The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by 111 Street, on the south by 23 Avenue, and on the east by Calgary Trail and Gateway Boulevard. The north boundary is a utility corridor located just to the north of 29 Avenue.
The community is represented by the Ermineskin Community League, established in 1978, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 107 Street and 32A Avenue.[9][10]
Before was a shopping mall
Heritage Mall (Edmonton, AB)
LOCATION
201 2377 111 St NW, Edmonton, AB
COORDINATES
53.457103, -113.513159
OPENING DATE
August 5, 1981
CLOSING DATE
January 2001
OWNER
Daon Developments (1981-19??)
Ivanhoé Cambridge (19??-2001)
NO. OF STORES AND SERVICES
100+
NO. OF ANCHOR STORES
4
NO. OF FLOORS
2
Heritage Mall was a regional-enclosed shopping mall in Edmonton, AB. The mall lasted for two decades as a popular shopping centre which served many Edmontonians. However, after the mall lost all of its anchors in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Heritage Mall was forced to close in January 2001.
In the 1970s, Edmonton was a booming city with lots of new residents and suburban development. In the south area of the city, there was a large piece of farmland which slated for development. It was decided that a new suburban neighbourhood would be built in the area along with an enclosed mall to serve the new residents. In August of 1981, the Heritage Mall opened to the public. The mall was modelled after the Coquitlam Centre in the neighbouring province of British Columbia. The mall featured two levels of shopping space, and had over 100 different shops and services. The main concourse had high ceilings with many water spectacular fountains and skylights. In the courts of the Heritage Mall, there were 30 foot (9 metres) tall palm trees which were imported from the American state of Florida. Heritage Malls original anchors were: Sears, Eaton's, Woolco, and Safeway. All of which, except for Safeway, were two stories tall.
In 1983 and 1985, the West Edmonton Mall went through major expansions, this made the Heritage Mall have more competition, however, the mall remained successful.
By the 1990s, Doan Developments went bankrupt, because of this, the Heritage Mall was sold to Ivanhoe Cambridge who became the new owners of the mall.
In March of 1994, Woolco was converted to a Walmart Canada location.
On August 27, 1998, Walmart, which was one of the most popular tenants at the Heritage Mall permanently closed and moved a few kilometers away. As the mall was unable to fill this large space, the mall began to lose tenants and popularity. Soon after, Safeway also moved away to a standalone location directly across the street from the mall.
Around this time, Heritage Mall received a renovation which redid the floor tile and mall entrances, and parts of the mall were repainted.
In 1999, Heritage Mall lost a third anchor when Eaton'swent bankrupt and closed the majority of their stores. By this point, a lot of tenants were leaving the mall.
A year later, Sears closed its location and moved to another mall in Edmonton. In the same year, the last restaurants vacated the food court of the mall.
In January 2001, Ivanhoe Cambridge decided that Heritage Mall no longer needed to operate, and the last 28 tenants were closed by the beginning of the month, resulting in the closure of the mall.
After the Heritage Mall closed, the mall sat abandoned for six years. In 2007, the mall was finally demolished for a new development to be built. In 2008, construction started on a new development which includes multiple apartment towers, offices, a hotel, and an open-air shopping plaza.
Today, a part of the Heritage Mall parking lot still remains, other then that, the rest of the property was demolished and reutilized.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Ermineskin had a population of 5,247 living in 2,749 dwellings,[7] a 9.4% change from its 2009 population of 4,795.[11] With a land area of 1.2km2 (0.46sqmi), it had a population density of 4,372.5 people/km2 in 2012.[6][7]
Residential development
While some residential development in Ermineskin dates to the 1960s and earlier, according to the 2001 federal census the bulk or residential development in the neighbourhood occurred during the 1970s and 1980s. Approximately two out of every five (42.6%) were built during the 1970s. Another one in three (30.5%) were built during the 1980s. One in five (19.7%) were built during the 1990s.[12]
According to the 2005 municipal census, the most common type of residences in the neighbourhood are rentedapartments and apartment style condominiums. These account for approximately two out of every three (66%) residences in the neighbourhood. Approximately half of all apartment style residences are in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories while the other half are in high-rise buildings with five or more stories. One residence in six (16%)are single-family dwellings and one residence in eight (13%) are row houses. One in twenty (5%) are duplexes[13] Almost three out of every four (72%) residences in the neighbourhood are rented, while just over on in four (28%) are owner-occupied.[14]
Century Park
The four completed condo buildings on 109 Street in June 2010.
Century Park is a transit-oriented development. It replaces the now vacant Heritage Mall site, and will eventually be home to almost 9,000 residents along with retail and office space.[15] The development is served by the Century Park LRT Station as part of the South LRT Expansion, completed in April 2010.
Century Park was first announced in 2006 and was expected to be completed in 2014 at a total cost of around one billion dollars.[16] Almost 100 people lined up overnight outside the development's marketing centre when the first condos went on sale in September 2006, at a starting price of $393,000. All 131 units available for sale were sold out within six hours.[17] Due to the 2008 financial crisis, the project was delayed with only 400 of the planned 2,900 residential units built.[18] While the project was being re-evaluated, in 2010, the City of Edmonton leased part of the property for a LRT park and ride lot which operated until its closing in 2020. In 2017, development at the site restarted with the construction of an 18-storey residential tower which was completed in 2019.[18] The revised project, which consists of 4,500 rental units in townhouses and buildings ranging in height from four to 24 storeys, is expected to take 10 years to complete.[15]
Population mobility
The population in Ermineskin is highly mobile. According to the 2005 municipal census, one resident in four (24.5%) had moved within the previous twelve months. Another one in four (28.3%) had moved within the previous one to three years. Only one resident in three (33.1%) had lived at the same address for five years or longer.[19]
Schools
There are no schools in Ermineskin. Schooling for children in Ermineskin is provided at schools in surrounding neighbourhoods:
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