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Halifax Shopping Centre, located in Halifax,
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, is
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's largest multi-building shopping centre. The centre is operated by Toronto-based Cushman & Wakefield Asset Services Inc. The property consists of an enclosed shopping centre with of leasable area, which attracts over 110,000 people each week, and an adjacent property with larger format retailers and office tower called Halifax Shopping Centre Annex with an additional of leasable area, including a office tower, Chebucto Place. Mumford Professional Centre is immediately adjacent to the annex property and represents an additional of leaseable space. The centre is open 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5:00 p.m on Sunday.


History

The first public record of the Halifax Shopping Centre was filed in 1956 when
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applied for a re-zoning of a property which was formerly the site of the St. Patrick's Boys Home. Work on the future site of the enclosed Halifax Shopping Centre site began in February 1961. The centre was developed by Webb and Knapp (Canada) Ltd. It was designed and engineered by staff members at Webb and Knapp in consultation with The Graham Company and Associate Architect Gregory Lambros. Anglin-Norcross Maritime Ltd. served as general contractors on the initial construction. Halifax Shopping Centre was opened at 9:30 A.M. on Tuesday, September 11, 1962 – billed as "The Marketplace of the Maritimes". The grand opening publicity claimed that "never in the history of Halifax have so many stores opened on one day!" The Thursday, September 13 edition of ''The Chronicle Herald'' included a thank you from Halifax Shopping Centre's owners, by Triton Ltd., which estimated the opening day crowd to have been 27,000 people. In 1989, Halifax Shopping Centre was expanded to include a food court, an additional of retail space and three parking decks. In 2001, Halifax Shopping Centre purchased and renovated the former Sears store and surrounding land on the opposite side of Mumford Road, boosting total leasable area to over . The redevelopment was renamed Halifax Shopping Centre Annex. The Metro Transit (now
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) Mumford Terminal was also relocated at this time. In 2007, Halifax Shopping Centre underwent a major renovation to update the enclosed shopping centre, its decor and way-finding. In 2008, Halifax Shopping Centre purchased the West End Mall and redeveloped it into the property now known as the Mumford Professional Centre, boosting the total leasable area of the Halifax Shopping Centre development to . In 2015, a
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to take place at the mall was foiled by police only a few hours before the attacks would have begun. Also in 2015, a new $70 million renovation was underway at the Shopping Centre, replacing the Fairlanes
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with a new food court called the Terrace. Several stores were being expanded, as well as of leasable space being added to the Shopping Centre's main building, along with taller ceilings, more exterior windows, and a 14,000-foot
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. Construction was completed in fall 2016.


Stores and services

Halifax Shopping Centre contains over 170 stores within the enclosed mall and adjacent annex. The majority of the enclosed centre's vendors are fashion and premium fashion purveyors. This is the only Atlantic Canada location for many prominent retailers, including
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, Aritzia, Browns, Club Monaco, H&M, Michael Kors and Torrid. The Centre also contains stores specializing in cosmetics, athletic and casual footwear for men, women and children, children's clothing stores, bath and beauty products, electronics, jewellery, sporting equipment, specialty foods, greeting cards, vitamins and supplements, cellphone and tablet cases, books, gifts, and other unique items. Cellphone and phone/internet service providers include Bell Aliant, Eastlink, Koodo, Rogers, TBooth, Telus, Virgin Mobile, and Wireless Wave. Amenities include Atlantic Dental, Atlantic Medical (located in Lawton's), a post office (located in Lawton's), and Dr. Charles Wu (optician). Dry-cleaners and tailoring services are offered at Halifax Shopping Centre Annex.


Transportation

Halifax Shopping Centre is located in the west end of the
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. It is accessible by car from Bayers Road and Mumford Road. The Halifax Shopping Centre Annex property stretches from Mumford Road to Chebucto Road and the nearby Armdale traffic circle. The shopping centre also includes a
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terminal, referred to as Mumford Terminal, which is located in the Annex development, immediately across Mumford Road from the enclosed primary shopping centre building. The Halifax Shopping Centre Annex parking lot is also a designated Park and Ride location. Mumford Terminal is accessible via the following Halifax Transit routes: * 1 Spring Garden * 2 Fairview * 3 Crosstown * 9 Greystone (9A)/Herring Cove (9B) * 22 Armdale * 24 Leiblin Park * 25 Governors Brook * 26 Springvale * 28 Bayers Lake * 29 Barrington * 91 Hemlock Ravine * 415 Purcells Cove There are plans to build a new, enlarged Mumford Terminal on part of the shopping centre parking lot. The project, endorsed by Halifax Regional Council in 2019, is intended to add capacity and improve the passenger experience.


See also

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List of largest shopping malls in Canada Greater than 70,000 m2 The following is a list of Canada's largest enclosed shopping malls, by reported total retail floor space, or gross leasable area (GLA) with and over. In cases where malls have equal areas, they are further ranked by the n ...


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