Confederation Mall

Confederation Mall

Confederation Mall Main Entrance
Location Confederation Suburban Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Opening date 1973
No. of stores and services 42
No. of anchor tenants 4 Safeway Inc., Petland, Canadian Tire, Winners
Total retail floor area 329,128 sq. ft.
No. of floors 1
Website www.confederationmall.ca

Confederation Mall is a 329,128 sq. ft.[1] shopping mall located at 22nd Street and Circle Drive in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The mall was originally named Confederation Park Plaza when it opened in mid-1973, at which time its anchor tenants were Canada Safeway and Woolco.

The mall was originally planned for a location on Saskatoon's east side, at the southwest corner of Clarence Avenue and Circle Drive, but in May 1972 Saskatoon City Council rejected the plan citing community concerns. As a result, the mall's developers looked to build on an alternate site on the city's west side.[2] However plans for a mall in the area around what is now Confederation Park had existed at least as early as 1966.[3]

In 1994, Woolco became Wal-Mart, and around this same time the mall underwent an expansion that added a food court and a new Safeway store; the original Safeway location became part of the food court with the remaining space used for a third anchor tenant, initially a branch of the Family Video home video rental chain, and later Petland. Other stores include clothing stores, electronics, services, florist, banks and jewelers. [4] [5]

In the summer of 2009, a new Wal-Mart was constructed in a new power centre commercial area in the Blairmore Suburban Centre several kilometres west of Confederation Mall; the one in the mall closed and in 2010 was renovated to house a Canadian Tire (with Mark's Work Wearhouse) that opened in 2011 (in turn, the new Canadian Tire replaced a standalone location that had operated in the nearby Plaza 22 shopping centre since the 1970s). The new Canadian Tire and Marks is a standalone, as its connection to the rest of the mall was closed. This resulted in a portion of the mall being reconfigured to house a new anchor, Winners, which is accessed from inside the mall.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Confederation Mall
  2. ↑ Cooney, Tom and Julian Rachey (3 June 1972). "The Mall That Never Was...Now a Boon for City?". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Dundonald suburban area studied by city planners". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. July 26, 1966. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  4. ↑ accessed February 3, 2007
  5. ↑ Directwest, A Sask Tel Company (2006/2007). (eds.), ed. Sask Tel Phone Book. www.directwest.com. Check date values in: |date= (help)

Coordinates: 52°07′57″N 106°43′17″W / 52.13250°N 106.72139°W / 52.13250; -106.72139

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