Cavendish Mall
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The Cavendish Mall is a shopping centre in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1973, it is located in Cote-Saint Luc at the corner of Cavendish Boulevard and Kildare Road. Popular stores include IGA, Pharmaprix, Staples Business Depot (in Quebec the chain is known as Bureau En Gros), and The Source by Circuit City. There is also a food court, with restaurants such as Subway, McDonald's, and Pizza Donini (now closed), in addition to an eight-screen movie theater Fortune Cinemas. The mall is about 500,000 square feet (46,451.5 m²), and a 25-foot (7.62 m) high skylight is featured at center court. Free outdoor customer parking is provided. In the past 15 or so years, the Cavendish Mall has seen a serious decline, with such major stores as Consumer's Distributing, Eaton's, MusicWorld, Canadian Tire, and the Gap having closed.
The 1977 David Cronenberg flick "Rabid", starring porn star Marilyn Chambers, featured scenes shot in the Cavendish Mall. The Stores in the mall, must be starting in 1973 seem to show "Miracle Mart" and "Cardinal" a catalogue ording store. Discus records, Pharmaprix and the SAQ.
