A proposed commercial shopping centre in the north end of High River is inching closer to reality after town council gave first reading Monday to two necessary subdivision bylaws.
If approved, the bylaws will designate the intended site –located just off Highway 2A- as a commercial shopping centre, paving the way for construction to begin on the Canadian Tire anchored mall.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/d946fnh
EDMONTON – With the foreclosure process on a deteriorating Edmonton strip mall now complete, community volunteers are turning to the Internet in their efforts to see the site restored to its former glory.
Petrolia Mall, at 114th Street and 40th Avenue, was built in the 1960s and was once a dynamic and vibrant part of the neighbourhood.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/a79hd4b
The arrival of Target is generating momentum at the local mall.
Jillian Creech, general manager at St. Albert Centre, said requests for leasing space are picking up.
“We expect that there is going to be a lot of change in the next 12 to 18 months,” she said. “So, yes, momentum is building.”
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/az86npd
EDMONTON – Fans of Lego are falling to pieces after discovering that the toy company is opening a store in Edmonton this summer.
“There’s a lot of happiness and there’s a lot of concern over our wallets,” said Chris Gray, of the Northern Alberta Lego Users Group, whose members create massive projects out of the plastic bricks. Gray and another member built a model of the Alberta Legislature on display at the building’s interpretive centre.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/bg8ag28
EDMONTON – Capilano Mall is set to undergo an $11-million redevelopment that will turn it into a partial strip mall.
The portion of the enclosed shopping centre between Winners and Safeway will be demolished starting in the spring. Construction will then start on an unenclosed shopping centre that will see store doors open into the parking lot between those two anchor tenants. The remaining enclosed parts of the mall will also be renovated and a stand-alone pad will be added as well.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/b3j2qac
While changes are already underway at Prairie Mall, patrons can expect more in the coming months.
In addition to the recently announced transformation of Zellers into Target on the north side of the mall, officials confirmed Monday that dollar store ‘Buck or Two’ will also close its doors, but they would not confirm the fate of the space in which it occupied.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/a5lt6eu
EDMONTON – Petrolia Mall has seen better days.
The parking lot is full of potholes, most of the space inside is vacant, and now even the Giant Tiger anchor store has pulled out.
“The mall used to be a really healthy place, full of good businesses that served the local residents. In the last couple decades, the whole thing has just fallen into a bit of a ruin,” says Michael Walters, civics director with the local community league.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/am5pp2q
Sears Canada is selling its 40 per cent interest in the Medicine Hat Mall, but that won’t affect its store operations or bring a new owner into the shopping centre, according to the company.
Sears says that it has agreed to sell for $43 million the leasehold stake in the facility to Sleeping Bay Building Corp. – the current majority owner, and believed to be the parent company of mall operator T&T properties.
The announcement was made early Wednesday morning from Sears’ Toronto offices.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/arg8fju
The major development going up east of the airport, at 116 Street and 100 Avenue, is indeed a new mall called Westgate Centre that will prominently feature large home decor companies, owner WAM Development Group confirmed.
Most of the space is already leased, and the confirmed new tenants for the spring 2013 grand opening include: HomeSense, Pier 1 Imports, Bed Bath & Beyond, Bouclair Home, children’s clothing company carter’s and OshKosh B’gosh, and Dollar Tree.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/ctba3ln
EDMONTON – The first Simons store outside Quebec opens Wednesday in Edmonton— three months behind schedule.
But Peter Simons, CEO of the family-owned fashion chain, says there is a good reason for twice postponing the original early August launch date.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/8qltj6x