The Pen Centre

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The Pen Centre
Facts and statistics
Location St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Opening date 1957
Management 20 VIC
Owner 20 VIC
No. of stores and services 180
No. of anchor tenants 13
Total retail floor area 1,006,695 ft²
Parking 5000
No. of floors 1
Website The Pen Centre
Exterior shot of the Pen Centre viewed from the south.
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 160 brand-name stores, three major department stores, a supermarket, four restaurants, an 8-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.

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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, Home Sense, Sport Chek and Old Navy.

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