En attendant le magasin du Lac Mirabel
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Montreal, Canada-April 1, 2008--Bass Pro Shops, ranked the #1 Outdoor Retailer in America by Sporting Goods Business Magazine, today announced that it is continuing its retail growth with the opening of an outdoor superstore at Lac Mirabel. Lac Mirabel is a joint development between Gordon Group Holdings, LLC and Morgan Stanley Real Estate.
The approximately 150,000 square foot store will be the signature anchor for the state-of-the-art 1.4-million square foot Lac Mirabel retail entertainment complex located along Highway 15 outside Montreal.
"With the project now well under way, many leading retailers, like Bass Pro Shops, are considering Lac Mirabel as one of North America's most unique retail shopping environments," commented Sheldon Gordon, Chairman of Gordon Group Holdings. "We are excited to welcome Bass Pro Shops to Lac Mirabel--they are a retail experience like no other and their addition will attract many other world class retailers and shoppers from around the world."
In January of 2008 Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris was recognized as the "Innovator of the Year" by the National Retail Federation for the companies unique store concepts and designs.
Unique exterior and interior motifs have branded Bass Pro Shops as visually appealing, high quality outdoor stores. The outdoors is brought indoors with massive log and rock work, large aquariums and water features stocked with native fish species, along with an extensive collection of museum quality fish and wildlife exhibits, historic photos, artifacts, and memorabilia. They also feature free outdoor skills workshops for adults, kids, and families, as well as conservation education.
"Canada has long been known for its great sporting tradition and outdoor heritage and this opportunity at LacMirabel allows us to further extend our destination retail stores as well as our full line-up of Tracker boats into this tremendous outdoor market," said Bass Pro Shops President Jim Hagale. "This store will be designed and themed as a tribute to the Canadian outdoors and a celebration of the sporting men and women of the region."
The Lac Mirabel store will offer outdoor enthusiasts 3 acres of shopping excitement with the area's largest selection of equipment and clothing for hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, backpacking, wildlife viewing, camping, outdoor cooking and more. A gift and nature center will also serve up a wide variety of outdoor-related items from lamps and dishes to bird feeders and furniture.
An expansive boat showroom will feature Tracker, Nitro, SunTracker, Grizzly, and Tahoe boats built by Tracker Marine Group--the world's largest manufacturer of fishing boats. A boat service center will also be available.
"Bass Pro Shops is a trend-setting, major destination retailer whom we are very pleased to be associated with at Lac Mirabel," said Mark Bratt of Morgan Stanley Real Estate. "With its Vaughn, Ontario location serving as one of Bass Pro Shops' top performing stores, we look forward to the impact its anchor presence will have on both retailers and visitors alike as we continue to move ahead to develop Lac Mirabel as one of Canada's most distinctive attractions for shopping and entertainment."
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