Lambton Mall

Lambton Mall is a regional enclosed shopping mall in Sarnia, Ontario. Its current anchors are Canadian Tire, Marshalls, HomeSense, Sport Chek, and Galaxy Cinemas. The mall includes over 100 different tenants, a mix of mostly national, some regional, and some local tenants. Other major stores include H&M, Dollarama, and Mark's. 
==History==
Lambton Mall opened in 1971 with the original anchors of Canadian Tire, Dominion, and Woolco as the first enclosed mall in Sarnia. The Lambton Mall had mostly national tenants, but wasn't an upscale mall, as there were no proper department stores originally. Throughout the next two decades, the mall thrived with customers from both Sarnia and Port Huron across the border. 
In October 1990, the larger Birchwood Mall opened over in Port Huron, Michigan. The opening of this mall caused the older Lambton Mall to decline.
In March 1994, Woolco was rebranded to Walmart as part of the buyout of Woolworth Canada. 
The mall had a major renovation and expansion done in 2001. This expansion added a brand new larger Walmart store, which took over a part of the eastern half of the mall. The Canadian Tire also had major renovations, and a Toys "R" Us was added. However, the new Walmart store didn't have a interior entrance, and the old Walmart now sat vacant, which might of made the foot traffic inside the mall less.
In 2003, the former Walmart store was demolished to build a Sears, which moved from its former location at Northgate Plaza (on Exmouth Street, since demolished). This new anchor store helped the mall increase its foot traffic and remain competitive against Birchwood Mall. 
On January 23rd, 2007, Walmart closed its Lambton Mall store and moved just 0.7 kilometers (0.4 miles) away to a new supercentre location within a power centre. Soon after, Canadian Tire announced that they would be moving into the former Walmart space. The new store opened on April 15th, 2009, and included an interior entrance, helping the new Canadian Tire wing increase its foot traffic. 
In 2011, a new food court was added to the mall, and a H&M opened. By this time, Birchwood Mall became a dead mall, making Lambton Mall the superior mall in the Sarnia-Port Huron area. 
A year later, Lambton Mall announced that the old Canadian Tire store would be demolished to build a Sport Chek and a Galaxy Cinemas. The area was fenced off by July and demolition started later in the year. On June 7th, 2013, the new 8-screen Galaxy Cinemas opened, replacing the smaller Famous Players cinemas next to the mall, which has since been demolished. The rest of the mall also had renovations done during this time. 
In January 2018, Sears permanently closed after the bankruptcy and liquidation of the Canadian division of the chain. In late 2019, renovations started on the former store, which included the addition of a Marshalls and HomeSense combo location, it opened in April 2020. 
Today, the Lambton Mall continues to be a popular shopping destination in the Sarnia-Port Huron area.
==See also==
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*Birchwood Mall - competitor mall in Port Huron
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