 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
WESTMOUNT THROUGH THE YEARS2 B2 V2 u6 t4 `/ V. F
4 ]2 {7 S% O+ g1955: Westmount Shoppers' Park opens with 40 stores, 3,000 parking spaces at a cost of $5 million. Woodward's anchors Edmonton's first shopping centre.
' k, z5 Q! d, }. L) S# i) V/ \/ E/ a
1984: Triple Five Corporation, developer of West Edmonton Mall, buys property from Woodward's and spends $25 million on renovations.
4 T$ W4 f% x* q& O7 t
; f0 `$ j/ a& I$ o2000: New owner Dundee Developments spends $30 million on facelift. Safeway moves to the mall's south end, and Zellers enlarges its store. Renovation separates the anchors in an effort to draw traffic past a new ice rink and food court. Slogan "New Cool" used to attract shoppers.$ y- @$ ~6 e! T. \
! u* H, O( G% J f- m
2003: Sandalwood Management buys mall and starts adding stand-alone stores on "pad locations."" u+ \2 d6 E# S% G" _4 V
; g( u, z/ f, T4 B; r
MARCH 15, 2007: First Capital Realty Inc. pays $70 million for Westmount Shopping Centre and plans to demolish part of the shopping centre between Zellers and Shoppers Drug Mart and build a $21-million Home Depot.
+ K+ G4 m/ ?& X- `+ q0 m i4 [
' \" N9 |) ~5 C/ p5 b/ q
/ T) P, _* p6 G# I4 T8 E$ f4 X0 k7 c0 X, u- w9 g' g0 ?& Q
Westmount Centre as it looked Thursday, (left), when a new owner announced plans to redevelop the 52-year-old shopping mall to include a new Home Depot store.; Westmount Shopping Centre first opened in 1955, (top right), as a strip mall.
/ F/ a1 r# o1 M# Y( KPhotograph by : Brian Gavriloff, The Journal, File |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2007-3-16 15:47
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2007-3-21 11:42
