This is a list of small shopping centres (mostly neighbourhood shopping centres ) in the island of Montreal .
112-442: Plaza Baie d'Urfé is a small strip mall located in Baie d'Urfé , Quebec, Canada, on 90 Morgan Street across from Quebec Autoroute 20 . The shopping centre is currently owned by First Capital Realty and is anchored by Provigo . It opened in 1967 but was destroyed by a fire 1980. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1981. Centre commercial Beaconsfield is a small indoor shopping mall (one of
224-616: A going concern . This report was included in Blockbusters's 10-K SEC filing. On March 17, 2010, Blockbuster issued a bankruptcy warning after continued drops in revenue threatened its ability to service its nearly $ 1 billion (~$ 1.44 billion in 2023) debt load. By April 1, 2010, Carl Icahn had resigned from Blockbuster's board of directors and sold nearly all his remaining Blockbuster stock. Blockbuster paired up with Time Warner to have Warner Bros. movies made available in Blockbuster stores on
336-423: A loss leader in hopes of drawing more customers to their stores and selling them more profitable items. Unable to match prices, Blockbuster's business model was severely affected. In 1998, Blockbuster created DEJ Productions , which acquired 225 films primarily to provide exclusive content to its Blockbuster stores prior to being sold off to First Look Studios in 2005. During that same year, Blockbuster bought
448-535: A 1990s-themed sleepover on three separate nights in September; each were limited to guests from the area in light of the COVID-19 pandemic . The entity that operated Blockbuster prior to the sale to Dish remains nominally active under the name BB Liquidating Inc., and trades as a penny stock . However, it no longer has any assets or ties to the Blockbuster brand or its remaining franchise location. In activity related to
560-436: A bilingual municipality since 2005-11-02. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Baie-D'Urfé had a population of 3,764 living in 1,325 of its 1,375 total private dwellings, a change of -1.5% from its 2016 population of 3,823 . With a land area of 6.03 km (2.33 sq mi), it had a population density of 624.2/km (1,616.7/sq mi) in 2021. The current mayor of Baie-D'Urfé
672-550: A bold turnaround initiative. Subsequently, Circuit City filed for bankruptcy on November 10, 2008, and, after liquidating all of its stores, ceased operations on March 8, 2009. At the beginning of 2010, Blockbuster had over 6,500 stores, of which 4,000 were in the U.S.— a number that fell to 3,425 in late October the same year. In the United States it planned to close between 810 and 960 retail stores, and instead launch as many as 10,000 "Blockbuster Express" video rental kiosks by
784-578: A cable company, but this was unknown territory for Blockbuster and he decided not to take the risk. He also had the idea of a 2,500-acre Blockbuster sports and amusement park in Florida, something Blockbuster was still considering as late as August 1994. Unable to come up with a proper solution about how to face the growing threats to the traditional videostore, he made the decision to sell Blockbuster to Viacom and pull out. Viacom acquired Blockbuster in 1994 for $ 8.4 billion to help finance its bid for Paramount in
896-605: A chance to purchase the fledgling Netflix for $ 50 million (~$ 84.9M in 2024). In 2002, Blockbuster acquired Movie Trading Company, a Dallas chain that buys, sells, and trades movies and games, to study potential business models for DVD and game trading. Also that year, it acquired Gamestation , a 64-store UK computer and console games retailer chain, and purchased DVD Rental Central for $ 1 million, an Arizona father-and-son online DVD-rental company with about ten thousand subscribers. DVD Rental Central would eventually become Blockbuster Online. On or around October 14, 2004, Blockbuster
1008-536: A circumstance which could mandate conversion of the bankruptcy filing to Chapter 7 (liquidation). On March 1, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a claim disclosing that Blockbuster did not have the funds to continue reorganizing and should liquidate. On March 28, 2011, South Korean telecommunications company SK Telecom made a surprise bid to buy Blockbuster. Dish Network had also expressed interest in bidding, as did Carl Icahn, despite calling Blockbuster "the worst investment I ever made". Dish eventually won
1120-472: A fee. More than 40 states filed suit against the company for false advertising. Blockbuster later settled the suit by agreeing to refunds, as well as promising to better explain the policy. Vintage Stock acquired the Movie Trading Company name from Blockbuster in 2006, and continues to use the name for Dallas-area stores. A billion-dollar campaign called "Total Access" was introduced in 2007 as
1232-403: A former Blockbuster marketing communications executive, stated, "Digital would have changed Blockbuster's business, for sure, but it wasn't its killer. That credit belongs to Blockbuster itself." Commentators view Blockbuster as a main example of failing to change with the times. Although Blockbuster stores had the option of remaining open by paying a licensing fee to Dish, a corporate entity
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#17330852963131344-569: A hostile takeover of Hollywood Video , its major U.S. competitor. After several extensions of the tender offer, Blockbuster withdrew due to FTC opposition. To counter the Blockbuster offer, Hollywood Video agreed to a buyout in January 2005 by a smaller competitor, the Dothan, Alabama -based Movie Gallery . Since then, Movie Gallery has filed for bankruptcy twice and its entire chain of stores has been liquidated. In May 2005, financier Carl Icahn waged
1456-663: A majority of its stores. In the pilot program, Blockbuster offered selected titles for rental and sale in 250 stores. Blockbuster stocked Blu-ray titles in almost 5,000 stores across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Australia. On July 2, 2007, the company named James W. Keyes , former president and CEO of 7-Eleven , as the new chairman and CEO. He introduced a new business strategy that included enhancements to existing stores. The following month in August, Blockbuster acquired Movielink for $ 6.6 million, forecasting
1568-415: A new store every 24 hours. They took over many of the existing Blockbuster franchise stores, and Huizenga spent much of the late 1980s acquiring several of Blockbuster's rivals, including Major Video. In 1989, Nintendo attempted to halt Blockbuster's ability to rent video games, filing multiple lawsuits and lobbying the U.S. Congress to ban the practice. Nintendo ultimately lost the battle , which paved
1680-538: A public store chain featuring video game rentals, DVD-by-mail , streaming , video on demand , and cinema theater. The company expanded internationally throughout the 1990s. At its peak in 2004, Blockbuster employed 84,300 people worldwide and operated 9,094 stores. Poor leadership and the impact of the Great Recession were major factors leading to Blockbuster's decline, as was the growing competition from Netflix 's mail-order service, video on demand (including
1792-479: A shift to streaming video. Movielink was an online video service that allowed customers to download movie rentals from a library of over 6,000 films, created in 2002 by five major studios including Warner Bros, MGM Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, and Universal Studios. The move gave Blockbuster the opportunity to move away from the unprofitable Total Access (DVD-by-mail) service in favor of online streaming. Despite growing competition from Netflix and Redbox,
1904-453: A small handful of films. Everyone watching the same thing, everyone developing the same limited set of expectations... They put focus entirely on what was new rather than on discovering film history ... When a title was no longer a new release, each store would retain a few copies of it and typically sell off the rest as "previously viewed" for discounted prices. Older movies would be re-categorized as "Blockbuster Favorite" titles and placed in
2016-461: A small number of franchise agreements, enabling some privately owned franchises to remain open. Following a series of further closures in 2019, only one franchised store remains open , located in Bend, Oregon , United States. Blockbuster's beginnings can be traced back to another company, Cook Data Services, founded by David Cook in 1978. The company's primary goal was to supply software services to
2128-578: A store's inventory to its neighborhood, based on local demographics. In 1987, Waste Management co-founder Wayne Huizenga , who originally had reservations about entering the video rental industry, agreed to acquire several Blockbuster stores. At that time, there were 19 stores, attracting Huizenga's associate John Melk's attention due to its efficiency, family-friendly no-pornography image and business model. Huizenga and Melk utilized techniques from their waste business and Ray Kroc 's model of expansion to rapidly expand Blockbuster, and soon they were opening
2240-406: A strategy against Netflix. Through Blockbuster Online, customers could rent a DVD online and receive a new movie for free when they returned it to a Blockbuster store. While it was a major success every free movie cost the company two dollars, but the hope was that it would attract enough new subscribers to cover the loss. Netflix felt threatened, and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings approached Antioco with
2352-409: A successful proxy fight to add himself and two other members to the board. Icahn accused Blockbuster of overpaying chairman and CEO John F. Antioco, who had served in that capacity since 1997, receiving $ 51.6 million in compensation for 2004. Icahn was also at odds with Antioco on how to revive profit at Blockbuster. Antioco scrapped late fees in January, started an internet service, and decided to keep
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#17330852963132464-446: A suggestion to buy Blockbuster's online business. In return, a new system would be introduced where customers could return their movies to a Blockbuster store. Before the deal could be realized, board member Carl Icahn intervened, refusing to let the company lose more money through Total Access. Antioco was pushed out in July and replaced with James Keyes, who rejected Hastings' proposal, raised
2576-447: A walk-in clinic and various specialists' and doctors' offices. Galeries des Sources (originally West Island Mall until 1988) is an indoor shopping mall owned by Cogir located in the bordering cities of Dollard-des-Ormeaux , Quebec and Dorval , Quebec , Canada on Des Sources Blvd. and Quebec Autoroute 40 . Popular stores include Marché Adonis , Cinemas Guzzo , Canadian Tire and Bureau en Gros . Restaurants inaccessible from
2688-523: A wide range of house types and sizes, all based on spacious lots. The residential section of the municipality has retained a rural charm, accentuated by its lack of sidewalks and limited commercial activity. It is a favourite spot for boaters, who use either the local yacht or boat clubs. The community is within the part of the Island of Montreal locally referred to as the West Island . North of Autoroute 20 and
2800-702: Is Heidi Ektvedt. There are six Town Councillors: Baie-D'Urfé is the first town in Canada to have a youth council ; this consists of young people aged 10 years and up, and is entitled the Junior Council. It was established in 2008. The town celebrated its centennial in 2011, and the Junior Council re-enacted two of the town's earliest council meetings (which had been held originally on July 18 and September 16, 1911, respectively). List of former mayors: The Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys operates Francophone public schools, but were previously operated by
2912-514: Is a three-story indoor shopping mall, with two floors of retail shopping and one floor of office space, located on the outskirt of Côte Saint-Luc , a city in Montreal , Quebec, Canada. The mall was constructed in 1977 at a cost of over $ 20 million, under the ownership of Oshawa Group . Going back as far back as the mid-1980s, it has been described as a white elephant due its extremely high vacancy rate and low shopper traffic. Even today, much space in
3024-594: Is adjoined to the mall's southern half. Redeveloped in 2011, the mall was reduced to almost half its original size. David Cronenberg 's 1977 film Rabid features scenes shot in the mall. The mall has experienced declining patronage over the past decade due to an aging population. Another serious blow was the closing of its two main anchors: Eaton's and Canadian Tire. Other notable closures included Caplan Duval, The Source, Gap, Consumers Distributing, Music World, Steinberg's, Miracle Mart, Staples, Cineplex theater and restaurants: Pumpernicks, Cattleman's and Katerina's. With
3136-470: Is derived from the term blockbuster , a Hollywood term for a successful film. Cook's experience with managing huge databases proved helpful in driving innovation within the industry. Following early success from the company's first stores, Cook built a $ 6-million warehouse in Garland, Texas , to help sustain and support future growth that allowed new stores to open quickly. Blockbuster would often custom-tailor
3248-545: Is named after François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé , a French Sulpician priest known as l'Abbé d'Urfé. He was the community's first pastor, who was sent by the Gentlemen of Saint-Sulpice to serve as a missionary for the parish of Saint-Louis-du-Bout-de-l'Île (which was later renamed in his honour), a small community of settlers, soldiers, traders, and Indians. The town's name went through several typographical changes: prior to 2002,
3360-468: Is now operated by First Capital Realty . It was transformed into an enclosed mall in 1970. The first anchors of the mall were a Steinberg and Zellers. Prohome eventually took place of the Zellers store in 1987. Steinberg went bankrupt in 1992, and the store was sold as an IGA store. Prohome closed in 1997, and Rona Le Quincallier took its place. That store closed in 2005. Jean Coutu, which relocated within
3472-477: Is zoned to Christmas Park Elementary School and St. Edmund Elementary School in Beaconsfield . The Alexander von Humboldt Schule Montréal , a private German international school, is in the town. Blockbuster Inc. Blockbuster (formerly called Blockbuster Video ) is an American multimedia brand. The business was founded by David Cook in 1985 as a single home video rental shop , but later became
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3584-499: The Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys until June 15, 2020. The change was a result of a law passed by the Quebec government that changed the school board system from denominational to linguistic . École primaire Joseph-Henrico is located in the city. The Lester B. Pearson School Board operates English-language public schools. Dorset Elementary School is in the city. A portion
3696-586: The Baie-D'Urfé Curling Club . It competes with a few other suburbs for top spot in the rankings of highest average household incomes in Canada. The median income for a household in Baie-D'Urfé was $ 128,611, and the median income for a family was $ 194,335. Males had an average income of $ 112,882, compared to $ 62,245 for females. According to the Office québécois de la langue française , Baie-D'Urfé has been officially recognized as
3808-455: The CN and CP railway lines lies a modest-sized industrial park. The industrial park, covering approximately a third of the town's land area, is somewhat isolated from the rest of the town, features its own off-hours security patrol, and is home to a number of large industrial firms' operations. The town's active community members participate in many of the town's associated or private clubs, including
3920-744: The GameStop short squeeze of January 2021, the BB Liquidating stock surged, despite there being "no value for the common shareholders in the bankruptcy liquidation process, even under the most optimistic of scenarios." On September 21, 2022, the Blockbuster Twitter account revealed the Blockbuster World Video Game Championship 3. The event was held during the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2022. On March 23, 2023,
4032-462: The Netflix streaming service), and Redbox automated kiosks. Significant loss of revenue occurred during the late 2000s, and the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010. The next year, its remaining 1,700 stores were bought by satellite television provider Dish Network , and by 2014, the last 300 company-owned stores were closed. Although corporate support for the brand ended, Dish retained
4144-625: The Saint-Michel neighbourhood and partly in the former city of Saint-Léonard . The mall is just a block north of the Rosemont neighbourhood. Le Boulevard was previously managed by Crofton Moore. The Bay closed its Le Boulevard location on September 14, 2018, a few days shy of the store's 65th anniversary. Its first floor was occupied by a Surplus RD furniture store, but closed in 2022. Surplus RD has since been replaced by an Urban Planet store. Montreal Metro transit Blue line extension Le Boulevard
4256-418: The 2000s (formerly Cohoes in the 1990s and early 2000s). Hudson's Bay announced it will be permanently closing its store location at Dorval Gardens by September 2021, after 67 years of operation. Le Boulevard Shopping Centre is a small indoor shopping centre at the corner of Jean-Talon East and Pie-IX Boulevard in Montreal . The mall was officially inaugurated on September 29, 1953, with 32 stores. It
4368-497: The Blockbuster web page was re-activated, with the message "We are working on rewinding your movie". The standard business model for video rental stores had traditionally been to pay a large flat fee per video, approximately $ 65, and offer unlimited rentals for the lifetime of the medium itself. Sumner Redstone , whose Viacom conglomerate then owned Blockbuster, personally pioneered a new revenue-sharing arrangement for video. Blockbuster obtained videos for little cost and kept 60% of
4480-528: The DVD release date and not be subject to a four-week delay. Similar agreements were also made with Universal and 20th Century Fox . The liquidation of Movie Gallery began in May 2010, eliminating Blockbuster's primary competitor. During the same month a dissident shareholder, Gregory S. Meyer, in an effort to be elected to Blockbuster's board of directors, engaged in a proxy battle with Blockbuster's board, alleging that
4592-528: The Irish video rental store Xtra-vision , with over 200 stores in Ireland and the United Kingdom. In 2009, Blockbuster sold off its Irish operations to Birchall Investments, with the few Xtra-vision stores in the United Kingdom being rebranded as Blockbuster. In late 1998, Blockbuster launched a loyalty program called Blockbuster Rewards that allowed customers to earn free rentals, including one older title each month from
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4704-520: The Provigo at Dorval Gardens had been rebranded to its sister chain Maxi which remains to this day. A Dollarama operated for a number of years before closing in late 2009. After a one-year absence, Dollarama returned to the mall in the space of Pharmaprix which itself has relocated to Dollarama's former space. Sports Experts returned to the mall, opening November 1, 2012 and occupying the same space it did in
4816-678: The Sound Warehouse and Music Plus music retail chains and created Blockbuster Music. In October 1993, Blockbuster took a controlling interest in Spelling Entertainment Group , a media company run by television producer Aaron Spelling . Blockbuster purchased Super Club Retail Entertainment Corp. on November 22, 1993, from Philips Electronics, N.V. for 5.2 million shares of Blockbuster stock. This brought approximately 270 Record Bar , Tracks, Turtles and Rhythm and Views music stores and approximately 160 video retail superstores into
4928-540: The U.S. were closed and the DVD-by-mail program was shut down. The Blockbuster official website identified 51 franchise locations remaining in operation in the U.S. in 2014. Dish maintained its video streaming services, Blockbuster on Demand and Blockbuster@Home, until they were replaced by a new subscription service in April 2015 called "DISH Movie Pack". In May 2015, Michael Kelly retired from Dish. Blockbuster's decline
5040-663: The auction on April 6, 2011, agreeing to buy Blockbuster for $ 320 million and the assumption of $ 87 million in liabilities and other obligations. On April 19, 2011, it was announced that Dish would keep only 500 Blockbuster stores open. The acquisition was completed on April 26, 2011. In April 2011, Dish Network told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court that it needed more time to negotiate with landlords in an effort to keep more than 600 Blockbuster stores open. In April 2011, Blockbuster's landlords objected to its assumption of leases that it sought to assign to soon-to-be-owner Dish Network Corp., claiming that they did not have adequate assurance that
5152-453: The bidding war with QVC Network Inc. Blockbuster's stock trade had been dropping steadily the months before the merger, with a small rise after the deal was announced, and by the latter part of the decade, its worth was estimated to have fallen to just $ 4.6 billion. The Blockbuster Block Party concept was test-marketed in Albuquerque, New Mexico , and Indianapolis , Indiana , in 1994. It
5264-577: The board had been responsible for significant destruction of value to shareholders. Meyer was elected to the board at Blockbuster's shareholder meeting in Dallas on June 24, 2010. On July 1, 2010, the company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after its shareholders failed to pass a reverse stock split plan aimed at heading off involuntary delisting because of the stock's trading at well below $ 1 (~$ 1.44 in 2024) per share. The stock
5376-527: The category of Blockbuster Favorites. Adam C. Hyde an employee from Alabama sold the most Blockbuster Rewards Memberships of any employee in the US, selling over 1600 total by June of 1999, only 6 months after the program went nationwide. After a 1998 test launch, the chain went nationwide with the program in 1999. In August the same year, Viacom sold the Blockbuster Music chain to Wherehouse Entertainment , which
5488-453: The company downplayed the threat, choosing instead to focus on Apple and Walmart as their primary competition. On September 14, 2007, Blockbuster GB Ltd bought a number of retail stores from ChoicesUK plc. ChoicesUK is an AIM-listed multi-channel distributor and retailer of DVDs, computer games, and CDs. The sale secured employment for approximately 450 employees across 59 stores in the UK. As part of
5600-407: The company independent, while Icahn wanted to sell out to a private equity firm. Also in 2005, Blockbuster began a campaign promoting its "No more late fees" policy. The campaign proved controversial, with Associated Press reporting that the new policy actually charged users the full price of the movie or game after eight days which they could cancel by returning the product in question and paying
5712-545: The company's failure in the country. In March 2010, Blockbuster began "Additional Daily Rates", or "ADRs", for rentals not returned by their due date in the United States, having already used this procedure in other countries such as the UK for many years. An ADR was charged for each day a member kept the rental beyond the rental terms. On March 12, 2010, PricewaterhouseCoopers , Blockbuster's independent registered public accounting firm, issued its audit opinion disclosing substantial doubt about Blockbuster's ability to continue as
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#17330852963135824-454: The construction of its new Metro transit station (not to be confused with the Metro grocery store). The upcoming demolition affects Urban Planet (former RD Surplus) as well as the empty space left by the vacated SAQ store. Jean Coutu 's current location will also be torn down but the pharmacy will relocate elsewhere in the mall and will live on in the trimmed shopping centre, as will the anchors in
5936-611: The corporation. It also owned 35% of Republic Pictures ; that company merged with Spelling in April 1994. Blockbuster became a multibillion-dollar company, but Huizenga was worried about how new technology could threaten their business, such as video on demand and the growth of cable television. In 1991, just three days after Time Warner had announced it would upgrade its cable system, Blockbuster's shares dropped more than 10 percent. In 1993, he made an attempt to expand into other areas by investing in Viacom . Huizenga also considered buying
6048-476: The eastern part such as the Metro grocery store and Canadian Tire. The five tenant spaces south of the current Jean Coutu pharmacy, including The Source , will also be razed. Overall, Le Boulevard will lose its western portion which is basically the part that is in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood, representing about a third of the shopping mall. Comparison of anchor spaces: Zellers A small Zellers store
6160-500: The entire Canadian unit. In September 2011, it was announced that Blockbuster and Dish Network would launch a new service called Blockbuster Movie Pass that would compete with Netflix. For US$ 10 per month the members would have access to both a streaming service and movies and games-by-mail. The package was only available for subscribers of Dish Network's pay-TV service, and it eventually folded. On January 13, 2012, Dish CEO Joe Clayton announced that while Dish had planned to keep 90% of
6272-482: The entire mall from owner Crofton Moore as part of its expropriation of the land, Le Boulevard will get a new landlord. The STM gave the right to operate the shopping centre to its subsidiary Transgesco which in turn hired the service of Colliers International to support it and to manage the operations of Le Boulevard. In March 2023, the STM announced that part of the shopping mall will need to be demolished by early 2024 for
6384-611: The exclusive rental chain for new releases from WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, formally WWF, World Wrestling Federation) , Funimation , Rhino , Paramount , DreamWorks , DWA , Universal , Lionsgate , Summit , Anchor Bay , Manga , The Weinstein Company , Dimension , Miramax , Hollywood , Touchstone , Disney , Buena Vista , 20th Century Fox , MGM / UA , Orion , Sony , Columbia , Tristar , Image , Shout! Factory , Warner Bros. , HBO , New Line Cinema and Allumination FilmWorks. As one commentator complained: Blockbuster
6496-456: The film on tape at the much higher manufacturer's suggested retail price targeted at other rental chains and film enthusiasts, which at that time ranged between $ 70–$ 100 per title. Blockbuster stores followed a strategy of emphasizing access to the most popular new releases, obtaining early access and stocking many copies of the new-release titles, with a relatively narrower range of selections than traditional independent video stores. Much of
6608-410: The former M space in 1994, alongside a Club Ultima . In 1993, the west mall entrance was discontinued in favor of a Coconuts play park (which closed in early 1999; now a dental office and pediatric medical centre). Club Ultima closed in 1996, with a 10-screen Cinemas Guzzo occupying the old space in 1998. There is no mall entrance to Cinemas Guzzo. There was no outdoor entrance to Club Ultima, thus
6720-459: The former became Metro on June 8, 1992. In 1995, Canadian Tire relocated to a new standalone store in Kirkland, Quebec , while Dollarama , Wimgym and Royal Bank took over the lease. Formerly an Ivanhoe shopping centre, Beaconsfield was sold in 2002 to First Capital Realty by Ivanhoé Cambridge . Royal Bank moved to a new standalone location near the mall in 2008 and the mall's northern half
6832-464: The indoor Club Ultima entrance became a Rubino shoe store. The Rubino shoe store moved to the old Stokes warehouse store in the early 2000s, with EconoSport occupying the old Rubino space, and it is currently used by Benix & Co. Club Biz went bankrupt, and its previously occupied site became Bureau en Gros which officially launched on June 1, 1996 (though the store had already opened its doors before that date). Also, Consumers Distributing left
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#17330852963136944-529: The inside of the mall but with their own exterior entrance include Bellepro's , Jack Astor's , and Marathon Souvlaki , the latter occupying some of the old M Store space. Other types of businesses with no indoor mall entrance include the clinics, the Guzzo movie theatre, the Canadian Tire hardware store, and Optimum personnel. The mall opened on October 4, 1966, and was anchored by Steinberg's and Miracle Mart . It
7056-502: The interior of his store with a blue-and-yellow design, he departed the franchise and opened the first Blockbuster Video in 1985 under his own company Blockbuster Video Inc. When he realized the potential in video rentals, Cook abandoned the oil industry and began franchising the Blockbuster store. The first Blockbuster store opened on October 19, 1985, in Dallas , Texas, with an inventory of 8,000 VHS and 2,000 Beta tapes. The chain's name
7168-452: The last remaining store outside of the United States, located in Dargaville, New Zealand , closed its doors. The Bend location became the last remaining Blockbuster in the world; it serves as a tourist destination, housing Blockbuster memorabilia and Russell Crowe film props which John Oliver had donated to an Alaska store. In August 2020, the location was listed as an Airbnb rental for
7280-467: The lease and remodelled the store before opening it to the public in September 2012. This location was not one of the 39 Zellers stores that Walmart Canada acquired from Target Canada at a similar time. In mid-1992, the Steinberg's supermarket became a Provigo despite the presence at the time of another grocery store with the same banner in the adjacent strip mall (located on 960 Herron Road). By late 1992,
7392-416: The mall in 1996, with its current tenants Corbeil Appliances occupying the first half of it in 1998. The second half was occupied by a Stokes warehouse store. In the late 2000s, Bouclair reduced its space, and an Elixir restaurant took the other half of the former Bouclair space. Following the expansion of Canadian Tire in 2009, the mall entrance for Canadian Tire was closed, and L'Aubainerie Entrepôt took
7504-496: The mall remains empty with for renting signs plastered on vacant shop windows. The mall includes the chain store Winners - HomeSense and various independent discount and service shops. A fitness gym and a video lottery gambling bar are also situated within the mall. Government service offices of the SAAQ automobile licence bureau, Saint-Laurent Local Employment Center and Service Canada employment insurance center are also found within
7616-532: The mall, as well as the Décarie Medical Centre. The third floor is exclusively for rental office space. By 2011, in an effort to re-purpose much of the vacant shopping space into a more profitable venture, the mall owner, Canpro Investments Ltd., moved ahead with a project to convert more than a fifth of the 486,000 square foot mall's retail space into a medical centre (spanning three floors) with room for doctors' offices. The construction and renovation cost
7728-430: The mall, took part of the space, and a Caplan Duval opened in part of the former Rona space in 2010. Also, in the late 2000s, IGA's store was remodelled by counting its exterior. Since its inception, the mall has always had only two major anchors; the current ones are IGA and Jean Coutu (occupying the former Zellers/Prohome/Rona space). A Blockbuster store opened in the late 1990s, and closed in 2011. Décarie Square
7840-455: The middle of 2010. It has been claimed that more than 43 million U.S. households had Blockbuster memberships. On February 10, 2010, Blockbuster announced that it would cease all its operations in Portugal, closing down 17 outlets and leaving over 100 workers unemployed. Blockbuster representatives in Portugal blamed internet piracy and the lack of government response to it as the key factors to
7952-414: The new owner would honor those leases. Blockbuster signed a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment to launch ITV Programmes released on DVDs, Blu-rays, etc. On May 6, 2011, Keyes resigned as Blockbuster's CEO. Keyes was replaced by Michael Kelly under the new title of Blockbuster's president. On August 31, 2011, the liquidators announced the closure of the remaining 253 Canadian stores and shutting of
8064-429: The north end of the mall. Demolition of the south end began October 2010. In December 2010 demolition of 40% of mall was completed, effectively removing its southern end. The mall was reduced to 250,000 square feet (23,000 m) of space (for let) with room for 55 stores and space for a small indoor children's play area. Previously the mall was approximately 400,000 square feet (37,161.2 m). Extensive reconstruction
8176-440: The oil and gas industries throughout Texas , but it was very unsuccessful. Sandy Cook, David's wife, wanted to get into the video business, and her husband would soon study the industry and future prospects. Using profit he made from the sale of David P. Cook & Associates, the subsidiary of his company, he decided to buy into a video store franchise in Dallas known as Video Works. When Video Works would not allow him to decorate
8288-473: The old mall entrance. Dorval Gardens ( French : Les Jardins Dorval ) is a shopping mall in the suburb of Dorval , in Montreal , Quebec , located on Dorval Avenue near Autoroute 20 . It is the oldest shopping centre in the West Island and the fourth in Montreal after Norgate , Village Champlain and Le Boulevard . It was built in 1954 by Sam Steinberg and his Ivanhoe Corporation . The shopping centre
8400-465: The original 35 tenants opened on April 7, 1954. A minority of tenants opened at slightly later dates including Morgan's which inaugurated on April 29, 1954. At 57, 000 square feet of floor space, it was the largest of the three suburban Morgan's locations until it was surpassed by a new store at Lawrence Plaza in North York . Morgan's added a second floor to its store on August 28, 1961. The Morgan's store
8512-440: The price of online DVD rentals and put an end to the free movie deal. As a consequence, Blockbuster Online's previously massive growth quickly stopped. Antioco's departure reportedly also involved continued controversy over his compensation. He left with a $ 24.7 million severance package. On June 19, 2007, after a pilot program launched in late 2006, Blockbuster announced that it had chosen Blu-ray over HD DVD format to rent in
8624-411: The rental fee, paying the other 40% to the studio, and reporting rental information through the global media measurement and research company Rentrak . In addition to benefiting from a lower initial price, Blockbuster also capitalized on the fact that movies were generally not available for purchase at affordable price points during initial release periods. Thus customers had a choice to rent, wait, or buy
8736-460: The shelf space in the stores was devoted to popular titles that were placed relatively sparsely on the shelves with the entire front cover visible, so customers could browse casually and quickly, rather than having a more diverse selection with fewer copies of each title. Blockbuster sometimes contracted with studios to obtain earlier access to new titles than other companies could achieve. Examples of such contracts were those in which Blockbuster became
8848-407: The smallest in the West Island ) located in Beaconsfield, Quebec , Canada, on 50 St. Charles Blvd. across from Quebec Autoroute 20 . The anchor of this mall is a Metro Plus . Beaconsfield opened in 1961 as an outdoor shopping centre. In 1973, it was turned an enclosed shopping mall and its number of stores jumped from 23 to 35. In 1992 its primary tenants were Steinberg and a Canadian Tire and
8960-467: The south or west of the enclosed walkway, including the spaces currently occupied by Maxi and Hudson's Bay; areas to the east or north of the walkway were added. These additions included a Pascal hardware store, which relocated from a nearby strip mall. The Pascal store was closed and emptied in 1991, before reopening as Zellers in October 1992. Zellers closed its doors on January 22, 2012. Walmart assumed
9072-405: The southern half of the mall vacant it had been considered a dead mall throughout the 2000s. In 2010, a large portion of the mall was demolished to make way for a new residential development. Timeline Consolidation and revitalization In August 2007 the owners announced a partial demolition to reduce the mall and consolidate its tenants. In August 2010 the remaining tenants were relocated to
9184-447: The stores in operation, meaning around 15,000 employees would remain employed, because of market factors "there are ones that aren't going to make it. We will close unprofitable stores. We will close additional stores." Clayton did not say when these additional closings would happen and only remarked that some stores were unprofitable. The Dish chief would not say which stores the company was planning to close, but that each potential closing
9296-640: The time of its Chapter 11 filing, Blockbuster said it would keep its 3,300 stores open; however, that December it announced it would close an additional 182 stores by the end of April 2011 in attempts to emerge from bankruptcy. It was reported in February 2011 that Blockbuster and its creditors had not come up with a Chapter 11 exit plan and that the company would be sold for $ 300 million (~$ 401 million in 2023) or more, along with taking over debts and leases. Blockbuster admitted that it might not be able to meet financial obligations required under its Chapter 11 filing,
9408-400: The town's name was written as Baie-d'Urfé (no capital "d"); prior to 1969, place names in Quebec were not hyphenated; and prior to 1960, its original name was officially spelled Baie d'Urfée. Baie-D'Urfé is largely a " bedroom community " that extends from Autoroute 40 to Lac Saint-Louis . It is composed of both a residential and industrial sector. The residential sector is characterized by
9520-405: The transaction, Blockbuster GB rebranded the stores as Blockbuster. On February 17, 2008, Blockbuster proposed a buyout of struggling Circuit City . However, following a due diligence review of Circuit City's financial books, Blockbuster withdrew its offer in July 2008. Analysts were not favorable to the proposed deal, viewing it as a desperate effort to save two struggling retailers rather than
9632-514: The way for future video game rental. Blockbuster sponsored the Blockbuster Bowl in American football , which began in 1990 and was played at Joe Robbie Stadium outside Miami . The first three editions were played under that name before Blockbuster withdrew its sponsorship. In 1990, Blockbuster bought mid-Atlantic rival Erol's which had more than 250 stores. In 1992, Blockbuster acquired
9744-427: Was an "entertainment complex" aimed at adults, containing eight themed areas housing a restaurant, games, laser tag arena, and motion simulator rides, and was housed in a windowless building the size of a city block. During the 1990s Blockbuster expanded in the United Kingdom, purchasing the country's Ritz Video chain. The stores were rebranded to Blockbuster. The original Blockbuster company, Blockbuster Video Inc.,
9856-481: Was attributed to poor leadership according to others in the industry. Franchise owner Ken Tisher said in 2015, "Blockbuster, if it isn't already, is going to go into the Harvard Business Review for how not to run a business, or how to run a business into the ground." Keith Hoogland, owner of Family Video , attributed poor decision-making as a primary reason the company did not survive. Jonathan Salem Baskin,
9968-481: Was built by Ivanhoe Corporation which also was the original manager of the mall until January 2002. The mall was expanded in 1986, and Steinberg moved out to the expanded space, becoming a Marché Du Jour (later Steinberg Plus in 1988 and Xtra in 1991). In addition, Miracle Mart was renamed M Store, and reducing the space of the store as well, giving part of the former Miracle Mart space to Bouclair . The Steinberg space (not counting Marché Du Jour/Steinberg Plus/Xtra)
10080-481: Was closed to the public in 2011, was also part of this defunct Zellers store. Baie d%27Urf%C3%A9 Baie-D'Urfé ( Canadian French : [be d͡zʏʁˈfe] ; previously spelled Baie d'Urfé or Baie d'Urfee ) is an on-island suburb of Montreal , Quebec , Canada. It is part of the West Island area of the Island of Montreal . As part of the 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal , Baie-D'Urfé
10192-584: Was demolished (except for the former Metro store) and was replaced entirely with glass. Metro Plus replaced the former Canadian Tire store in December 2008. Cavendish Mall (also known as Quartier Cavendish ) is an indoor shopping centre in Côte Saint-Luc , Quebec, Canada. It includes a food court , a multiplex movie theatre and a medical clinic: the CLSC René Cassin . A small highrise office-building
10304-485: Was destroyed by a major fire on April 21, 1969, which caused over $ 1.0 million in damage (equivalent to $ 8 million in 2023) and required the help of firefighters from other neighbouring West Island municipalities to contain the blaze. Following the destruction of its store, Morgan's relocated to a temporary location on the site of a former bowling alley in the same building as the Dorval Theatre. The store
10416-481: Was done in the old Caplan Duval site, where the CLSC Rene Cassin is now located. The former section of the demolished mall underwent construction of roads and sidewalks along with newly built townhouses and semi-detached homes. This included the sale of 39 lots for single-family homes. Côte Saint-Luc Shopping Centre is a small indoor shopping mall in Côte Saint-Luc , Quebec, Canada. Built in 1956 by Ivanhoe , it
10528-499: Was estimated at the time between $ 10 million and $ 15 million, and was started before any interested parties came forward or signed any leases; this was in essence a "build it and they will come strategy". The late David Azrieli , former head of Canpro, was quoted as saying "I'm willing to sign off that by August 2012 it will be ready and occupied." After a slow start, by 2017, the medical center had over 20 tenants with 30,000 square feet still available to lease. The space currently includes
10640-545: Was in the Boulevard shopping centre from about 1955 until 1976. It directly touched the north side of the Morgan/Bay store. After Zellers closed, The Bay expanded into the former space of Zellers and merged it into its own store. Today, the old Zellers space can be recognized as the section of the vacant Bay store that had one floor (in contrast to the original section of The Bay, which had two floors). The basement of The Bay, which
10752-418: Was later merged into Blockbuster, Inc. In June 1997, Taco Bell president John Antioco resigned from the company to become CEO of Blockbuster. Also that year, Warner Bros. offered Antioco an exclusive rental deal, seeing as DVDs were emerging as the new home video medium. Blockbuster was to have rights to rent new DVD releases for a period of time before they went on sale to the general public. The studio
10864-456: Was left vacant until Canadian Tire occupied it in 1991. A mechanic centre was built as a result of expansion of the former Steinberg store that time. After Canadian Tire moved in, it kept the old Steinberg outdoor entrance, which has since been demolished. In 1992, the Xtra store and M Store closed after Steinberg went bankrupt; Super C and Club Biz replaced the former Xtra store. Winners occupied
10976-445: Was merged into the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002, joining with neighbouring Beaconsfield to create the borough of Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé . After a change of provincial government in 2003 and a provincial referendum in 2004 , Beaconsfield and Baie-D'Urfé both voted to demerge and were reconstituted as independent municipalities on January 1, 2006. However, they remain part of the urban agglomeration of Montreal . Baie-D'Urfé
11088-549: Was merged into the parent company Blockbuster Entertainment Inc. which had earlier replaced the Blockbuster Entertainment Company. In 1996, Blockbuster Entertainment Inc. merged into a new Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation and the retail stores, then called Blockbuster Video, were renamed Blockbuster. The logo changed slightly, but retained the ITC Machine font. In November 1996 Blockbuster confirmed that it
11200-474: Was moving its headquarters from Fort Lauderdale, Florida , to the Renaissance Tower in downtown Dallas . Most of the workers at the Florida headquarters did not want to relocate, so Blockbuster planned to hire around 500 to 600 new employees for its Dallas headquarters. The company had offered various relocation packages to all of its Fort Lauderdale staff. The second Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation
11312-583: Was no longer available to provide supplies of branded products, forcing franchisees to design and produce their own. Additional store closures continued. By January 2018, the company's website listed nine remaining franchise-owned stores in the United States, including six in Alaska, two in Oregon, and one in Texas. Eight of those nine had closed by August 2018, leaving only one store in Bend, Oregon . In January 2020,
11424-430: Was once an unstoppable giant whose franchises swept across the country putting mom and pop video stores out of business left and right by offering a larger selection of new releases, pricing them at a lower point due to the volume they worked in... Gone were the fragmented, independently owned shops that were often unorganized treasure troves of VHS discoveries. In their place were walls of new releases: hundreds of copies of
11536-423: Was owned for more than 45 years by Ivanhoe but was sold in 2001. It is currently managed by CentreCorp Management Services Ltd. Anchor stores are Walmart, Hudson's Bay (closing in late 2021) and Maxi . Dorval Gardens was originally built as a large L-shaped strip mall which opened in 1954 with 35 stores. Anchor stores in 1954 were Morgan's department store and Steinberg's supermarket. Steinberg's and most of
11648-616: Was planning to file a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy in mid-September. In light of this news, the company's chief financial officer (CFO), Tom Casey, resigned on September 11. He was replaced by Dennis McGill, formerly CFO of Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. On September 23, 2010, Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to challenging losses, $ 900 million (~$ 1.29 billion in 2024) in debt, and strong competition from Netflix , Redbox , and video on-demand services. Movie Gallery/Hollywood Video had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation earlier in 2010 for similar reasons. At
11760-401: Was rebuilt afterwards and reopened on March 4, 1970. It was rebranded as The Bay in 1972. Dorval Gardens was converted into an enclosed shopping centre in 1968. In the 1970s, Dorval Gardens was surrounded with glass (save for Steinberg's and The Bay). In 1985, the mall was expanded into its current layout, doubling its number of stores: the original parts of the mall correspond to what is to
11872-577: Was slated to close on December 1, 2021, after 68 years and be demolished to accommodate the addition of new stations of the Montreal Metro Blue Line . However it was later announced that the shopping mall will remain open and that only its parking lot will be used for the extension of the Blue Line. Since the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) had already been forced by a provincial court to purchase
11984-446: Was spun-off from Viacom. Online DVD subscriptions were introduced on Blockbuster.com, also known as Blockbuster Online. Blockbuster also rolled out its "Game Rush" store-in-store concept to approximately 450 domestic company-operated stores. Blockbuster began game and DVD trading in selected U.S. stores. At its peak in 2004, Blockbuster had more than 9,000 stores worldwide. In December 2004, Blockbuster announced its intention to pursue
12096-491: Was subsequently purchased by Trans World Entertainment in 2003. In mid-2000, the company partnered with Enron in an attempt to create a video-on-demand service. The agreement was supposed to last for 20 years; however, Enron terminated the deal in March 2001 over fears that Blockbuster would not be able to provide sufficient films for the service ( Enron also filed for bankruptcy that year ). Also in 2000, Blockbuster turned down
12208-416: Was the third shopping centre built in the Montreal area, preceded by Norgate and Village Champlain . Le Boulevard is built in the shape of a L and is composed of 70 stores. The former The Bay store (originally Morgan's) and Metro Plus (originally Steinberg's) each border a side of the mall, with Canadian Tire (formerly Pascal's) being in the middle. Geographically, Le Boulevard is situated partly in
12320-574: Was then traded on the OTCBB (over-the-counter bulletin board). Blockbuster was unable to make a $ 42.4 million (~$ 61.2 million in 2024) interest payment to bondholders and was given until August 13, 2010, to pay off the debt. The company hired Jeff Stegenga to be its chief restructuring officer (CRO) in an effort to satisfy bondholder demands and recapitalize the company. After failing to pay on August 13, bondholders gave Blockbuster until September 30, 2010. On August 26, 2010, news media reported that Blockbuster
12432-457: Was to be assessed on a "case by case basis". On October 4, 2012, Dish Network announced that it was scrapping plans to make Blockbuster into a Netflix competitor. On January 16, 2013, Blockbuster UK entered into administration and Deloitte was appointed to run the business while trying to find a buyer while some of the stores remained open. Between November 6, 2013, and January 12, 2014, all 300 remaining corporate-owned Blockbuster stores in
12544-451: Was to receive 40% of rental revenues in return, which was the same deal already in place for VHS rentals. Blockbuster turned the offer down, and the studio responded by lowering its DVD wholesale price in order to compete with the rental industry. Walmart seized the opportunity and in a few years surpassed Blockbuster as the studios' single largest source of revenue. Other mass retailers soon followed suit, selling DVDs below wholesale price as
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