Avalon Mall

The Avalon Mall is a Canadian shopping mall located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador on Kenmount Road. With over , two floors, and 142 stores, it is the largest shopping mall in Newfoundland and Labrador. The mall opened in 1967 and is owned by Crombie REIT.

History
The Avalon Mall underwent major extensions in 1977, 1987 and 1999. In the late-1980s and early-1990s, low retail performance promoted mall management to embark on major renovation programs. The Scotiabank branch was renovated. Department store Ayre and Sons became The Gap in 1991, but then renovated in early 2018 once more to become Charm Diamond Centres, Claire's, The Source, and Jump Plus. In 2005, the food court, washrooms, entrances and exterior of the mall underwent major renovations.

Some of the tenants of anchor locations include Winners/HomeSense (formerly Sobeys) and, until January 9, 2018, Sears. Sears was originally Woolco until 1994, then Walmart, which closed on January 25, 2005. In fall 2005, Sears opened in the Mall, this store went through liquidation and closed on January 9, 2018. Sobeys became Winners/HomeSense in spring 2006 with both Sobeys and Walmart moving to Kelsey Drive. Both Sears and Winners operated nearby at the Village Shopping Centre. A brand new Winners/HomeSense was opened in the former Sears store in 2019.

In 1999, Empire Theatres closed its five-screen cinema (with access to the first and second floors; with most outlets on the first floor) then a Studio 12 (12 screen) theatre opened on the other end of the second floor (close to the mall's food court, the largest in Atlantic Canada). On June 27, 2013, Empire Theatres announced that it would be selling this theatre along with 23 others in Atlantic Canada to Cineplex Entertainment. Empire Theatres closed on October 22, 2013, and reopened as Cineplex Cinemas on October 25, 2013, then switched to the brand Scotiabank Theatre in November 2014. On February 28, 2018, it was announced that Cineplex would open The Rec Room in the mall in early 2019, which is adjacent to the Scotiabank Theatre. On April 18, 2019, it was officially opened and became the first location to open in Atlantic Canada.

Until provincial legalization of Sunday shopping in 1998, flea markets were common at the mall. This practice ended in December 2010, via mall management decision.

Major retailers/anchors
Scotiabank Theatre
Winners
Home Sense
Sport Check
Lawtons
Old Navy
H&M
Eclipse Clothing Stores
Bath & Body Works
Toys "R" Us (free standing)
Chapters (free standing)

Minor retailers/restaurants/gas stations
Sunglass Hut
Five Guys
Starbucks (also free standing)
KFC
A&W Canada
Virgin Plus
Bell Aliant
Coles
Scotiabank
The Source
SoftMoc
Garage
Pizza Delight
Dairy Queen
McDonald's (free standing)
Irving Oil
Circle K
The Children's Place (free standing)
Globo Shoes (free standing)
Roots 
Sephora
Sunrise Records
Rogers Canada
GNC
Lululemon
Lush
Subway
Dollarama (free standing)
H&R Block
Burger King (free standing)
GameStop
Old Navy
RW&CO
Second Cup

Former retailers
Athletes World
 Alia Tanjay
Aldo 
A Buck or Two
Addition-Elle
Adam and Eve Unisex Hairstyling
Bogart's Jewelery
Bouclair (abandoned as of 2023)
Bootlegger Kids
Baby Gap (no longer separate from Gap)
Baskin-Robbins
Carlton Cards (closed in 2020)
Charmed Aroma
 Club
Cultures Restaurant
Eddie Bauer
First Western Boutique
Great Canadian Dollar Store
Glow Tanning
 Glow For One
Hallmark Cards
HMV
International Clothiers
Jeans Experts
LeGrow's Travel
Le Chateau
La Senza
Lindor Clothing
Mr. Sub
Moores
Motherhood Maternity
Marks Work Warehouse
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Naturalizer Shoes
Pay A Dollar
Randy River
Robin Donuts
Starcade (now The Rec Room)
Sears (now a Sport Check)
Sony
Shoppers Optical
Ultramar (now a Irving Oil)
Tabi International
Things Engraved
Sobeys (now an Old Navy, originally a Winners and HomeSense)
Sports Experts (closed in Aug. 2023) 
Smart Set 
Pearle Vision (closed in 2023)
Walmart Canada
Wicker Emporium

See also
 List of largest enclosed shopping malls in Canada
 List of shopping malls in Canada

References

External links and sources

 Avalon Mall

Shopping malls in Newfoundland and Labrador
Shopping malls established in 1967
Buildings and structures in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
1967 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador