Kings Place Mall

Kings Place was developed by The Hardman Group in the early 1970s.^[2] The main complex was completed in 1974.^[2][4] An expansion completed in 1976 added 10,000 square feet of office space.^[2]

A food court was added in 1994.^[2] A major renovation was completed in 2001.^[1][5] In April 2002, Fortis Properties acquired Kings Place for $27.7 million.^[6]

Kings Place remains Fredericton's main downtown shopping centre and contains more than 30 shops and services.^[7]

By the mid-2010s, Kings Place had seen a growing number of vacant retail units, with space in the downtown mall going unfilled as businesses moved out.^[8] Losses during that period included the closure of the mall's longtime Second Cup location in late 2018. It was replaced by Starbucks in 2019, which also closed in 2023.^[9][10]

Despite the decline in retail, Kings Place has continued to serve as a major transit and office complex. Fredericton Transit has a major transfer point station along King Street.^[11][12]

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