Capilano Mall was nearly empty Sunday as its few remaining stores packed up to make way for major renovations.
Mike Stojanowski, one of few customers walking alone in the mall, remembered a time when the shopping centre was alive and well.
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CALGARY — A proposal for a mixed-use development at Chinook Centre will be presented to the Calgary Planning Commission on Thursday.
The city’s corporate planning applications group has recommended its approval.
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Council has approved the rezoning of the vacant lot located on the southeast corner of 12th Avenue and 5th Street southeast from an urban reserve lot to a commercial lot, allowing Canadian Tire to commence the construction of its new High River location.
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Council put the brakes on a transit pilot project, which would have connected the public to CrossIron Mills mall via a shuttle bus on weekends.
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CALGARY — H&M, Hennes & Mauritz, one of the world’s leading fashion retailers, announced Wednesday that it will be opening its 65th store in Canada at Chinook Centre this fall.
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Fulfilling your dreams of travel just got a little bit easier to organize now that a Flight Centre location has set up shop in Prairie Mall.
The new Grande Prairie location opened its doors May 1 and with a new foothold in northern Alberta, the company is hoping to make an impression on residents with travel aspirations.
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Dundee Developments –the firm responsible for delivering the south-end Montrose housing community- has announced their opposition to plans to build a new Canadian Tire anchored mall in High River, arguing the move violates key provisions in the town plan.
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CALGARY — The northeast Marlborough Mall is planning to put pad sites into its parking lot to increase the number of stores at the shopping centre.
Kim Wiltse, marketing director of Marlborough Mall with 20Vic Management Inc. which operates the centre, said about 10,000 square feet is being added to the west side of the mall’s parking area.
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The Medicine Hat Mall is expected to change hands once again today as a mega merger of Canadian real estate companies is set to close.
Last week, unit-holders in Primaris Real Estate Income Trust, which purchased the local shopping centre in early February, approved a threeway merger that will see some of its properties taken over by H&R and others go to Kingsett Capital.
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CALGARY — Popular American retail giant J. Crew will be opening its first Calgary store at Chinook Centre in June.
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