There’s a wave of business-building going on around the developed world, and it doesn’t require a government program to make it happen.
It just requires the businesses in a community to get together and agree on one thing: to jointly sponsor a community gift card, a local currency, or both.
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Construction on a major shopping area in west Lethbridge is planned to start next year. That announcement came Monday from a long-active Calgary development company, following city council’s approval of its $33.85 million purchase and development bid.
The first phase will include a 90,000- to 100,000-square-foot retail complex, according to officials of Royop (Crossings) Development Ltd., selected by city officials from an initial group of seven real estate developers.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Target will open an additional 20 stores in Canada this month, adding to the 48 locations already in operation across the country, the big U.S.-based retailer announced Thursday.
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CALGARY — As a teenage girl Paige O’Neill enjoyed the back-to-school shopping experience with her mother.
Never in a million years would she have thought at that time that she would one day be looking after one of the country’s most popular and top-producing shopping centres.
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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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If you haven’t visited the CORE lately, it is well worth your while to see what has happened to the city’s downtown shopping centre in the heart of Calgary.
Over the last few years, the mall has completed substantial multi-million dollar renovations which have included an impressive new Devonian Gardens, new stores and its most spectacular feature, which is a massive skylight that literally takes your breath away.
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CALGARY — The continuous influx of U.S. retailers into Canada is expected to have a lasting impact on Canadian retailers and consumers, according to Colliers International’s 2013 Spring Retail Report released Wednesday.
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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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