Location |
5401, boulevard des Galeries Quebec City, Quebec G2K 1N4 |
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Opening date | 1981 |
Developer | Marcel Adams |
Management | Redcliff Realty Management |
Owner | Oxford Properties |
No. of stores and services | 280 |
No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
Total retail floor area | 1,500,000 sq ft (140,000 m2) |
No. of floors | 2 |
Website | Official website |
Galeries de la Capitale is a shopping mall located in the Lebourgneuf neighbourhood of Les Rivières borough, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Les Galeries de la Capitale has 280 stores and 35 restaurants. The anchors are la Baie, Sears, Simons, Atmosphère/Sports Experts Toys "R" Us, IMAX, Best Buy and Hart. There is also a Rona l'Entrepôt in the parking lot. The mall is famous for its indoor amusement park, le Mega-Parc, with its 20 attractions and amusement rides including a Ferris wheel, some roller coasters and a skating rink for hockey games. The IMAX theatre has the largest screen in Canada.
Les Galeries de la Capitale is the most visited mall in Quebec City and the largest mall in the city with 1,500,000 square feet (139,354.6 m2). It is also the infrastructure in Quebec City with the highest tax value at $320 million in 2007.
Les Galeries de la Capitale was the idea of businessman Marcel Adams. The mall was inaugurated in 1981 in a deserted part of the city on a field of 102 hectares (250 acres). At the time the mall was owned at 50% by Les Développements Iberville (the real estate company of Marcel Adams), at 25% by Eaton Properties (the real estate company of Eaton's), and at 25% by Markborough Properties (the real estate company of the Hudson's Bay Company). Upon its opening, the anchors were Eaton, la Baie, Simons, Jato supermaket and Woolco.