Kingsway Mall (formerly Kingsway Garden Mall) is a

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located in central

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, Canada. The mall, constructed in 1976, completed a $70-million redevelopment from 2007–2009. The "Revealing" held the weekend of 13 November 2009, saw the name change, introduced the public to the new mall, and opened the winter shopping season. Bordered by three major commuter roads ( 109 Street,

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, and Kingsway), Kingsway Mall is situated near NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) and the Royal Alexandra Hospital. On 14 March 2014, its Target location opened, but closed in 2015. Also, in 2015,

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opened in the former Smitty's and Shefield Express. It also had the last Smart Set in Edmonton.

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opened in the mall in the Fall of 2015, and it is the first in Edmonton. In 2017, they announced they would go under a renovation adding a new wing of the mall in the former Target. On July 8, 2021, Walmart announced that it would be exiting its current Westmount Centre Location and relocating to Kingsway Mall in the former Sears space on October 20, 2022.

General information

Kingsway Mall is the second largest mall in Edmonton, behind

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. The mall contains over 174 stores and services including Hudson's Bay,

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, H&M, and

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. The mall has two main shopping levels (with one store situated in the basement) and a third floor consisting of professional offices. Over 3,755 parking stalls surround the mall, in two levels on the east side, as well as

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services at the Kingsway/Royal Alex. and NAIT LRT Stations and Kingsway Mall for the 111

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bus

Current anchors

* Hudson's Bay *

(opened 2018 in former Zellers/Target upper level) *

(opened 2018 in former Zellers/Target lower level) * H&M (original opened around 2010-2012, moved in 2018 to former Zellers/Target lower level, original replaced by Urban Planet) *

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(opened 2021 in former Zellers/Target upper level) *

*Urban Planet (opened 2018 in original H&M location, H&M moved to former Zellers/Target lower level) *

(original opened 2015, replacing Smitty's & Sheffield Express, which closed around 2014-2015 (Sheffield Express relocated), closed around 2019-2020, replaced by Urban Behaviour in 2020, UB's lease expired and Forever 21 returned in 2021) *

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(opened October 20, 2022 in the former Sears space and moved from the

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location)

Former anchors

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...

: Closed January 8, 2018; replaced with Walmart on October 20, 2022 *

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: Closed 2013, replaced with

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on March 14, 2014, which later closed on March 15, 2015, now Marshalls/Dollarama on the upper level, H&M/HomeSense on the lower level *

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: Formerly Zellers, Opened on March 14, 2014, Closed on March 15, 2015, now Marshalls/Dollarama on the upper level, H&M/HomeSense on the lower level *Urban Behaviour: Replaced original Forever 21 in 2020, lease expired in 2021, reverted back to Forever 21 * SuperValu: Closed 1980s

Gallery

File:Christmas At Kingsway 8 (8246486665).jpg, Christmas at the mall in December 2012. File:WEM PO.JPG, The post office in the

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at the mall in December 2012

Anchor Gallery

File:HudsonsBayKingswayMallLowerLevel.jpg, Hudson's Bay File:MarshallsKingswayMall.jpg, Marshalls File:HomeSenseKingswayMall.jpg, HomeSense File:H&MKingswayMall.jpg, H&M File:SportChekKingswayMall2.jpg, Sport Chek File:UrbanPlanetKingswayMall2.jpg, Urban Planet File:Sears closing Kingsway mall Edmonton (39354473571).jpg, Former Sears now replaced with Walmart since October 20, 2022.

References

External links

* {{Edmonton landmarks Shopping malls in Edmonton Shopping malls established in 1976 Tourist attractions in Edmonton Oxford Properties 1976 establishments in Alberta