Tacoma Centre Mall

Tacoma Centre Mall, now Tacoma Plaza, was a small enclosed shopping mall located in Dartmouth, NS. 
== History ==
The mall was constructed in 1970 right off the 111 highway. It opened with a Kmart (Which has already been there since 1964) and a Dominion Grocery store for its anchors. The mall also had a Bi Way. This was one of the first malls in the Halifax - Dartmouth area, pre-dating Penhorn Mall and Mic Mac Mall. 
In the 1970s, Dartmouth saw even more of a boom of development, and 3 new malls, Penhorn Mall, Mic Mac Mall, and Woodlawn Mall opened off the same highway as Tacoma Centre Mall. Although there was lots of competition for the mall, it still remained opened as a small neighborhood mall. 
In 1985, Oshawa Group bought the Nova Scotian Dominion stores and turned them all into IGA stores. 
In 1998, Kmart exited the Canadian market, which left the main anchor store vacant in the mall, becuase of this, most stores left.
In the same year, Sobeys bought out the Oshawa Group. Sobeys re-branded most IGA stores into other Sobeys banners, but since there was a Sobeys right next to Tacoma Centre Mall, Sobeys closed the location in 1999. 
With all of its anchors gone, the mall was partially demolished to make Tacoma Plaza. A Canadian Tire moved into the Kmart location and closed its current location that was across the street. The Bi Way was turned into a Dollarama, and the IGA which was partially demolished was turned into a Blockbuster and Pizza Delight. 
In 2007, Canadian Tire left the plaza and moved to Dartmouth Crossing. Soon after, the Sobeys next to the plaza moved into the Canadian Tire space where it remains today. 
Tacoma Plaza still operates today, and it probably will for many years to come.
== Gallery ==
File:Makeshift Directory.png|Aerial image from 1995. 
File:Tacoma Centre Mall Kmart.png|Tacoma Centre Mall, 1970s
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Canada
Category:Former Malls
Category:Demolished Malls
Category:Kmart-anchored Properties
Category:Canadian Tire Locations
Category:Malls in Nova Scotia
Category:BiWay Locations