Eighteen Target stores will open in B.C. in early 2013 when the U.S.-based retailer takes over former Zellers stores.
Included in the list are eight planned Target stores in the Lower Mainland, in Abbotsford, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge and Surrey.
Absent from the list is any Vancouver store.
"This is just the first wave," Target Canada president Tony Fisher told reporters, adding more store sites will be announced in September.
B.C. stores announced:
Abbotsford - Abbotsford Power Centre
Burnaby - Metropolis at Metrotown
Campbell River - Discovery Harbour Shopping Centre
Chilliwack - Cottonwood Mall
Coquitlam - Coquitlam Centre
Courtenay -Driftwood Mall
Cranbrook - Tamarack Mall
Delta - Scottsdale Mall
Kamloops - Sahili Centre Mall
Kelowna - Orchard Park Plaza
Langley - Willowbrook Shopping Centre
Maple Ridge - Haney Place Mall
Nanaimo - Nanaimo North Town Centre
Prince George - Pine Centre
Surrey - Surrey Place/Central City
Vernon - Village Green Mall
Victoria - Hillside Shopping Centre
Victoria - Tillicum Centre
