Northland Village Mall
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 The former southeast entrance to the mall | |
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| Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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| Address | 5111 Northland Dr NW |
| Opening date | 1971 |
| Management | Primaris REIT |
| No. of stores and services | 81 (prior to 2021) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 380,000 square feet (35,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | https://www.northlandyyc.com/ |
Northland (formerly Northland Village Mall) is an open-air shopping mall located in northwest Calgary, Alberta. The mall opened in 1971, and was expanded in 2005.[1] The mall began major renovations in 2021, with demolition to redevelop the mall happening throughout the year 2022 to turn it into an open-air facility.[2] Prior to 2021, Northland Village Mall was a one-level indoor shopping centre (with a small two-level section) with over 60 retail shops and services. In early 2024, the shopping centre was rebranded as simply Northland, to reflect the major changes.
The mall is located at the intersection of Crowchild Trail and Shaganappi Trail, surrounded by the neighbourhoods of Brentwood and Dalhousie.
Retail stores
[edit]The mall's three main anchor retailers are currently Best Buy, Winners and Walmart (previously Woolco). It was a regional mall with 510,000 square feet (47,000 m2) of gross leasable area.[3]
Northland underwent renovations in 2003, when it was expanded to accommodate the arrival of new anchor Best Buy and again in 2005, when the bargain cinema was converted into Calgary's first Designer Depot, the Hudson's Bay Co.'s first off-price retail store location in Western Canada.[4]
History
[edit]Until 1999, Eaton's was the primary anchor on the north side of mall. This was replaced with a Future Shop until that brand became defunct in 2015. For several years, the Future Shop operated at the same time as the mall's Best Buy; despite sharing owners and carrying similar goods, the two stores were located down a short corridor from one another. Part of the former Eaton's footprint was also used to add a small second floor area with a Winners and Fabricland.
The mall is the recipient of a 1998 MAXI Award[5] for their program to help impoverished adults[6]
Slowly over the years, the mall saw major loses in foot traffic. As more and more anchors left the mall like Future Shop and Home Outfitters, mixed with the malls vintage look, less and less people visited this mall. Especially with the bigger and more popular mall Market Mall just down the road, more and more businesses left over the years.
In November 2021, the interior of the mall was mostly closed in preparation for a redevelopment of the site that saw the shopping centre "de-malled" and become an open-air complex, with major reconstruction beginning in January 2022.[2] In mid-January 2022, filming for the TV series The Last of Us took place at the mall, with the shuttered corridors standing in for a post-apocalyptic setting.[7]
In May 2023, the demolition of the mall began as part of the ongoing redevelopment, though some retailers such as Walmart and Best Buy remained in operation.
References
[edit]- ^ "Come Visit North Calgary's Premier Shopping Mall | Northland Village | en". Primaris REIT. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ a b "Northland Village redevelopment to start in early 2022, parts of mall closed to public". CBC News. Calgary, Alberta. November 14, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ "Primaris REIT 2008 Annual Information Form" (PDF). Primaris REIT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Retailers caught in Calgary space crunch". Business Edge News Magazine. 2005-12-08. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ "1998 MAXI Awards - The International Marketing Competition". ICSC - International Council of Shopping Centers. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
- ^ "1998 MAXI Awards - True Giving". ICSC - International Council of Shopping Centers. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
- ^ McLean, Elle (January 19, 2022). "Calgary mall gets post-apocalyptic makeover for filming of HBO series "The Last of Us"". DH News. Vancouver, B.C. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
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