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Shopping in
Halifax Regional Municipality
Dartmouth
Crossing is HRM's newest and most unique shopping areas. Dartmouth Crossing
has big box stores such as Staples, Walmart, Home Depot,Costco(2008) and
many more but also has a very unique main street style of shopping that
has stores on both sides of the street so you can get out of your car and
shop much like you would in a downtown shopping district. For information
visit the Dartmouth Crossing website DARTMOUTH
CROSSING.
Possibly the most popular shopping district in the Halifax Regional Municipality
is Bayer's Lake. This shopping area is located just outside Halifax towards
Bedford off the #102 Hwy. The big box stores such as Costco, Winner's, Staples,
Futureshop, Home Depot, Old Navy, Wal-Mart, Winner's Homesense, Linen's
and Things, Brick and many others are found here. This is one of the fastest
growing shopping areas in all of Nova Scotia with new stores opening monthly.For
more photos of Bayer's Lake click here BAYERS LAKE
There
are several large shopping malls in HRM. The largest is Mic
Mac Mall (photo left)which is located in Dartmouth. This mall has over
160 stores including Bay, Disney Store, Eddie Bauer, Zellers,Toys R Us,
Futureshop, Winners, Homesense, Old Navy, Gap and more. Dartmouth also has
a second large mall which is called
Penhorn Mall. On the Halifax side Halifax Shopping Center is the largest shopping mall. Here you find Sears and Sears Outlet Store. The largest Walmart and Sobeys in Atlantic Canada. Popular small box retailers such as Winners, Pier I Imports and Coast Mountain. Across the street is West End Mall and a couple of blocks away is The Village at Bayer's Road.
Park Lane is located in the Spring Garden Road area in downtown Halifax. This is also a good size mall. There are many smaller malls throughout the metro area as well offering a variety of products. In Bedford there are two malls Sunnyside Mall and Bedford Place Mall.
The Spring Garden Road area is one of liveliest places you could find to shop in the city. This area has about 6
small
to medium size shopping malls, including
Park
Lane, City Centre Atlantic and Spring Garden Place as well as small
boutiques spread out along the street. In this area you will find higher
end shops of various kinds including designer men's and women's clothing
stores. This area is a fun area just to walk and enjoy the sights of the
city.T
his 3 city
block area has a Heritage Canada designation and is the oldest surviving
group of waterfront warehouses in Canada. The Historic Properties are a
cluster of buildings that once housed the portside coopers, rope-makers
and warehouses that supplied the ships that began sailing into Halifax Harbour
250 years ago. This has all been turned into a dynamic marketplace with boutiques, excellent restaurants, pubs and night spots. Here you can stroll along the boardwalk and absorb the atmosphere of the harbour and this great neighborhood.
:Barrington Place is located in downtown Halifax , close to Historic Properties. This shopping mall is a collection of smaller, specialized stores and shops. This is also a great place just to walk and enjoy the site
Fisherman's
Cove, Eastern Passage:
Located
in eastern Passage, which is just outside of Dartmouth, this working fishing
village offers not only quaint oceanside shopping, but a boardwalk, tours
to McNab's and Lawlor's islands, and deep-sea fishing. The shops offer
local marine crafts, aboriginal jewelry, gifts, clothing and photo supplies.
The Cove also has a seafood restaurant.
Here are some links to some local shopping
malls in the area:
Halifax Shopping Center
Park
Lane
Mic Mac Mall
Bedford Place
Mall
Historic Properties
Barrington
Place
Penhorn
Mall
Scotia
Square
West
End Mall
Fisherman's Cove
Sunnyside Mall (Bedford)
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