}

Galeries d'Anjou underwent through a $18-million renovation in 1993.{{cite news|title = Cadillac Fairview finds comfort in the ruins; Crowd-drawing tenants take space left by former Steinberg and Pascal stores|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-crowd-drawing-tenants-take-s/130211169/|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = C1|date =7 October 1993}} The shopping centre did not increase in size this time, but it added 30 new retail stores, a new food court in addition to making a series of interior upgrades to rejuvenate the 25-year-old mall that had become outdated and was losing young customers to rival Place Versailles.

In 1997, Cambridge Shopping Centres absorbed Markborough along with its ownership in shopping malls like Galeries d'Anjou.{{cite news|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-cambridge-bites-off-property/130267608/|title = Cambridge bites off property rival Markborough: $375-million takeover is friendly|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = C2|date =29 April 1997}} Cambridge later merged with Ivanhoe Corporation in 2001 to form Ivanhoé Cambridge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdpq.com/en/about-us/history|title=Our history|date=February 6, 2017|website=CDPQ | Long-term institutional investor | Asset manager}}

Eaton's went out of business in 1999.{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/the-impact-of-the-eatons-demise| title = CBC Archives}} Hudson's Bay Company acquired its first floor for a new Zellers store that opened in Spring 2000.{{cite news|title = Hudson's Bay Company announces acquisition of former Eaton's stores|newspaper = Canada NewsWire|location = Ottawa|date = 29 November 1999}}{{cite web |url=http://www.galeriesdanjou.ca/rtecontent/document/Divine.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.galeriesdanjou.ca |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317173804/http://www.galeriesdanjou.ca/rtecontent/document/Divine.pdf |archive-date=17 March 2005 |url-status=dead}} The second floor was taken over by The Brick four years later on April 14, 2004.{{cite news|title = Media Alert - Brick is opening today six stores in Quebec|newspaper = Canada NewsWire|location = Ottawa|date = 14 April 2004}}

In August 2013, Galeries d'Anjou introduced a new section of {{convert|150,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} featuring Simons and some 15 other retailers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdpq.com/en/news/pressreleases/galeries-danjou-celebrates-makeover-milestone-phases-i-and-ii-of-86-million|title=Galeries d'Anjou celebrates makeover milestone Phases I and II of $86-million transformation now complete Phase III underway|date=March 27, 2017|website=Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec | CDPQ | Long-term institutional investor | Asset manager}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.lesgaleriesdanjou.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/R%C3%A9pertoire_ANJ.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116185737/http://www.lesgaleriesdanjou.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/R%C3%A9pertoire_ANJ.pdf|archive-date=January 16, 2015|date=January 16, 2015|title= January 2015 Map}} Simons itself was built on the mall's parking lot, while the small tenants took the site of the former food court whose building was torn down to accommodate the expansion.{{cite web |url=http://www.lesgaleriesdanjou.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/Rep.%20Avril%202013.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.lesgaleriesdanjou.ca |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211181327/http://www.lesgaleriesdanjou.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/Rep.%20Avril%202013.pdf |archive-date=11 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.galeriesdanjou.ca/rtecontent/document/Repertoire.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008185408/http://www.galeriesdanjou.ca/rtecontent/document/Repertoire.PDF|archive-date=October 8, 2008|date=October 8, 2008|title=October 2008 Map}} The food court was relocated on the other side of the shopping centre near Zellers (later Target).{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-galeries-danjou-gets-makeov/130267645/|title = Galeries d'Anjou gets makeover; Expansion pegged at $86 million; Facelift will feature two-level Simons, redone Bay, Target instead of Zellers|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|location = Montreal|page = B1|date =19 July 2011}}

Target acquired the lease of Zellers at Galeries d'Anjou, allowing it to open its own store on October 18, 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://corporate.target.com/press/releases/2013/09/target-to-open-first-stores-in-quebec-and-nova-sco|title=Target to Open First Stores in Quebec and Nova Scotia|website=Target Corporate}} After Target closed all its stores in Canada in April 2015, its space at Galeries d'Anjou was left vacant for two years. Winners, Saks Off 5th and Old Navy opened in 2017 in the former Target location. Saks and Winners both opened on August 3, 2017, whereas Old Navy arrived two months later in October.{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/retail/first-saks-off-5th-store-in-montreal-region-opens-at-galeries-danjou|title=First Saks Off 5th store in Montreal region opens at Galeries d'Anjou|website=montrealgazette}} In spite of these major arrivals, a small space of the former Target store was still unoccupied.{{Cite web|url=https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/06/galeries-danjou/|title=CF Galeries d'Anjou Announces Target Space Replacement|date=June 7, 2017}} It has since been filled by a Cacao 70 chocolatier shop and a Copper Branch restaurant, both of which are accessible only from outside.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/7999+Boulevard+des+Galeries+d%27Anjou,+Anjou,+QC+H1M+1W9/@45.6002102,-73.563073,3a,75y,295.65h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snWVAtWdMoYK-014uITu25A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cc91e6508d92437:0xb26890048822fb08!8m2!3d45.6006624!4d-73.5644021|title=7999 Bd des Galeries d'Anjou · 7999 Bd des Galeries d'Anjou, Anjou, QC H1M 1W9, Canada|website=Google Timeline}} Moreover, a Dollarama opened up on the second floor and appears to have taken the space of a downsizing The Brick.{{Cite web|url=https://galeriesdanjou.com/en/map/|title=Shopping Mall Map | Galeries d'Anjou|website=galeriesdanjou.com}}

The Sears at Galeries d'Anjou was among the stores that closed during the chain's final day in Canada on January 14, 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2018/01/12/final-sears-stores-close-sunday-marking-the-end-of-an-era.html|title=Final Sears stores close Sunday, marking the end of an era | The Star|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=12 January 2018|last1=Wright|first1=Lisa}} The {{ill|Aubainerie|fr}} store opened at the former Sears on November 2, 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2022/11/aubainerie-opens-50000-sq-ft-mega-pop-concept-store-in-montreal-photos-interview/|title=Aubainerie Opens 50,000 sq. ft. MEGA POP Concept Store in Montreal [Photos/Interview]|first=Shelby|last=Hautala|date=November 8, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5984746,-73.5643294,3a,75y,19.58h,95.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOA8TDxF9m_jbCUQscDmXbQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu|title=7451 Bd des Galeries d'Anjou|website=Google Timeline}}

On May 19, 2021, Ivanhoé Cambridge became the sole owner of the mall by acquiring Cadillac Fairview's share of Galeries d'Anjou in exchange for Ivanhoé Cambridge's share of Fairview Pointe-Claire.{{Cite web|url=https://renx.ca/montreals-top-10-cre-transactions-of-2021/|title=Montreal's Top-10 CRE transactions of 2021|date=January 31, 2022}} Prior to this, the two shopping centres were co-owned by Ivanhoé Cambridge and Cadillac Fairview, with the latter serving as manager of both malls.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ivanhoecambridge.com/Properties/prop_shop_malldetail.asp?MallID=150&search=all |title=IvanhoeCambridge - Canadian Properties |date=October 19, 2006 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019030224/http://www.ivanhoecambridge.com/Properties/prop_shop_malldetail.asp?MallID=150&search=all |archive-date=19 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.ivanhoecambridge.com/Properties/prop_shop_malldetail.asp?MallID=149&search=all |title=IvanhoeCambridge - Canadian Properties |date=October 19, 2006 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019030545/http://www.ivanhoecambridge.com/Properties/prop_shop_malldetail.asp?MallID=149&search=all |archive-date=19 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}

Most buses that stop at Galeries D’Anjou go to Radisson metro station. All buses stop on both sides of Galeries D’Anjou boulevard.

It is expected that with the Blue line extension into Anjou the future metro station will connect underground to the mall through a pedestrian tunnel.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=Montreal's metro network to get five new stations along Blue Line in east end |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-s-metro-network-to-get-five-new-stations-along-blue-line-in-east-end-1.5825185 |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Montreal |language=en}} On February 16, 2023, it was announced that Ivanhoé Cambridge and the STM, owners of the Montreal metro, have agreed to the construction of the brand new Anjou terminus station of the Blue Line to take place right near the mall. Expropriation of the affected mall space by the STM is expected to occur in March 2024, which would give time to the affected businesses to relocate elsewhere while the new station is being constructed. The station is projected to open in 2029.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/metro-station-anjou-montreal-1.6753495|title=STM and developer reach agreement for new Metro station at Galleries D'Anjou|access-date=27 March 2023|website=CBC|date=18 February 2023|location=Montreal}}

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