Confederation Mall
 Confederation Mall Main Entrance | |
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| Location | Confederation Suburban Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| No. of stores and services | 42 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 Safeway Inc., Petland, Canadian Tire |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | http://www.confederationmall.ca/ |
Confederation Mall is a shopping mall located at 22nd Street and Circle Drive in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The mall was originally named Confederation Park Plaza when it opened in mid-1973, at which time its anchor tenants were Canada Safeway and Woolco.
The mall was originally planned for a location on Saskatoon's east side, at the southwest corner of Clarence Avenue and Circle Drive, but in May 1972 Saskatoon City Council rejected the plan citing community concerns. As a result, the mall's developers looked to build on an alternate site on the city's west side.[1] However plans for a mall in the area around what is now Confederation Park had existed at least as early as 1966.[2]
In 1994, Woolco became Wal-Mart, and around this same time the mall underwent an expansion that added a food court and a new Safeway store; the original Safeway location became part of the food court with the remaining space used for a third anchor tenant, initially a branch of the Family Video home video rental chain, and later Petland. Other stores include clothing stores, electronics, services, florist, banks and jewelers.
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In the summer of 2009, a new Wal-Mart was constructed in a new power centre commercial area in the Blairmore Suburban Centre several kilometres west of Confederation Mall; the one in the mall closed and in 2010 was renovated to house a Canadian Tire (with Mark's Work Wearhouse) that opened in 2011 (in turn, the new Canadian Tire replaced a standalone location that had operated in the nearby Plaza 22 shopping centre since the 1970s). A new McDonalds opened up in early spring of 2012, standing on the corner where an old Esso station once stood. A new location of Winners is also now slated to open in the Mall for Fall 2012 in the location where the old BMO, dollar store, and Marks once stood.
See also
References
- ^ Cooney, Tom and Julian Rachey (3 June 1972). "The Mall That Never Was...Now a Boon for City?". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ "Dundonald suburban area studied by city planners". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. July 26, 1966. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Directwest, A Sask Tel Company (2006/2007). (eds.) (ed.). Sask Tel Phone Book. www.directwest.com. p. 1424.
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