Northland Village Mall
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Northland Village Mall is a shopping centre in northwest Calgary
, Alberta
. Northland Village is a two level shopping centre with over 81 retail shops
and services.
It is located at the intersection of Crowchild Trail
and Shaganappi Trail
, in the neighbourhoods of Brentwood and Dalhousie and immediately north of the University of Calgary
research park.
s Best Buy
, Future Shop
, and Wal-Mart
; as well as other large format retailers including Winners, Fabricland, Home Outfitters
, Home Furnishing, La-Z-Boy
, Designer Depot
and Kincaid
. It is a regional mall with 510000 square feet (47,380.6 m²) of Gross leasable area
.
Northland Village underwent renovations in 2005, when it hosted Calgary's first Designer Depot
, the Hudson's Bay Co.'s first off-price retail store location in Western Canada
.
Other stores include Crown Optical, The Source, Stitches, Lenscrafters, Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility, and Peoples Jewellers.
department store location as one of its anchors until the late 1990s when the chain collapsed. The closure of Eaton's occurred at a time when it was spearheading a planned expansion and renovation at Northland Village; eventually, the now-vacated department store was converted into several stores, including Future Shop, Winners and Fabricland, with a small second level of the mall added in this area along with a modest parkade. In the mid-2000s, a further expansion saw the addition of Home Outfitters and Best Buy, despite the latter being owned by, and offering much the same products, as Future Shop just down the mall. In the early 2000s, a high-end grocery market survived in the mall for only a couple of years before being replaced by a succession of furniture operations, and more recently as the first Calgary location of Target Canada
(a different operation from the US-based department store chain).
Like many Calgary malls, Northland Village had a movie theatre for many years, before the trend became for theatres to vacate shopping centre for standalone facilities; Gold's Gym
now occupies the former theatre site.
It is the recipient of a 1998 MAXI Award for their program to help the impoverished adults
As of early 2010, the mall has a number of noticeable vacancies, with at least one shop having left the mall in favor of CrossIron Mills
.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, 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...
. Northland Village is a two level shopping centre with over 81 retail shops
Retailing
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
and services.
It is located at the intersection of Crowchild Trail
Crowchild Trail
Crowchild Trail is an expressway located on the west side of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.The road was originally signed as 24th Street SW from North Glenmore Park to the Bow River, 24th Street NW from the Bow to the intersection with 16th Avenue NW , and Highway 1A from 16th Ave NW to the city limits...
and Shaganappi Trail
Shaganappi Trail
Shaganappi Trail is an arterial road in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is considered one of the city's expressways. It extends to the south as Montgomery View, a small service road in the neighborhood of Montgomery, and terminates in the neighborhood of Sherwood in the north, with...
, in the neighbourhoods of Brentwood and Dalhousie and immediately north of the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
research park.
Retail stores
The mall hosts the anchor storeAnchor store
In retail, an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store or a major retail chain....
s Best Buy
Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates...
, Future Shop
Future Shop
Future Shop is Canada's largest consumer electronics retailer. Future Shop currently operates a total of 146 stores across all of Canada's provinces as of December 2008....
, and Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
; as well as other large format retailers including Winners, Fabricland, Home Outfitters
Home Outfitters
Home Outfitters is Canada's largest kitchen, bed, and bath superstore, with 69 stores across the country selling bedding, towels, housewares, and other home accessories....
, Home Furnishing, La-Z-Boy
La-Z-Boy
La-Z-Boy Incorporated is a furniture manufacturer based in Monroe, Michigan, USA which makes home furniture, including upholstered recliners, sofas, stationary chairs, and sleeper sofas...
, Designer Depot
Designer Depot
Designer Depot was a division of Canadian retailer Hudson's Bay Company . It was created in November 2004, and sold by HBC in April 2008 to the INC Group of Companies. The first location opened as part of the Vaughan Mills Mall in Vaughan, Ontario. It is a large department store that sells brand...
and Kincaid
Kincaid
-People:*April Kincaid , U.S. professional wrestler and model*Aron Kincaid , U.S. voice actor*Bradley Kincaid , U.S. folk singer and radio entertainer*Charles Augustus Kincaid, co-author of "The History of the Maratha People"...
. It is a regional mall with 510000 square feet (47,380.6 m²) of Gross leasable area
Gross leasable area
Gross leasable area in the retail development industry is a term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented...
.
Northland Village underwent renovations in 2005, when it hosted Calgary's first Designer Depot
Designer Depot
Designer Depot was a division of Canadian retailer Hudson's Bay Company . It was created in November 2004, and sold by HBC in April 2008 to the INC Group of Companies. The first location opened as part of the Vaughan Mills Mall in Vaughan, Ontario. It is a large department store that sells brand...
, the Hudson's Bay Co.'s first off-price retail store location in Western Canada
Western Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...
.
Other stores include Crown Optical, The Source, Stitches, Lenscrafters, Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility, and Peoples Jewellers.
History
The mall had an Eaton'sEaton'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...
department store location as one of its anchors until the late 1990s when the chain collapsed. The closure of Eaton's occurred at a time when it was spearheading a planned expansion and renovation at Northland Village; eventually, the now-vacated department store was converted into several stores, including Future Shop, Winners and Fabricland, with a small second level of the mall added in this area along with a modest parkade. In the mid-2000s, a further expansion saw the addition of Home Outfitters and Best Buy, despite the latter being owned by, and offering much the same products, as Future Shop just down the mall. In the early 2000s, a high-end grocery market survived in the mall for only a couple of years before being replaced by a succession of furniture operations, and more recently as the first Calgary location of Target Canada
Target Canada
Target Canada Co. is the Canadian subsidiary of United States-based discount department store chain Target Corporation, formed in 2011 to oversee the company's Canadian operations....
(a different operation from the US-based department store chain).
Like many Calgary malls, Northland Village had a movie theatre for many years, before the trend became for theatres to vacate shopping centre for standalone facilities; Gold's Gym
Gold's Gym
Gold's Gym International, Inc. is an international chain of co-ed fitness centers originally started in California by Joe Gold. Each gym features a wide array of exercise equipment, group exercise classes and personal trainers to assist clients...
now occupies the former theatre site.
It is the recipient of a 1998 MAXI Award for their program to help the impoverished adults
As of early 2010, the mall has a number of noticeable vacancies, with at least one shop having left the mall in favor of CrossIron Mills
Crossiron Mills
CrossIron Mills is a fully enclosed shopping centre development just outside the northern city limits of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and immediately east of the hamlet of Balzac in Rocky View County. It was developed by Ivanhoe Cambridge, a major Canadian real estate company...
.