Central City (Surrey, British Columbia)

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Central City
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The main entrance as seen from the transit hub
Central City (Surrey, British Columbia)
General information
Architectural style Postmodern
Address10153 King George Boulevard
Surrey, British Columbia
CountryCanada
Coordinates 49°11′15″N122°50′59″W / 49.18750°N 122.84972°W / 49.18750; -122.84972
OwnerBlackwood Partners Management Corporation
Height
Architectural118.9 m (390 ft)
Technical details
Floor count2 (mall), 5 (university) 26 (mall and office tower combined)
Floor area57,370 m2 (617,500 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Bing Thom Architects [1]
Other information
Number of stores132
Number of anchors5–7
Website
centralcity.ca
Central City Shopping Centre (interior) Centralcitycentreescalator.jpg
Central City Shopping Centre (interior)

Central City (formerly known as Surrey Place Mall) is a mixed-use development that houses a shopping mall, a university campus and an office tower complex in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Blackwood Partners Management Corporation. [2]

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The Central City tower, main entrance and galleria were designed by Bing Thom Architects. [1] The tower houses one of the three Simon Fraser University campuses. The complex is located near two SkyTrain stations – Surrey Central and King George – and is the second-largest shopping centre in Surrey after Guildford Town Centre.

History and development

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Food from the former Zellers restaurant at the Zellers at Central City

Originally, the shopping centre was built in the 1970s as Surrey Place Mall, a standalone shopping centre, and was managed and owned by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. It underwent renovations and refurbishments throughout the 1980s and 1990s; however, the popularity of Guildford Town Centre began to challenge the mall's position as a dominant shopping centre in Surrey. In the late 1990s, the foot traffic of the mall suffered severely and many stores became untenanted. However, in 1999, part of the mall was sold off and was redeveloped, with the addition of an expansion to the mall including a new podium and a high-rise office tower also known as the Central City tower. From 2003 to 2017, the Central City tower was the tallest building in Surrey. In 2007, the rest of Central City mall was sold to Blackwood Partners Management Corporation. [3]

The mall was affected by the closings of Target Canada and Future Shop, but Walmart Canada took over Target Canada's location along with Future Shop's former Best Buy-branded location. As of 2016, given the mixed use of the complex—which includes space dedicated to retail, educational, and office uses—along with an increase in residential condominium density in the surrounding area, the mall has become busier than it was in the preceding decade. [4]

Anchor tenants

Current

Former

Simon Fraser University

Unlike other shopping centres in the region, and owing to its unique two-stage development, the main building of Simon Fraser University's Surrey campus is located within the mall and occupies a major portion (33,000 m2 [350,000 sq ft]) of the podium floors. [6] The central atrium of the mall, similar to the hull of a ship, consists of retail space on the ground floor and provides a direct line of sight towards the campus hallways and classrooms on the upper floors. [7]

Transportation

Central City Shopping Centre is accessible to the regional SkyTrain system, with the closest station being Surrey Central station. The terminus King George station is also within five minutes' walking distance to the south. The Surrey Central bus loop is adjacent to Surrey Central station and serves as a transfer point to several routes which serve the region. [8]

See also

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