Northgate Centre is a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

located in the northern part of

Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anch ...

. It contains more than 70 stores and services. Its main anchor tenants are

Marshalls Marshalls is an American chain of off-price department stores owned by TJX Companies. Marshalls has over 1,000 American stores, including larger stores named Marshalls Mega Store, covering 42 states and Puerto Rico, and 61 stores in Canada. M ...

, Safeway, and

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

.Northgate Centre
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History

The mall first opened in April 1965 as Northgate Shopping Centre and was home to the

Woodward's Woodward's Stores Ltd. was a department store chain that operated in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, for 101 years, before its sale to the Hudson's Bay Company. History Charles Woodward established the first Woodward store at the corner o ...

department store. A major renovation was completed in 1986, adding a second storey and twin two level parkades on the northwest and southwest corners, and the mall was renamed Northwood Mall. In 1998,

First Capital Realty First Capital REIT is a Canadian public real estate company, specializing in retail real estate, and based in Toronto, Ontario. It is one of the largest retail landlords in Canada. History First Capital was founded in 1994 as Centrefund Realt ...

took ownership of the mall and a year later began a three-year redevelopment that was completed in 2002. The project included new locations for existing tenants

Future Shop Future Shop was a Canadian electronics store chain. It was established in 1982 by Hassan Khosrowshahi. By 1990, the chain had become the country's largest retailer of computer and consumer electronics. In January 2013, the company operated 139 l ...

and Safeway, expanded space for

Zellers Zellers was a Canadian discount department retail chain and is currently a brand name owned by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). Founded in 1931 in London, Ontario, in later decades it was based in Brampton, Ontario. Zellers was acquired by HBC ...

and a refurbished second floor food court. The name was changed to Northgate Centre. In 2011

announced that it had acquired the lease for the location of the Zellers anchor store, which subsequently closed.Walmart Corporate – Walmart Canada completes acquisition of leases for 39 stores
/ref> In October 2012, the Walmart Supercentre opened.Walmart Canada – Corporate Information
/ref> Walmart, however, only kept the main level of the former Zellers; the remainder of the second floor was converted into office, medical and Service Canada space. In the same year, Sport Mart closed to become Ardene. Subsequently, the Service Canada location was closed. On March 28, 2015 the Future Shop closed but then became a

in 2017. In May 2018 the Rexall location closed.

Notable Tenants

(opened 2012, formerly Zellers) * Safeway *

(opened 2017, formerly

) * Healthcare Solutions (relocated 2020 to former Rexall location, former location will become Dollarama) *

Ardene Ardene ər-deen, är-deen is a family-owned value fashion retailer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in the early 1980s, Ardene started as an accessories and jewelry retailer, and has since added clothing, shoes, brand collaborations an ...

(opened 2013 or 2014, formerly Sport Mart) *

Dollarama Dollarama is a Canadian dollar store retail chain headquartered in Montreal. Since 2009 it is Canada's largest retailer of items for five dollars or less. Dollarama has over 1400 stores and has a presence in every province of Canada; Ontario has ...

(formerly Healthcare Solutions' former location) * Game City (moved into former Coles Books after they closed) *

Former tenants

(closed 2012, now Walmart) *

(closed 2015, now Marshalls) * Lammle's Western Wear and Tackle (closed 2013, became Rexall, now Healthcare Solutions) * Coles Books (now Game City) *

Rexall Rexall was a chain of American drugstores, and the name of their store-branded products. The stores, having roots in the federation of United Drug Stores starting in 1903, licensed the Rexall brand name to as many as 12,000 drug stores across th ...

(closed 2018, now Dollarama) *

Chili's Chili's Grill & Bar is an American casual dining restaurant chain. The company was founded by Larry Lavine in Texas in 1975 and is currently owned and operated by Brinker International. History Chili's first location, a converted postal statio ...

(closed 2018, the restaurant building has since been demolished and now replaced by a new building; McDonald's) * Sport Mart (closed 2012, now

)

Gallery

File:WalmartNorthgateCentre.jpg, Walmart File:SafewayNorthgateCentre.jpg, Safeway File:MarshallsNorthgateCentre.jpg, Marshalls File:ArdeneNorthgateCentre.jpg, Ardene

References

External links

Northgate Centre web pageFirst Capital Realty Property Detail
{{Edmonton landmarks Shopping malls in Edmonton Shopping malls established in 1965 Tourist attractions in Edmonton