However, very shortly after, Sears had announced it was moving into The Bay's former location from the nearby Centre Mall, which is being torn down and completely redone.
Centre Mall, east end property, stretches West to Ottawa Street North (Canada's first Mall)
The Centre Mall was built in 1955 and was one of the first shopping malls in all of North America.
The Centre Mall used to be the site of the Jockey Club racetrack but in the years after the Second World War the push for Hamilton's eastward expansion had completely engulfed the Jockey Club property.
Today it is the east part of the Centre Mall and linked via an underground tunnel to the west part, the former Circle Park Mall.
The Hamilton Golf and Country Club was founded in 1894 and was originally sited beside the Hamilton Jockey Club (now Centre Mall), moving to Ancaster in 1916.
The redevelopment of Centre Mall is transforming the entire neighbourhood from Ottawa to Kenilworth Avenue.
Centre Mall, west end property, stretches East to Kenilworth Avenue North (Canada's first Mall), site of the old Jockey Club before Mall was built.
The following routes serve the area, all meeting at the bus terminal at The Centre Mall.
In 1967, the library opened in a new location one block northeast of the current Centre Mall.
