Place Rosemère is a major shopping center located just off Autoroute 640 on the north shore. It’s also a big place, meaning that knowing what door leads to whichever end of the building you require is a relevant question (that’s because the building itself is wide). You won’t find yourself changing floors, so don’t worry about consulting the directory; there’s only one. That said, a single level is easy to explain but difficult to traverse. In other words, the entrance count for more than it does at a mall where an escalator help you start over.
The top left search box take you straight into the store if you know its name. The sidebar (below) lets you stay within one category, food, fashion, electronics, beauty, sport, services etc, if all you know is the kind of errand. Clicking the name in the list opens the same note. This note has a yellow shape and a name in the list. That note tell you about the business so you know whether this is a counter or a browse before you go to that wing.
Use the scroll wheel or buttons at lower right to zoom around. The units don’t get big until the drawing’s enlarged and you see the distance between two pin. On a phone, full screen is worth it: The units remain small but the gap between two pins makes itself obvious when you enlarge the drawing.
Place Rosemère Directory Map
For the most part, if it’s big enough to navigate by, Walmart has left its footprint somewhere. If you are shopping for clothes instead of household items, H&M and Zara acts as landmarks. For a beauty stop, it’s Sephora. You won’t get direction from the kiosk regarding which half of the floor you’re on. Find the closest one of those shapes. Look for the smallest name. Then, use the rest as your hallway. Don’t wander down the sidebar looking at all the labels. When it’s electronics you’re after, Best Buy become the simpler landmark.
After all, most trips involve just a few stops, one big place, one small, and perhaps some food on the way back out. Before choosing the entrance off the 640, you’ll want to make sure those stops are close together; that’s what the map is for.
A big chunk of that floor is fashion. Beauty, casual clothing, shoes, and jewellery remain separate errands. The category is like aimlessly wandering the wing without any hope of finding what you want. Food is either a counter you pass toward the car or a longer sit-down, and the description says which. Electronics counters all resemble each other from the outside. One sells a phone and a plan, another sells a case, and another does repairs. Appointments are services like a bank errand or a visit to a clinic. They are there because they are in the building. You locate them by name once you already intend to go.
The parking decision is as much a part of the trip as the north-shore traffic. Once inside, entering from the wrong end takes more time different than searching for the correct half of the shop. Follow the map in your car. If there’s room in the building, a clothing stop and a pharmacy-type stop can occupy the same structure and both merit two entries… This is true even though one is at each end. A weekend holiday alters the drawing less than it alters the floor feel. A quick-pause counter during the week can be a line that consumes the time you gained with good parking. The line won’t appear on the directory.
The directory will tell you if the next stop is in another wing. Or is it right beside you? Hours are more changeable than the floor plan, as are leases. This is especially true if the long part of the day used to be a drive up from Montreal or Laval. The shop isn’t necessarily open tonight just because it’s there in a shape on the drawing. Make sure it’s the store you came for. Let the descriptions and the categories make your indoor walk as short as this one floor can allow.
You should of checked the map earlier. The moddern layout is easy to navigate if you use the right tool. It’s naturaly easier to find things based off the categories. Just dont get lost in the furnitures.
