Port Hawkesbury Centre

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Port Hawkesbury Centre
Location	47 Paint St, Port Hawkesbury, NS
Coordinates	45.617072, -61.334271
Opening Date	1970s
No. of anchor stores	2
Total retail floor area	170 000 Sq. Ft
No. of floors	1

Port Hawkesbury Centre is a enclosed community shopping mall in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. The mall is on the smaller side, with one hallway and 2 anchors on ether side, Giant Tiger and Walmart. The mall has a mix of mostly local tenants and a few national tenants. Port Hawkesbury Centre has a high vacancy rate with most spaces sitting empty.

History

Port Hawkesbury Centre opened in the 1970s with F.W. Woolworth and Dominion as its anchors. The mall originally had many different national and local retailers.

In 1985, Dominion left the Nova Scotian market. The location at Port Hawkesbury Centre closed, a few years later, a Hart moved into the space.

In 1990, most Canadian F.W. Woolworth locations, including the one at Port Hawkesbury Centre were converted to Woolco. In March 1994, the Woolco at the mall was converted to Walmart, which remains as the main anchor of the mall today.

Over the next decade, not much happened. The mall has never received any renovations and still has its original design today.

In the late 2000s and 2010s, Port Hawkesbury Centre began to decline. Stores like Movie Gallery and Pennington's permanently closed.

In 2011, Hart filed for bankruptcy, because of this, Hart completely left the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland markets. The store at Port Hawkesbury Centre was replaced with Labels soon after. Hart has since re entered the Port Hawkesbury market on the other side of town.

In 2014, Labels closed, soon after, Giant Tiger moved in to the space.

In the later half of the 2010s, even more stores closed. Including: People's Jewelers, Sears Hometown, Bentley, Alia & Tanjay, Stitches and more.

Today, even though there isn't many tenants left, the mall continues to stay open, with most foot traffic coming from the anchors, Dollarama, and Mark's.

Gallery

Main hallway, looking towards Giant Tiger

The mall at Easter time

A picture of the mall from the early 2010s, showing former Labels

Reitman's location

Giant Tiger mall entrance

Inside former Sears Hometown

Subpages

Main article: Port Hawkesbury Centre/Stores

See Also

The closest malls to Port Hawkesbury Centre:

• Mayflower Mall - Sydney, NS
• Antigonish Market Square - Antigonish, NS