Target Releases List of First Stores in Canada!

Yesterday Target released a list of 105 Zellers stores that will be converted in the first phase of the Canadian rollout. You can bet I quickly did a “Control F” to see if Erin Mills Town Centre and Square One Mississauga are on that list… and they are!!!

Here’s the full list courtesy of The Winnipeg Press:

British Columbia

Abbotsford Power Centre, Abbotsford; Metropolis at Metrotown, Burnaby; Discovery Harbour Shopping Centre, Campbell River; Cottonwood Mall, Chilliwack; Coquitlam Centre, Coquitlam; Driftwood Mall, Courtenay; Tamarack Mall, Cranbrook; Scottsdale Mall, Delta; Willowbrook Shopping Centre, Langley; Haney Place Mall, Maple Ridge; Nanaimo North Town Centre, Nanaimo; Pine Centre, Prince George; Oakridge Shopping Centre, Vancouver; Village Green Mall, Vernon; Tillicum Mall, Victoria.

Alberta

Chinook Centre, Calgary; Forest Lawn Shopping Centre, Calgary; Market Mall, Calgary; Shoppes at Shawnessy, Calgary; Signal Hill Centre, Calgary; Sunridge Mall, Calgary; Bonnie Doon, Edmonton; Kingsway Garden Mall, Edmonton; Mill Woods Town Centre, Edmonton; Prairie Mall, Grande Prairie; Bower Place, Red Deer; St. Albert Centre, St. Albert; Sherwood Park Mall, Sherwood Park.

Saskatchewan

Northgate Mall, Regina; The Centre, Saskatoon.

Manitoba

Shoppers Mall, Brandon; Grant Park, Winnipeg; Kildonan Place Shopping Centre, Winnipeg; Polo Park Shopping Centre, Winnipeg; Southdale Centre, Winnipeg.

Ontario

Durham Centre, Ajax; Aurora Shopping Centre, Aurora; Bramalea City Centre, Brampton; Shoppers World Brampton, Brampton; Trinity Common, Brampton; Burlington Mall, Burlington; Millcroft Centre, Burlington; Cambridge Centre, Cambridge; Woodbine Centre, Etobicoke; Gates of Fergus, Fergus; 175 Stone Road W., Guelph; Centre Mall, Hamilton; South Hamilton Square, Hamilton; Hazeldean Mall, Kanata; Cataraqui Town Centre, Kingston; Lindsay Square Mall, Lindsay; Masonville Place, London; Westmount Shopping Centre, London; Milton Mall Shopping Centre, Milton; Erin Mills Town Centre, Mississauga; Square One, Mississauga; Meadowlands Shopping Centre, Nepean; Upper Canada Mall, Newmarket; 1899 Algonquin Ave., North Bay; Centerpoint Mall, North York; Orillia Square Mall, Orillia; Place D’Orleans, Orleans; Five Points Mall, Oshawa; Bayshore Shopping Centre, Ottawa; Billings Bridge Plaza, Ottawa; RioCan St. Laurent, Ottawa; Hillcrest Mall, Richmond Hill; Bridlewood Mall, Scarborough; County Fair Mall, Smiths Falls; Niagara Pen Centre, St. Catharines; Stratford Mall, Stratford; Sudbury Supermall, Sudbury; Intercity Shopping Centre, Thunder Bay; Cloverdale Mall, Toronto; Shoppers World Danforth, Toronto; East York Town Centre, Toronto; Flamborough Power Centre, Waterdown; Conestoga Mall, Waterloo; Taunton Gardens Power Centre, Whitby; Devonshire Mall, Windsor.

Quebec

Galeries d’Anjou, Anjou; Faubourg Boisbriand, Boisbriand; Carrefour Angrignon, Lasalle; Mega Centre Notre-Dame, Laval; Galeries Chagnon , Levis; Place Longueuil, Longueuil; Place Alexis Nihon, Montreal; Place Vertu, Montreal; Terrarium Shopping Centre, Pointe Claire; Les Galeries De La Capitale, Quebec City; Place Fleur De Lys, Quebec City; Place Laurier, Quebec; Le Carrefour Rimouski, Rimouski; Promenades Saint-Bruno, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville; Carrefour Saint-Georges, Saint-Georges; Carrefour Richelieu, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu; Carrefour du Nord, Saint Jerome; Carrefour de L’Estrie, Sherbrooke; Les Rivieres Shopping Centre, Trois Rivieres

Maritimes

McAllister Place, Saint John; Charlottetown Mall, Charlottetown; Bedford Place, Bedford; Mic Mac Mall, Dartmouth; Corner Brook, Corner Brook; Cabot Square, St. John’s.

Woot!

In more super awesome local news, Target also announced it will establish a Canadian headquarters in Mississauga. They’ve signed a deal for 180,000 square-feet of office space that will be occupied in early 2012. Hmm… perhaps I can apply for a job? How about chief buyer? Ha!

(Target plans to spend about $10 million on each store to renovate and remodel the former Zellers location before opening. Each store is expected to employ 150 to 200 people.)