Norgate shopping centre (French: Galeries Norgate) is a strip mall

Strip mall

A strip mall is an open-area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...

 built in 1949, in the then-suburb

Suburb

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 of Saint-Laurent, Quebec

Saint-Laurent, Quebec

Saint-Laurent is a former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now the largest in area of the boroughs of the city of Montreal....

, now the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

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.

History

Norgate was the first shopping mall in Canada. The first covered mall, the Park Royal Shopping Centre

Park Royal Shopping Centre

Park Royal Shopping Centre, opened in 1950, is a shopping mall located in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Park Royal is officially Canada's first covered shopping mall. Park Royal currently markets itself as five star shopping and has undergone significant changes to attain this...

, was built a year later in 1950 in West Vancouver. Norgate was built by the developer Maxwell Cummings

Maxwell Cummings

Maxwell Cummings, was a Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of David and Beatrice Cummings, he came to Montreal with his family in 1911....

. It is believed that the mall was financed and owned by the Lupovich family of Montreal. The late Moe and Sam Lupovich were successful owners of the Ideal Dress Company in Montreal. They were leaders in Canada's garment industry. The mall continues to be owned by the family to this day.

On 10 March 2008, the anchor tenant, Provigo

Provigo

Provigo is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada, consisting of over 300 stores and franchises throughout the province. A majority of the stores are located in the Montreal area. It is owned by Loblaw Companies Limited. Provigo is similar to Ontario's Your Independent Grocer/Zehrs banners, as...

 supermarket, suffered a partial roof collapse due to the weight of snow from the intense snowfall occurring from 8 March through 10 March.

The Shopping Centre

The shopping centre is L-shaped, fronting the street at the bottom of the L and its related short-side. The back and front of the L open onto parking lots. The mall was designed by architect

Architect

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 Max Kalman.

Norgate is located between Décarie Boulevard and Saint-Gemain Street as well as between rue Rochon and Chemin de la Côte-Vertu. The bottom of the L coincides with Rochon, the short side of the bottom and the long leg of the L correspond with Décarie. The long part of the L sits in the middle of the parking lot, with loading docks along the back, and parking spaces all around, running parallel to Decarie. De la Côte-Vertu Boulevard

Across Décarie Boulevard from Norgate lies the Côte-Vertu

Côte-Vertu (Montreal Metro)

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 Metro

Montreal Metro

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 station and the Terminus Côte-Vertu Nord

Terminus Côte-Vertu (AMT)

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. Nearby are CEGEP

Cégep

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 Vanier College

Vanier College

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, the Saint-Laurent CLSC

CLSC

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, and CHSLD

CHSLD

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 Saint-Laurent Hospital. The mall itself contains the Côte-Vertu Medical Clinic, a Dental clinic, an employment agency, an accounting firm, a travel agency, a Provigo

Provigo

Provigo is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada, consisting of over 300 stores and franchises throughout the province. A majority of the stores are located in the Montreal area. It is owned by Loblaw Companies Limited. Provigo is similar to Ontario's Your Independent Grocer/Zehrs banners, as...

, a Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada

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 branch, a Pharmaprix, a Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons

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, a SuperClub Vidéotron

Le SuperClub Vidéotron

Le SuperClub Vidéotron Ltée, which includes the Jumbo Video and Microplay chains, is one of the largest video store chain operators in Canada, particularly in Quebec. It is owned by Quebecor Media Inc....

, convenience store, a laundromat, a pizza store, a couple of old school stores.

External links

• Cote Vertu station (The map is dated January 2007 and see reference 2. for current location of bus stops)
• http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/montreal/story.html?id=525181f4-2b35-4b84-a136-e5e0f4435fda