Orchard Park Shopping Centre

Orchard Park Shopping Centre
Location 2271 Harvey Avenue
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
V1Y 6H2
Coordinates 49°53′N 119°26′W / 49.88°N 119.44°W / 49.88; -119.44Coordinates: 49°53′N 119°26′W / 49.88°N 119.44°W / 49.88; -119.44
Opening date 1971
Management Primaris Retail REIT
Owner Primaris Retail REIT
No. of stores and services over 170
No. of anchor tenants 6
Total retail floor area 685,000 square feet (63,600 m2)[1]
No. of floors 1
Website Orchard Park Shopping Centre

Orchard Park Shopping Centre is a regional shopping mall in Kelowna, British Columbia. It is located on the major provincial highway, Harvey Avenue (Highway 97), at the intersections of Cooper Road and Dilworth Drive, south of Dilworth Mountain. With over 170 shops and services,[2] Orchard Park Shopping Centre is the largest shopping mall between Metro Vancouver and Calgary.[3]

History

Orchard Park opened September 28, 1971 on a former orchard. The original mall layout included anchors Sears and The Bay (although The Bay was not completed until 1972) and a corridor of 35 smaller stores. In 1980, the mall expanded with Woolco departement store and a food court. It expanded again in 1992 with Eatons before reaching his actual size in 2011 when Best Buy opened a location in the mall.

Transportation

Orchard Park Shopping Centre is one of the major transit exchanges in Kelowna. Public transit, operated by Kelowna Regional Transit System, have several routes connecting the shopping centre to the neighbourhoods across the city. It is also serviced by Cooper Stop of RapidBus, a bus rapid transit line connecting Downtown Kelowna to the UBC's Okanagan campus.

Anchor stores

See also

References

  1. "Portfolio". Primaris Retail REIT. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  2. "Store Listings". Orchard Park Shopping Centre. Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
  3. "Shopping Info". Orchard Park Shopping Centre. Archived from the original on 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2007-03-27.

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