Mill Woods Town Centre
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Mill Woods Town Centre is a shopping centre located in south Edmonton
, Alberta
in the neighbourhood of Mill Woods
. It contains 85 retailers including Zellers
, Canadian Tire
, Safeway
and Shoppers Drug Mart
. Some surrounding satellite stores are located in and around the mall's exterior properties such as Petcetera
and a medical centre. There is also an ETS
transit centre on the eastern side of the property.
and Woodward's
respectively. When Woodward's went bankrupt in 1993, the space was occupied by Eaton's
for short time. But when Eaton's was experiencing financial troubles in the mid-1990s, the store at Mill Woods Town Centre was one of two Edmonton Eaton's stores that was shut down. In 1998, the KMart store also shut its doors, leaving both department store spaces in the mall vacant. In 1999, the spaces were filled with two new retailers. Canadian Tire moved into and renovated the old KMart space, while the Hudson's Bay Company opened up a Zellers store in the former Woodward's/Eaton's space.
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
in the neighbourhood of Mill Woods
Mill Woods
Mill Woods is a residential district in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Located in southeast Edmonton, Mill Woods is bounded by Whitemud Drive to the north, 91 Street to the west, 34 Street to the east, and Anthony Henday Drive to the south...
. It contains 85 retailers including Zellers
Zellers
Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country....
, Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is one of Canada's 60 largest publicly traded companies. The firm operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing hardgoods, apparel and petroleum as well as financial and automotive services, employing more than 58,000 people across Canada...
, Safeway
Safeway Inc.
Safeway Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is North America's second largest supermarket chain after The Kroger Co., with, as of December 2010, 1,694 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern...
and Shoppers Drug Mart
Shoppers Drug Mart
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation is Canada's largest pharmacy chain with more than 1,241 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart in nine provinces and two territories and Pharmaprix in Quebec as well as in Hawkesbury, Ontario....
. Some surrounding satellite stores are located in and around the mall's exterior properties such as Petcetera
Petcetera
Petcetera is a pet specialty supply retailer founded in Richmond, British Columbia in 1997 by Dan Urbani. It has expanded to 50 stores and 704 employees across Canada....
and a medical centre. There is also an ETS
Edmonton Transit System
The Edmonton Transit System, also called ETS, is the public transit service owned and operated by the city of Edmonton, Alberta. It operates Edmonton's bus and light rail systems.-Service:...
transit centre on the eastern side of the property.
History
Development for the mall started in the late 1970s; it was designed so that people would not have to leave Mill Woods to get access to major department stores. When the mall first opened, the two department store spaces were occupied by KMartKmart
Kmart, sometimes styled as "K-Mart," is a chain of discount department stores. The chain acquired Sears in 2005, forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and...
and Woodward's
Woodward's
Woodward's was the name of a department store chain which operated in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada for one hundred years, before its sale to the Hudson's Bay Company .-History:...
respectively. When Woodward's went bankrupt in 1993, the space was occupied by Eaton's
Eaton's
The T. Eaton Co. Limited was once Canada's largest department store retailer. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an Irish immigrant. Eaton's grew to become a retail and social institution in Canada, with stores across the country, buying offices across the globe, and a catalogue...
for short time. But when Eaton's was experiencing financial troubles in the mid-1990s, the store at Mill Woods Town Centre was one of two Edmonton Eaton's stores that was shut down. In 1998, the KMart store also shut its doors, leaving both department store spaces in the mall vacant. In 1999, the spaces were filled with two new retailers. Canadian Tire moved into and renovated the old KMart space, while the Hudson's Bay Company opened up a Zellers store in the former Woodward's/Eaton's space.
Anchors
- ZellersZellersZellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country....
122803 sq ft (11,408.8 m²) - Canadian TireCanadian TireCanadian Tire Corporation, Limited is one of Canada's 60 largest publicly traded companies. The firm operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing hardgoods, apparel and petroleum as well as financial and automotive services, employing more than 58,000 people across Canada...
87863 sq ft (8,162.7 m²) - SafewaySafeway Inc.Safeway Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is North America's second largest supermarket chain after The Kroger Co., with, as of December 2010, 1,694 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern...
48766 sq ft (4,530.5 m²) - Shoppers Drug MartShoppers Drug MartShoppers Drug Mart Corporation is Canada's largest pharmacy chain with more than 1,241 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart in nine provinces and two territories and Pharmaprix in Quebec as well as in Hawkesbury, Ontario....
16433 sq ft (1,526.7 m²) - PetceteraPetceteraPetcetera is a pet specialty supply retailer founded in Richmond, British Columbia in 1997 by Dan Urbani. It has expanded to 50 stores and 704 employees across Canada....
15720 sq ft (1,460.4 m²)