Midtown Plaza (Saskatoon)

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Midtown Plaza

Midtown Plaza main entrance showing the tower
Location 201 1st Avenue South – Central Business District, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Coordinates 52°07′39″N 106°40′03″W / 52.127500°N 106.667500°W / 52.127500; -106.667500Coordinates: 52°07′39″N 106°40′03″W / 52.127500°N 106.667500°W / 52.127500; -106.667500
Opening date 1968 (Simpson-Sears only); July 30 1970 (full mall); renovated 1990
Management Sher Fleming
Owner Primaris Retail REIT
No. of stores and services 131
No. of anchor tenants 2
Total retail floor area 616,282 sq ft (57,254.5 m2) / 96,883 sq ft (9,000.7 m2) retail
Parking 1,000 surface north, south and Sears lot and 800 underground
No. of floors 2 (mall)
11 (tower)
Website http://www.midtownplaza.ca/

Midtown Plaza is a shopping mall in Downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, that is owned by Primaris Retail REIT. The two main anchors are Sears Canada and The Bay and the shopping centre has a total store count of approximately 130 stores, making it the largest shopping centre in Saskatchewan. The mall was built on the former site of the city's main railway station as part of a major inner city redevelopment project in the 1960s that also saw construction of a freeway, the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge, and TCU Place a major arts-convention complex.

The mall officially opened with a full complement of 51 stores and services on July 30, 1970; however, one of its anchor tenants, Simpson-Sears (now Sears Canada) opened for business in 1968.[1] Eatons was the mall's second anchor until the chain went out of business in the late 1990s; The Bay subsequently relocated to the mall from its 2nd Avenue standalone location.

Also part of the Midtown Plaza complex is CN Towers – renamed in 2006 "The Tower at Midtown", an office block that was for most of the 1970s the tallest office building in Saskatoon. The 12-story tower is 57 m (187 ft) in height.[2] Besides professional offices, from the 1970s to the early 2000s it also housed the broadcast facilities for the city's Canadian Broadcasting Corporation affiliate, CBKST.

The mall is served by the province's largest underground parking garage and four above-ground parking lots. One to the north, one to the south, and two to the west.

Midtown Plaza is the major fashion destination in Saskatchewan with a number of stores that are unique within the province, including Mexx, Guess, Bench, RW & Co., Town Shoes, Boathouse, Costa Blanca and Melanie Lynn. The mall is also home to Saskatchewan's only locations of Sephora, Lush, Build-A-Bear Workshops, Swimco, Michael Hill Jewelers, Triple Flip, Fruits and Passion, Please Mum, Think Kitchen and Sony Style.

Stores and services

List of stores and services as of March 2013:

Food services

Women's clothing

Men's clothing

Men's and women's clothing

  • Aeropostale
  • American Eagle Outfitters
  • Below the Belt
  • Bench
  • Boathouse
  • Bootlegger
  • Boutique of Leathers
  • Danier Leather
  • Eddie Bauer
  • The Gap
  • Jock Sportswear
  • Jersey City Canada
  • F2 Fashions
  • Le Château
  • Mexx
  • RW & Co.
  • Swimco
  • Sonar
  • West 49
  • Urban Planet

Health and beauty

  • Sephora
  • Shoppers Drug Mart
  • Sangsters Health Centres
  • Lush
  • The Body Shop
  • Angles Salon Spa
  • Hair Affair & Chatters
  • Midtown Stylists
  • Dr. Strelioff - Optometrist
  • General Nutrition Centre
  • Pearle Vision
  • First Lady Products
  • Fruits and Passion

Shoes, bags, and accessories

Telecommunication services

Electronics, music, movies and games

Children's clothing

Greeting cards, books and travel agents

Department stores (anchors)

Banks

Sports equipment

  • SportChek

Toys

Miscellaneous

  • Apple Art Works
  • Quilts Etc.
  • Think Kitchen
  • Stitch It
  • Sears Keys & Engraved Gifts
  • Things Engraved

References

  1. ↑ Midtown Plaza grand opening supplement, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, July 29, 1970
  2. ↑ "Canada Building". emporis.com. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 

External links

See also

Shopping malls
Power centres
  • Blairmore (under construction)
  • Preston Crossing
  • River City Centre
  • Stonegate
  • University Heights Square (under construction)
Strip malls
  • Avalon Shopping Centre
  • Canarama Centre
  • Churchill Shopping Plaza
  • Circle Centre Mall
  • College Park Mall
  • Cumberland Square
  • Eastview Shopping Centre
  • Erindale Centre
  • Forest Grove Plaza
  • Grosvenor Park Centre
  • Lakeview Square
  • Lakewood Common
  • Louis The 8th Mall
  • Plaza 22 Strip Mall
  • Primrose Plaza
  • Royal Square
  • Trafalgar Square
  • Westgate Plaza
  • Westgreen Shopping Plaza
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