Les Promenades King

Les Promenades King is a shopping centre in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, located on King Street West, southeast of the intersection of autoroutes 10 and 55. It opened in 1960 as the Centre d'achats Sherbrooke and is recognized as the first shopping mall of its kind built in the Estrie region. Today it operates under the name Les Promenades King and is also known as Centre d'achats King. The centre contains approximately 55 stores, offices and boutiques, arranged along an outdoor promenade and an indoor mall. Its site includes a 12,000-square-foot building area and a 500,000-square-foot parking lot that can accommodate about 1,000 cars. The Quebec Council of Cultural Heritage considers it the most authentic of Quebec's first-generation shopping centres. The mall hosts a diverse mix of businesses, including professional offices, men's and women's fashion boutiques, a grocery store, a pastry shop, a restaurant, a barber, a hair salon, a jewellery store, a dry cleaner, a shoe store, a pharmacy, a travel agency, a floral centre, a bowling alley and other services. Its official web presence is a Google Sites page.

Les Promenades King opened in 1960 as the Centre d'achats Sherbrooke. Its construction required the hiring of 200 workers on the site. The inauguration took place in the presence of Mayor Armand Nadeau and numerous dignitaries, and attracted a thousand people. According to Michel Harnois, general director of the Société d'histoire de Sherbrooke, even the parish priest of Saint-Boniface was on hand to bless the place, in order to ensure the prosperity of the shopping centre. It was the first shopping centre of its kind to be built in the Estrie region. Today the shopping centre is operated under the business name Les Promenades King and is also known as Centre d'achats King. It is considered by the Quebec Council of Cultural Heritage to be the most authentic of Quebec's first-generation shopping centres.

• 1960

  Construction and official opening of the Centre d'achats Sherbrooke, the first shopping centre of its kind in the Estrie region; inauguration attended by Mayor Armand Nadeau and numerous dignitaries, attracting a thousand people.

A historic first-generation shopping centre in Sherbrooke, recognized by the Quebec Council of Cultural Heritage as the most authentic of its generation in Quebec.

Product categories. retail stores · offices · boutiques · grocery store · pastry shop · restaurant · barber · hair salon · jewellery store · dry cleaner · shoe store · pharmacy

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