Lac-Mirabel

Lac-Mirabel was the name associated with a planned super-regional shopping and recreation project in Mirabel, Quebec. The proposal envisioned a large-scale destination combining retail and leisure uses, but the development was ultimately not constructed. Its significance is primarily historical and urban-development related rather than that of an operating consumer brand: there is no reliable evidence in the supplied references of a launched product portfolio, active retail operations, corporate ownership, or an ongoing commercial presence under the Lac-Mirabel name. The site later became associated with Premium Outlets Montreal, an outlet shopping centre in Mirabel that opened on October 30, 2014. Premium Outlets Montreal is described as the second Premium Outlet Centre in Canada and the second major concentration of outlet stores of its type in the country, after Toronto Premium Outlets. The later outlet centre therefore represents a subsequent use of the site rather than a continuation of Lac-Mirabel as an operating brand. Because the available material concerns a proposed development and provides no verified details about its developer, investment, planned tenant mix, construction phases, or formal cancellation date, those fields remain unspecified.

Lac-Mirabel was conceived as a super-regional shopping and recreation project in Mirabel, Quebec. The planned development appears to have been intended as a large destination project serving the region through a combination of retail and recreational uses. The available reference material does not identify the project promoter, proposed opening date, financing structure, architectural program, or intended tenants, and it does not establish a precise date on which the proposal was abandoned. What is clear is that the project was never built. Its planned site later acquired a different commercial role through the development of Premium Outlets Montreal. The outlet centre opened on October 30, 2014, and is described as the second Premium Outlet Centre in Canada, following Toronto Premium Outlets. It is also characterized as the second conglomeration of stores of its type in Canada. This later development should be treated as a successor use of the site, not as evidence that Lac-Mirabel itself opened, operated, or evolved into the outlet centre. Accordingly, Lac-Mirabel is best documented as an unbuilt retail-and-recreation development concept rather than as an active brand, retailer, or corporate enterprise.

• 2014

  Premium Outlets Montreal opens on the former planned-project site

  [1]Premium Outlets Montrealen.wikipedia.org

  Premium Outlets Montreal opens in Mirabel on October 30, 2014, occupying the site associated with the never-built Lac-Mirabel project.

• Lac-Mirabel is proposed

  [1]Premium Outlets Montrealen.wikipedia.org

  A super-regional shopping and recreation project is planned for a site in Mirabel, Quebec.

• Project remains unbuilt

  [1]Premium Outlets Montrealen.wikipedia.org

  The planned Lac-Mirabel development is never constructed.

A proposed regional shopping and recreation destination in Mirabel, Quebec; it did not become an operating commercial development.

1. 1Premium Outlets Montrealen.wikipedia.org