The Pen Centre

The Pen Centre

Location	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Opening date	1958
Management	20 VIC
Owner	20 VIC
No. of stores and services	180
No. of anchor tenants	11
Total retail floor area	1,036,696 square feet (23.7993 acres)
Parking	5000
No. of floors	1
Website	The Pen Centre

Exterior shot of the Pen Centre viewed from the south.

The Pen Centre (originally The Niagara Peninsula Shopping Centre) is the largest mall in the Niagara Region, located in St. Catharines, Ontario. At one point, The Pen was the fourth largest mall in Canada[1], with over one million square feet of floor space. Located next to the Highway 406, it features over 180 brand-name stores, three major department stores, a supermarket, six restaurants, a ten-screen movieplex, a ladies-only health club, and more recently, five big-box format stores. It also features the region's only H&M store. In addition, recent renovations have added more screens into the movieplex.

Anchors

• Sears (194,611 sq ft.)
• The Bay (151,645 sq ft.)
• Zellers (96,484 sq ft.)
• Zehrs (59,908 sq ft.)
• Empire Theatres (48,888 sq ft.)
• Winners (28,476 sq ft.)
• HomeSense (25,000 sq ft.)
• SportChek (23,245 sq ft.)
• Old Navy (20,673 sq ft.)
• H&M (17,000 sq ft.)
• Pier 1 Imports (9,800 sq ft.)
• Mappins jewellers (1,500 sq ft.)

In 2011, the mall began a $13 million dollar renovation of the common area, including 3,600 sq. ft. Of new skylights, new food court, floors and ceiling treatments. Target announced that they will open a store in the centre's Zellers location, scheduled to open in the spring of 2013.

Previous anchors

The Pen Centre originally was an outdoor mall, eventually enclosed and expanded several times. The original anchors were Miracle Mart department store, Miracle Food Mart, Sears and Zellers. The Miracle Food Mart closed and Zehrs was added to the mall. Expansions added Eatons and the cinemas. Miracle Mart department store was sold to Robinson's which in turn became The Bay. When Eaton's went bankrupt the space was subdivided into Winners, A Buck or Two, EB Games, Mappins Jewellers, Sport Chek and Old Navy.

See also

• List of largest enclosed shopping malls in Canada

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 43°08′10″N 79°13′30″W / 43.136°N 79.225°W / 43.136; -79.225