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Parade Street - Ayre's Supermarket

Name: Parade Street - Ayre's Supermarket
Address: St. John's, Canada

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit builtSt. John's, Canada

Former Ayre's Supermarket (1992 closed) redeveloped to civic use; now St. John's Central Fire Station on site near Avalon Mall. · summary, model-written

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Strategy

Redeveloped

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New use

Civic and government

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Now

Status	Retrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported
Strategy	RedevelopedWikipedia no source
New uses	civicWikipedia no source
What is there now	The St. John's Central Fire Station now stands on the site.newtypes-extraction reported

Site context

Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: Summerville (mini-mall) (0.0 km); Ayre's Department Store (Avalon Mall) (0.0 km)computed

Summary, model-written

Closed 1992 (destroyed by fire), redeveloped to civic use. Now occupied by St. John's Central Fire Station.

Why. Original use was Ayre's Supermarket (big-box). Redevelopment strategy applied. Site now serves civic function.

Where it stands. Adjacent to Avalon Mall (built, 0 km), near demolished Summerville mini-mall (0 km).

For a planner

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No details on why 'civic' was chosen over other uses

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Summerville (mini-mall), St. John's · Strip centers · closed 1994; same strategy: redevelop; 0 km away

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History and original facts

Closed	1992newtypes-extraction
Anchors	Ayre's Supermarket, Dominion store
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The site of the former Ayre's Supermarket on Parade Street, destroyed by fire in 1992, is now occupied by the St. John's Central Fire Station.

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Background

Ayre & Sons, Ltd. was a department store chain in Newfoundland, Canada. The chain was formed in 1859 in St. John's, Newfoundland by Charles R. Ayre. Ayre opened his flagship store on Water Street in St. John's in 1859. After Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation in 1949, Ayre's opened some more stores across the province in the 1960s, with locations in Mount Pearl, Carbonear, Corner Brook, and Wabush. A location in the Avalon Mall in St. John's also opened when the mall opened in 1967.

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Timeline

1992 Destroyed by fire
1992 Closed

Sources

Ayre and Sons · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 quoted sentences
Parade Street - Ayre's Supermarket
destroyed by a major fire, which also claimed several other buildings and businesses.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Parade Street - Ayre's Supermarket, St. John's, Canada." Record n-4ddd449f85, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/canada/st-john-s-parade-street-ayre-s-supermarket/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_stjohnsparadestreetayressupermarket,
  title = {Parade Street - Ayre's Supermarket, St. John's, Canada},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/canada/st-john-s-parade-street-ayre-s-supermarket/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-4ddd449f85, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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