Westmount Centre

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Westmount Centre
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The mall on August 18, 2008.
Westmount Centre
Coordinates 53°56′13″N113°55′37″W / 53.93694°N 113.92694°W / 53.93694; -113.92694
Address13310 111 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5M 2M7
Opening dateAugust 18, 1955;69 years ago (1955-08-18)
Previous namesWestmount Shoppers' Park
Management First Capital Realty
OwnerFirst Capital Realty
No. of stores and services47
No. of anchor tenants 2 [1]
Total retail floor area 498,000 sq ft (46,300 m2) [2]
No. of floors1
Public transit access Edmonton Transit System logo.svg Bus-logo.svg Westmount Transit Centre
Website www.westmountshopping.com

Westmount Centre is a shopping mall located in the Woodcroft neighbourhood of Edmonton. It opened in 1955 and is owned by First Capital Realty.

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History

The mall opened on August 18, 1955 as Westmount Shoppers' Park and was considered Edmonton's first shopping mall. [3] [4] Built at a cost of $5 million, the mall was anchored by Woodward's, Johnstone Walker, and Kresge. [3] [4]

On January 14, 1956, The Sahara opened on the northeast portion of the mall property and consisted of a theatre and restaurant under one facility. [5] The theatre was taken over by Famous Players and reopened as the Westmount Theatre on August 12, 1965. [6] The theatre was twinned in 1972 and renamed as Westmount Cinemas. [7] The theatre moved inside the mall with the opening of the four-screen Famous Players theatre on November 8, 1985. [8] In 2005, Cineplex Galaxy sold the theatre to Empire Theatres before it finally closed on February 27, 2011. [9] A second theatre, the four-screen Cineplex Odeon, opened in the mall on December 20, 1985, [10] but closed in 2000 as the south end part of the mall was demolished to make way for a relocated Safeway. [11]

Triple Five purchased the mall from Woodward's for $12 million in December 1984. [12] [13] The following year, the mall underwent a $21 million renovation that included a 160,000 square feet (15,000 m2) expansion, 60 new retailers, a new food court, a movie theatre, and a new interior, which was completed on October 17, 1985. [14] [13] In 1993, Woodward's closed and its location was converted to Zellers. [15] In 1995, Triple Five sold the mall to GE Capital Corp and Maurice Fagan. [16] From 1999 to 2000, Westmount Centre underwent a $30 million redevelopment which included a new regulation-size ice rink, a 540-seat food court, and a relocated Safeway. [11] [4]

On March 14, 2007, First Capital Realty acquired the mall for $70 million in cash with immediate plans to demolish a non-functioning portion of the mall between Zellers and Shoppers Drug Mart to make room for The Home Depot's first in-fill store in Edmonton, which opened in November 2008. [17] [18] On June 6, 2012, Zellers closed and its space was taken over by Walmart later that same year. [19] [20] On October 19, 2022, Walmart closed after the company announced in July 2021 that it would be relocating the Westmount Centre location to Kingsway Mall. [21] [22]

In May 2024, Westmount Centre gave 30-day end of tendency notices to stores located on one side of the hallway between Safeway and Smitty’s in the southeast portion of the mall. No official explanation was given but several tenants believed that recent leaks from the roof above the abandoned theatre complex on the second floor was the cause. [23] [24]

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