Woodgrove Centre is a shopping centre on
Vancouver Island in the harbour city of
Nanaimo
Nanaimo ( ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. As of the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census, it had a population of 99,863, and it is known as "The Harbour City." The city was previously known as the "H ...
,
British Columbia.
Woodgrove Centre features of retail space and is Vancouver Island's largest shopping centre.
The centre has over 150 stores, among them are
Hudson's Bay,
Walmart Canada,
Toys "R" Us,
Winners,
Sport Chek,
Save-On-Foods,
Chapters and
Landmark Cinemas.
Woodgrove is owned and managed by Central Walk.
History
Woodgrove Centre opened in 1981 with Eaton's and Woodward's as its tenants. Woodward's filed for bankruptcy in 1993 and the space was taken over by The Bay. Eaton's closed in 1999 following bankruptcy. In 2000, the mall was expanded from 530,000 square feet to 724,713. The Bay moved to the former Eaton's location. The old Bay/Woodward's space was demolished for a Wal-Mart location which opened on July 11, 2002 after the Country Club Centre location closed the previous day.
On September 1, 2020, Weihong Liu of Central Walk bought the property from Ivanhoe Cambridge
Anchors
Current anchors
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Hudson's Bay (opened 1993)
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SportChek (opened 2000)
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Toys R Us (opened 1994)
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Walmart (opened 2002)
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Winners (opened 2000)
Former anchors
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Eaton's
The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's grew ...
(closed 1999 and replaced with a relocated The Bay store)
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Marks & Spencer (closed 1993)
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SAAN
The San peoples (also Saan), or Bushmen, are members of various Khoe, Tuu, or Kxʼa-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures that are the first cultures of Southern Africa, and whose territories span Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zam ...
(closed late 1990s)
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Safeway
Safeway is an American supermarket chain founded by Marion Barton Skaggs in April 1915 in American Falls, Idaho. The chain provides grocery items, food and general merchandise and features a variety of specialty departments, such as bakery, d ...
(closed 1994 and replaced with Toys R Us)
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Sports Experts (closed 1993)
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Woodward's (closed 1993 and replaced with The Bay)
* Woodwynn (closed 1995)
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.woodgrovecentre.com
Shopping malls in British Columbia
Shopping malls established in 1981
Buildings and structures in Nanaimo
Ivanhoé Cambridge