The plan in 1986 was for a $50-million building to be available by mid-1988, including office, retail and parking space, with
Famous Players as a central tenant for six of twelve proposed cinemas. Robert McAlpine Ltd was contracted for the construction. The initial investors were
Halifax Developments Ltd and
Atlantic Shopping Centres Ltd, which as of 1991 remained co-owners of the mall. The two companies subsequently merged, and later became Crombie REIT, who put the mall up for sale in 2014. The Famous Players cineplex, the original
anchor tenant at Park Lane, was called the "most ambitious multiple screen venue" in Halifax by
Cinema Canada, and it more than doubled the number of screens in the city. It was purchased by
Empire Theatres in 2004 and renovated. Empire was subsequently sold to the
Cineplex Entertainment chain, and the cineplex was accordingly rebranded once again. The northern part of the mall originally comprised an eight-storey structure (a parking garage atop the retail levels) designed to accommodate the construction of a second tower on top at a later date. An 11-storey residential tower, called the Martello, was constructed at a cost of $22 million on top of the car park and opened in 2005. In June 2018, Park Lane was sold by Crombie REIT to Halifax-based Universal Realty Group. Some scenes from season 4 of
The Sinner were filmed here. == References ==