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The Algo Centre Mall (legally Eastwood Mall since 2005 but almost never referred to as such) was a mall and hotel located in the middle of Elliot Lake, Ontario's commercial district on Highway 108.〔 It is the largest commercial complex in the area. When the community was hit by uranium mine closures in the 1990s, the complex gradually refocused, hosting multiple services, such as a library, constituency offices, and public health offices. In recent years, many businesses located in the mall either closed or moved to outside locations. Still, the mall was a community hub, with most of the area's clothing stores and its largest grocery store, employing upwards of 250 local residents. It accounted for 10% of community's retail space and 6% of the total wages. The mall was plagued by structural problems and leaks throughout its history.〔()〕 It underwent a partial structural failure on June 23, 2012, when a 12m x 24m (39'-by-79') segment of the rooftop parking deck collapsed into the building, crashing through the upper level lottery kiosk adjacent to the food court and escalators to the ground floor below. More than 20 people received non-life-threatening injuries and two people died in the collapse.〔 An investigation and class action lawsuits into the collapse are ongoing and the mall has been demolished. == History == Algocen Realty Holdings Ltd., the real estate branch on the Algoma Central Railway first commissioned The Algo Centre Mall project. The project was subsequently approved by the Ontario Municipal Board in 1978, with an estimated cost of $10 million. Construction then began in 1979 with the project being finished the next year. The 80-room Algo Inn, the town's largest hotel and retirement residence, was also built into the mall.〔〔()〕 In its first year, 1980, the mall featured Woolco, Dominion, and Shoppers Drug Mart, and a total of 35 units. A distinct architectural feature of the building was rooftop parking. After the closure of the uranium mines in Elliot Lake, in 1990, the revenue prospects of the mall dropped sharply, with no recovery in sight. This prompted the Algoma Central Company to write off over $5 million in lost property value, despite 98% occupancy. In 1996, a report commissioned by the Town, ''Downtown Core and Industrial Area Improvements'', presented a less-than-favourable assessment of the structure's exterior: The current owners, Eastwood Incorporated, acquired the company in August 2005 for the price of $6.2 million. Owned by Bob Nazarian, his firm was registered in 1994 as a numbered company. At various points, the company has owned strip malls in Kitchener and London, Ontario. Algo had retained Marino Locations Limited to redevelop the property "to accommodate new specialty retailers and possible new anchor/big-box retailers that are not yet in the market. The possibility for exterior pads also exists on the surrounding lands."〔 (Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. also performed a redevelopment feasibility study on the mall in late 2010, early 2011; part of the cost was not repaid.)〔 Between August 2005 and June 2012, the mall had a series of five managers. Along with the Algo Inn and numerous independent stores and services, the mall includes: * Algoma District Services Administration Board (ADSAB) * Algoma Public Health * Algo Room: a community theatre space, used by the Elliot Lake Amateur Youth Theatre Ensemble. * The Bargain! Shop * Color Your World (owned by Imperial Chemical Industries) * Curves (for Women) * Dollarama * Elliot Lake Public Library - only location * Offices of the local MP (Carol Hughes) and MPP (Michael Mantha) * Foodland - formerly IGA * Investors Group * Marlin Travel * Northern Reflections * Pet Valu * Service Canada * Zellers: Of the 220 Zellers stores, 189 were purchased by Target in their Canadian expansion. They declined to take over the lease of the Elliot Lake store location. * ''Elliot Lake Transit terminal'' At some point in the summer of 2008, a location of SAAN, a department store, closed. The Bargain! Shop purchased the brand in August of that year, taking over some leaseholds. In September that year, Mayor Rick Hamilton located his campaign office at the mall. In January 2009, the Elliot Lake Model Railroad Club opened at the local civic centre, moving from the mall. In 2010, a new Shoppers Drug Mart opened away from the mall, more than doubling the unit it had at Algo. The mall was offered for sale in 2010, for $9.9 million, an increase of $3.7 million from the purchase price five years prior.〔 In 2011, the hotel office was victim of a break-and-enter, with an attempt to do the same at Zellers. The mall hosted car shows,〔 charity head shavings, antique appraisals, promotions for community events,〔(Zombies want fresh victims for haunted house ). ''Elliot Lake Standard''.〕 an annual rocking chair marathon for charity, amongst other community events. Despite the centre's issues, it remained a community hub; the mayor notes that it was both the social centre of the community, and residents would visit weekly, and in some cases daily. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Algo Centre Mall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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