Work has begun on converting 43,000 vacant square feet in Saint John's largest shopping mall into a Marshalls store that's scheduled to open in the fall of 2018. Marshalls is owned by parent company TJX, which also owns TJ Maxx, Winners and HomeSense. McAllister Place filling holesMcCluskey-Kelly said there's been a lot of change at McAllister Place. According to research gathered before the closure of Sears in Saint John, McAllister Place was under-performing compared to other large malls in Atlantic Canada. That was followed by the Avalon Mall in St. John's ($699), Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth ($612), Champlain Place in Dieppe ($605), Regent Mall in Fredericton ($572), and McAllister Place ($464).

Source: CBC News March 21, 2018 22:30 UTC