Garden City Shopping Centre (Winnipeg)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Garden City Shopping Centre is a single-level shopping centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located at the intersection of McPhillips Street and Leila Avenue.[1] Built in 1970, it was opened on August 12 that year.[2]
With an area of Script error: No such module "convert".,[3] the mall consists of 70 stores and 10 restaurants on a single level. Anchor stores include Canadian Tire, Winners and GoodLife Fitness.[4]
The shopping centre is owned and managed by RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust.[5]
History
The shopping centre was developed by James Kelly of Toronto.[2] The centre was built in West Kildonan upon Script error: No such module "convert". of land.[6] Upon construction in 1969–1970, at a cost of millions of dollars, Script error: No such module "convert". of space. The initial plan was for 40 stores. The T. Eaton Co. Limited also purchased space in the mall.[6][7]
A major expansion began in 1974, with a Script error: No such module "convert". addition. Anchor stores at that time included the Simpson-Sears store and a Dominion supermarket, with plans to add an Eaton's store and a Beaver Lumber.[8] T. Eaton Co. Limited opened an Script error: No such module "convert". store in August 1976.[9] As of that same year, Garden City was one of the four largest regional malls in the city of Winnipeg.[10]
The Eaton's store closed in 1998, and its space was taken over by a Canadian Tire store.[11]
In Spring 2018, Garden City completed a $10-million renovation. The centre was enhanced with revitalized interiors, new seating, new bathrooms, revamped food court, and energy-efficient lighting throughout.[12]
With Sears Canada having closed their operations due to nationwide bankruptcy, the space formerly occupied by them at the shopping centre has been redeveloped.[13] The Script error: No such module "convert". area was divided into multiple units, and a lease has been signed with Seafood City Supermarket, a new-to-Winnipeg iconic Filipino-focused grocer, Michaels, and Bulk Barn.[14][15]
References
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- ↑ King, Randall (5 August 2010). "Garden City Cinemas closing after 40 years", Winnipeg Free Press, p. D2.
- ↑ a b Smith, Kenneth B. (10 July 1970). "Building and real estate: Shopping centre growth in next five years declared unlikely to equal record of past five", The Globe and Mail, p. B4.
- ↑ "Garden City Shopping Centre Template:Webarchive", RioCan. January 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
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- ↑ a b (27 February 1969). "Simpsons-Sears in Winnipeg", Toronto Daily Star, p. 34.
- ↑ (26 February 1969). "Simpsons-Sears to build Script error: No such module "convert". store at Winnipeg centre", The Globe and Mail, p. B3.
- ↑ (4 October 1974). "Inflation called key difficulty", The Globe and Mail, p. B3.
- ↑ (7 August 1976). "Companies in the news: Eaton", The Globe and Mail, p. 14.
- ↑ (21 April 1976). "Shopping centres meeting slower sales growth", The Globe and Mail, p. B16.
- ↑ Sherren, Reg (23 August 1999). "Eaton's closures", The National, CBC News.
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External links
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