Herongate Mall

The Herongate Mall was a medium-sized shopping centre, launched in 1981, and located in the Herongate region of Ottawa, Ontario. It is currently owned by Trinity Financial. As of mid-2012, the mall was largely demolished, leaving only Food Basics, turning the rest of the mall's footprint into smaller standalone stores and parking spaces.

The mall opened its doors to the public on Wednesday August 12, 1981.

It was anchored by a Dominion (A&P after 1985) supermarket at one end and a Zeller's at the other. The 195,000 square foot indoor mall hosted over 40 businesses and services including a bakery, hairdressers and clothing stores. It was surrounded by 1,100 parking spaces, for an overall area of over 16 acres.

The mall aimed to serve a market of 82,000 potential clients living in the neighbouring developments, including the Minto Heron Gate project.

In response to concerns of nearby residents the City of Ottawa conducted a traffic survey in the fall of 1981. Residents feared the new mall would increase excessively traffic on Jefferson Avenue. In 1969, residents had feared commercial development in the area would attract drag racing teenagers.

Rockin' Johnny's Diner and Zellers opened locations at Herongate Mall in the 1990s.

Many stores either closed or changed names in the 2000s. The Zellers location became a Sears Canada outlet in the early 2000s, then split between two tenants (Convergys, and an independent furniture store) during the late 2000s. The Rockin' Johnny's Diner was also converted to an independent restaurant under a different name (the South Side Bar and Grill).

Santa Claus had a location during the Christmas and holiday season, but later left the mall due to vandalisms that read "NO SANTA" on Herongate Mall's exterior walls.

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