Southgate Centre
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| Location | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 53°29′8″N 113°30′49″W / 53.48556°N 113.51361°W |
| Address | 5015 111 Street NW |
| Opening date | August 12, 1970 |
| Previous names | Southgate Shopping Centre (1970–1998) |
| Management | JLL |
| Owner | Ivanhoé Cambridge |
| No. of stores and services | 159[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2[2] |
| Total retail floor area | 940,986 sq ft (87,420.5 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Public transit access |    Southgate station |
| Website | southgatecentre |
Southgate Centre is a shopping centre in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, covering just under 90,000 square metres. It contains 159 retailers including The Bay, Sporting Life, Zara, Apple, London Drugs, H&M, Dollarama and Edmonton's only Restoration Hardware and Crate & Barrel. The centre is located adjacent to Whitemud Drive and 111 Street, and is located across from a transit bus station and the Southgate LRT station.
The mall is owned by Ivanhoé Cambridge, a subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
History
[edit]The centre opened on August 12, 1970 as Southgate Shopping Centre and was created by Woodward's and The Bay. At the time, it was the largest shopping centre west of Toronto and the first centre built in Alberta that housed two anchor department stores.[3] In 1982, the mall expanded to include 80 new stores on its west side, a third floor for The Bay, expanded food floor at Woodward's, and additional parking.[4] In 1993, Woodward's went bankrupt; its space was converted to Eaton's.[5] In addition, the Woodward's Food Floor was converted to Safeway.[6] By 1999, Eaton's went bankrupt and its space became a Sears the following year.[7]
On April 1, 1998, the centre announced that it would undergo a $13.2 million renovation which would see new flooring, ceilings, lighting, and skylights in building's interior, a new second level for specialty stores, and an expanded food court. To coincide with the renovation, the centre's name was changed to Southgate Centre. Renovations were completed in March 1999.[8] An Edmonton Public Library branch operated in the mall from 1971 until 2002, when it relocated to nearby Whitemud Crossing.[9] A Dollarama store took the place of the former library.[10]
From 2007 to 2009, the mall underwent a $114 million expansion which included an additional 150,000 square feet of space for over 30 new stores and services including a new food court, and a new two-level parking deck above the expansion. The mall held its grand reopening in August 2009.[11][12] The following year, as part of the south extension of the Edmonton LRT system, Southgate station held its opening ceremony was on April 24, 2010.[13] Apple opened a second store in Edmonton at Southgate Centre on May 28, 2010.[14] On August 12, 2010, the mall celebrated the 40th anniversary of its opening.[6] On November 15, 2010, Edmonton's first Restoration Hardware location opened in the mall's former food court area near the Apple store.[15] Crate & Barrel open its first Edmonton location on October 6, 2011.[16] In June 2013, Edmonton's first Lego store opened.[17] Sears closed on January 8, 2018 after the company filed for creditor protection in 2017.[18] Its space was occupied by Big Comfort from July 2018 to fall 2019 on a temporary basis.[19][20]
In 2020, the mall underwent a $93 million expansion which saw the former Sears space repurposed as a new mall common area with three floors with a London Drugs and H&M. The project was completed in 2022.[21][20] In November 2022, Sporting Life open its first location in the city.[22]
References
[edit]- ^ "Southgate Centre". JLL. Archived from the original on December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ "Anchor stores". Southgate Centre. Retrieved 21 August 2022.[dead link]
- ^ "Aug. 12, 1970: Southgate Shopping Centre opens". Edmonton Journal. Postmedia Network. August 10, 2012. Archived from the original on December 1, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ^ Gilmour, Bob (August 15, 1981). "Southgate adds eighty stores". Edmonton Journal. pp. E6. Retrieved November 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ MacLean, Mairi (September 11, 1993). "Eaton's to open new stores at Southgate, Mill Woods". Edmonton Journal. pp. D1. Retrieved November 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Finlayson, David (August 13, 2010). "Southgate Mall celebrates 40th birthday". Edmonton Journal. canada.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010.
- ^ Turchansky, Ray (February 26, 2000). "Sears leaves Heritage for Southgate". Edmonton Journal. pp. D1. Retrieved November 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ MacLean, Mairi (April 1, 1998). "Southgate Centre gets $13.2M facelift". Edmonton Journal. pp. F1. Retrieved November 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gilmour, Bob (June 20, 2002). "City libraries turning a new page". Edmonton Journal. pp. B1. Retrieved November 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "What's New at Southgate Centre". Southgate Centre. Archived from the original on January 8, 2007.
- ^ "Southgate Centre grand opening to reveal new upscale shops". CTV News Edmonton. August 4, 2009. Archived from the original on December 1, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ^ Maimann, Kevin (2017-01-17). "Southgate is one of Top 5 most successful malls in Canada". Metro Edmonton. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ "LRT south extensions unveiled". CBC News Edmonton. April 16, 2010. Archived from the original on December 6, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ Mah, Bill (May 29, 2009). "Apple lovers bitten by iPad". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on May 31, 2010.
- ^ "Business Browser: Restoration Hardware coming". Edmonton Journal. August 14, 2010. p. F2.
- ^ Mah, Bill (October 6, 2011). "Rolling out the Barrel". Edmonton Journal. pp. D1. Retrieved November 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lego store comes to Edmonton". CBC News Edmonton. June 14, 2013. Archived from the original on March 26, 2017.
- ^ Parrish, Julia (January 8, 2018). "'That will be it': Last day for Sears in Edmonton". CTV News Edmonton. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ^ Cook, Dustin (July 26, 2018). "Massage therapy school MaKami College to set up in old Sears space in Bonnie Doon mall". Edmonton Journal. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018.
- ^ a b Lui, Christopher (August 28, 2022). "London Drugs Opens Large Storefront at Southgate Centre in Edmonton in Former Woodward's Space [Feature]". Retail Insider. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ^ "Southgate Centre". shopping-centres.ivanhoecambridge.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ^ Mitchell, Laine (November 18, 2022). "'That will be it': Last day for Sears in Edmonton". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
