Parkway Mall (Saint John, NB)

Parkway Mall is a shopping and business complex in Saint John, New Brunswick. The property is located on the north side of the city, in a suburban and commercial area. The properties current anchors include Hart, Value Village, and Dollarama. Originally, the property was solely used as a enclosed mall. However, after years of decline, most of the interior of the mall was divided up into office space in the 2010s. 
==History==
The Parkway Mall opened in 1973. At the time, it was one of the largest malls in the city, with many different national tenants. Parkway Mall's original tenants were Zellers, Metropolitan, and SaveEasy. There was also a Empire Theatres. 
Two years after the mall opened, McAllister Place was built across the street. This mall was much bigger and had more stores. At the time, Parkway Mall continued to stay competitive. 
On February 26th, 1995, the parkway Empire Theatres permanently closed and moved to a larger 10-screen theatre across the street. Around 1996, SaveEasy was converted to Atlantic Supervalu. In 1997, Metropolitan filed for bankruptcy and closed all locations. A year later, the Metropolitan space was split into BiWay, Value Village, and NB Liquor. After these anchor changes, the mall began to decline and lose tenants, especially because McAllister Place had expansions done around this time. 
In 1998, Zellers permanently closed and relocated to the former Kmart at McAllister Place. The space was split into Office Interiors, Wacky's Flooring, and an ICT call centre. As none of these tenants had mall entrances, Parkway Mall declined further and lost most of its national tenants. 
In 2000, Shoppers Drug Mart, which was one of the last national tenants permanently closed. A Salvation Army later moved into the space, but closed a few years later. In 2001, BiWay permanently closed and was replaced with The Bargain! Shop. Around this time, Atlantic Supervalu closed and was converted to NuBody Fitness and Dollarama. 
By 2005, the interior of the mall was down to under 5 tenants. And the writing was on the wall for the future of Parkway Mall. By 2009, The Bargain! Shop closed. By 2010, the owners of Parkway Mall decided to redevelop the mall into a business centre, with retail of the exterior. The last remaining interior tenants were closed, and the plan was set in place. By 2013, all Parkway Mall signage was taken down and the property was no longer a mall. 
On January 24th, 2016, NB Liquor permanently closed. The space is currently occupied by Dooly's and Supplement King. 
On December 8th, 2021, a new Hart store opened in part of the former Zellers space. This is the first Hart location in Saint John. 
Today, even through Parkway Mall isn't a mall anymore, it still serves as a place of employment and has various retail and food offerings to serve Saint John. 
==Gallery==
File:Parkway Mall directory.jpg|A modern 2022 directory for Parkway Mall
File:Hart parkway exterior.jpg|Parkway Hart location which opened in 2021 (Former Zellers)
File:Parkway Mall entrance.jpg|Parkway Mall entrance in 2005
File:Parkway Mall food court.jpg|Parkway Mall food court in 2005
File:The Bargain! Shop Parkway Mall.jpg|The Bargain! Shop (Former Metropolitan and BiWay) in 2005
File:Parkway 1.jpg|Parkway Mall centre court, showing former Salvation Army (Former Shoppers Drug Mart)
File:Parkway 2.jpg|Another shot of the centre court showing former lunch counter
File:Parkway Play it again sports.jpg|Inside former Play it Again Sports
File:Parkway arcade.jpg|The former Electric Avenue arcade in the 1980s
File:Parkway-mall.png|Parkway Mall front parking lot in the 1970s
File:Parkway-mall 1970s directory.png|Parkway Mall newspaper ad in the 1970s
== See also ==
* McAllister Place
* Lancaster Mall 
* Loch Lomond Place
* East Point Shopping Centre
Category:Plazas
Category:Malls in New Brunswick
Category:Malls that opened in 1973
Category:Former Zellers-anchored Malls
Category:Metropolitan-anchored properties
Category:Dollarama Locations
Category:BiWay Locations
Category:Empire Theatres Locations
Category:SaveEasy-anchored Malls
Category:North America