By Zanub Saeed
Target released the list of the 125 to 135 new branches of the electronics store that will be opened in 2013 throughout Canada.
Target Corporation confirmed the list on Thursday, said a press release issued by the company, and selected leasehold interests of sites in Canada operated by Zellers Inc. The opening of the over 125 stores throughout the provinces will begin in spring 2013, around March and April. More store locations set to open in 2014 will be announced later this year.
"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," Tony Fisher, president of Target Canada, stated for the press release. "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."
The Zeller sites takeover was announced since the beginning of the year, noted the press release, for the conversion into Target stores. The over 125 stores will be closed for about six to nine months for renovations required to set up the Target stores, and this will all cost at around over $10 million.
Locations that will have Target stores next year include, in 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; and Windsor - Devonshire Mall, listed the press release.
In 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; Courtenay - Driftwood Mall; Kelowna - Orchard Park Plaza; and Victoria - Tillicum Centre.
In 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; Calgary - Signal Hill; Medicine Hat - Medicine Hat Mall; and St. Albert - St. Albert Centre.
In Manitoba: Brandon - Shoppers Mall; Winnipeg - Kildonan Place Shopping Centre; and Winnipeg - Southdale Centre.
The full list of new stores can be found here, opening throughout 2013.
