Retailer set to open first stores in Canada next spring
MINNEAPOLIS, July 12, 2012 /CNW/ - Target Corporation is pleased to announce today a confirmed list of the stores that it intends to open across Canada in 2013. As previously announced, Target selected the leasehold interests of sites across the country operated by Zellers Inc., with plans to open 125 to 135 stores in Canada starting in March/April 2013. Today's announcement confirms the first 125 stores that will open in 2013, and later this year Target will confirm additional store locations that will open starting in early 2014 and beyond.
Since the beginning of this year, Target has been publically confirming the Zellers sites that it intends to convert into Target stores for 2013. In addition to these previously announced locations, Target will also open a store on Morrison Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Centre Laval in Laval, Quebec, both of which are scheduled to open next year. Please see the appendix below for a full list of the stores scheduled to open in 2013.
"Construction has already begun on our first set of stores and we are excited to see the transformation as the Target brand comes to life in Canada," said Tony Fisher, president of Target Canada. "We have stores spanning from coast-to-coast and we can't wait to open our doors in Canada and deliver on our Expect More. Pay Less. brand promise."
Each site will be closed for a period of six to nine months for extensive renovations to bring the true Target brand experience to Canada. An investment of more than $10 million will be spent remodeling each location.
Target expects to employ between 150 to 200 team members at each store and has already started hiring its store leadership positions. Hourly recruitment will begin towards the end of 2012 and into 2013. Anyone interested in a job at Target is invited to visit target.ca/careers for more information.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,764 stores across the United States and at Target.com. The company plans to open its first stores in Canada in 2013. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary credit card products. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs; today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week. For more information about Target's commitment to corporate responsibility, visit Target.com/hereforgood.
Appendix
| OPENING MARCH/APRIL 2013 | |
| Ontario | |
| Ajax - Durham Centre | |
| Aurora - Aurora Shopping Centre | |
| Brampton - Shoppers World Brampton | |
| Burlington - Burlington Mall | |
| Burlington - Millcroft Centre | |
| Brampton - Trinity Common | |
| Cambridge - Cambridge Centre | |
| Fergus - Gates of Fergus | |
| Guelph - Stone Road Mall | |
| Hamilton - Centre Mall | |
| Kawartha Lakes - Lindsay Square Mall | |
| London - Masonville Place | |
| London - Westmount Shopping Centre | |
| Milton - Milton Mall Shopping Centre | |
| Mississauga - Square One Shopping Centre | |
| Newmarket - Upper Canada Mall | |
| Orillia - Orillia Square Mall | |
| Toronto - Centrepoint Mall | |
| Toronto - Cloverdale Mall | |
| Toronto - East York Town Centre | |
| Toronto - Shoppers World Danforth | |
| Waterdown - Flamborough Power Centre | |
| Whitby - Taunton Road Power Centre | |
| Windsor - Devonshire Mall | |
| OPENING SPRING 2013 | |
| British Columbia | |
| Campbell River - Discovery Harbour Shopping Centre | |
| Coquitlam - Coquitlam Centre | |
| Cranbrook - Tamarack Mall | |
| Delta - Scottsdale Mall | |
| Kamloops- Sahali Centre Mall | |
| Prince George - Pine Centre | |
| Langley - Willowbrook Shopping Centre | |
| Nanaimo - Nanaimo North Town Centre | |
| Vernon - Village Green Mall | |
| Victoria - Tillicum Centre | |
| Alberta | |
| Calgary - Chinook Centre | |
| Calgary - Forest Lawn Shopping Centre | |
| Calgary - Market Mall | |
| Calgary - Shoppes at Shawnessy | |
| Edmonton - Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre | |
| Edmonton - Mill Woods Town Centre | |
| Edmonton - West Edmonton Mall | |
| Grande Prairie - Prairie Mall | |
| Red Deer - Bower Place | |
| Sherwood Park - Sherwood Park Mall | |
| St. Albert - St. Albert Centre | |
| Manitoba | |
| Brandon - Shoppers Mall | |
| Winnipeg - Kildonan Place Shopping Centre | |
| Winnipeg - Southdale Centre | |
| OPENING SUMMER 2013 | |
| British Columbia | |
| Courtenay - Driftwood Mall | |
| Kelowna - Orchard Park Plaza | |
| Alberta | |
| Calgary - Signal Hill | |
| Medicine Hat - Medicine Hat Mall | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Regina - Northgate Mall | |
| Saskatoon - The Mall at Lawson Heights | |
| Saskatoon - Centre at Circle & Eighth | |
| Ontario | |
| Ancaster - Meadowland Power Centre | |
| Brampton- Bramalea City Centre | |
| Chatham - Thames Lea Plaza | |
| Hamilton - South Hamilton Square | |
| Kingston - Cataraqui Town Centre | |
| Kitchener - Laurentian Mall | |
| Niagara Falls - 7190 Morrison Street | |
| North Bay - 1899 Algonquin Avenue | |
| Oakville - Hopedale Mall | |
| Oshawa, Ontario - Five Points Shopping Centre | |
| Stoney Creek - Queenston Place | |
| Thunder Bay - Intercity Shopping Centre | |
| Welland - Seaway Mall | |
| OPENING FALL 2013 | |
| Quebec | |
| Anjou - Galeries D'Anjou | |
| Boisbriand - Faubourg Boisbriand | |
| Brossard - Place Portobello | |
| Gatineau - Les Galeries Gatineau | |
| Laval - Mega Centre Autoroute 13 | |
| Joliette - Les Galeries Joliette | |
| Levis - Galeries Chagnon | |
| Montreal - Place Alexis Nihon | |
| Montreal - Place Versailles Shopping Centre | |
| Montreal - Place Vertu | |
| Quebec City - Place Fleur De Lys | |
| Rimouski - Le Carrefour Rimouski | |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville - Les Promenades Saint-Bruno | |
| Saint-Georges - Carrefour Saint-Georges | |
| Sainte-Foy - Place Laurier | |
| Saint-Jerome - Carrefour Du Nord | |
| St. Eustache - Carrefour St-Eustache | |
| Trois-Rivieres - Les Rivieres Shopping Centre | |
| Ontario | |
| Kanata - Hazeldean Mall | |
| Orleans - Place D'Orleans | |
| Ottawa - Billings Bridge Plaza | |
| Smith Falls - County Fair Mall | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| Bedford - Bedford Place | |
| Dartmouth - Mic Mac Mall | |
| Halifax - Bayers Lake Power Centre | |
| OPENING WINTER 2013 | |
| British Columbia | |
| Abbotsford - Abbotsford Power Centre | |
| Burnaby - Metropolis at Metrotown | |
| Chilliwack - Cottonwood Mall | |
| Maple Ridge - Haney Place Mall | |
| Richmond - Lansdowne Centre | |
| Surrey - Surrey Place/Central City | |
| Alberta | |
| Calgary - Sunridge Mall | |
| Edmonton - Kingsway Garden Mall | |
| Manitoba | |
| Winnipeg - Grant Park | |
| Ontario | |
| Bowmanville - Clarington Town Centre | |
| Mississauga - Westdale Mall | |
| Nepean - Meadowlands Shopping Centre | |
| Pickering - Pickering Town Centre | |
| Richmond Hill - Hillcrest Mall | |
| St. Catharines - Pen Centre | |
| Stratford - Stratford Mall | |
| Sudbury - Sudbury Supermall | |
| Waterloo - Conestoga Mall | |
| Quebec | |
| Lasalle - Carrefour Angrignon | |
| Laval - Centre Laval | |
| Longueuil - Place Longueuil | |
| Pointe Claire - Terrarium Shopping Centre | |
| Quebec City - Les Galeries De La Capitale | |
| Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Carrefour Richelieu | |
| Sherbrooke - Carrefour De L'Estrie | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| Sydney - Sydney Shopping Centre | |
| New Brunswick | |
| Fredericton - Uptown Centre | |
| Moncton - Northwest Centre | |
| St. John - Mcallister Place | |
| Newfoundland | |
| Corner Brook - Corner Brook | |
| St. John's - Cabot Square | |
| PEI | |
| Charlottetown - Charlottetown Mall | |
Lisa Gibson, Target, 289-261-1221
Target Media Hotline, 612-696-3400
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