Woodgrove Centre

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Woodgrove Centre
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Woodgrove Centre
Location6631 Island Highway North
Nanaimo, British Columbia
V9T 4T7
Coordinates 49°14′12″N124°03′02″W / 49.23658°N 124.05051°W / 49.23658; -124.05051 Coordinates: 49°14′12″N124°03′02″W / 49.23658°N 124.05051°W / 49.23658; -124.05051
Opening dateSeptember 30, 1981
Management Central Walk
Owner Central Walk
No. of stores and services150 [1]
No. of anchor tenants 8
Total retail floor area 751,713 square feet
No. of floors1 (2 in Hudson's Bay department store)
Website www.woodgrovecentre.com

Woodgrove Centre [2] is a shopping centre on Vancouver Island in the harbour city of Nanaimo, British Columbia.

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Woodgrove Centre features 724,713 square feet (67,328.0 m2) of retail space and is Vancouver Island's largest shopping centre. [3] The centre has over 150 stores, among them are Hudson's Bay, Walmart Canada, Toys "R" Us, Winners, Sport Chek, Save-On-Foods, Chapters and Landmark Cinemas.

Woodgrove is owned and managed by Central Walk.

History

Woodgrove Centre opened in 1981 with Eaton's and Woodward's as its tenants. Woodward's filed for bankruptcy in 1993 and the space was taken over by The Bay. Eaton's closed in 1999 following bankruptcy. In 2000, the mall was expanded from 530,000 square feet to 724,713. The Bay moved to the former Eaton's location. The old Bay/Woodward's space was demolished for a Wal-Mart location which opened on July 11, 2002 after the Country Club Centre location closed the previous day.

On September 1, 2020, Weihong Liu of Central Walk bought the property from Ivanhoe Cambridge

Anchors

Current anchors

Former anchors

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References

  1. "Woodgrove Centre". www.woodgrovecentre.com.
  2. "Woodgrove Centre · 6631 Island Hwy, Nanaimo, BC V9T 4T7".
  3. "Woodgrove Centre has been a fixture for 30 years". Canada.com. Postmedia Network. 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-11.