St. Vital Centre

St. Vital Shopping Centre is a retail shopping mall located at 1225 St. Mary's Road, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

The mall opened 17 October 1979 and is located by the intersection of St. Mary's Road and Bishop Grandin Boulevard.^[1] It opened with Eaton's, The Bay, and Woolco as anchor tenants.^[2] The mall was renovated in 1986, 1998, and 2013.^[1]

The building currently has seven anchor tenants and 160 smaller stores, and has a gross leasable area of 926,310 square feet (86,057 m²) including the freestanding Safeway store, CIBC, Montana's Cookhouse, McDonald's, Old Navy, and Earls.^[3] St. Vital Centre is owned by the Ontario Pension Board and managed by 20 VIC Management Inc.^[3]

The mall has 4,661 parking spaces, as well as a city transit bus depot positioned close to an entrance.^[1][4] As of 2001, the mall serves approximately 53,825 households within a 5 kilometre radius, with an average household income of $56,925.^[2] The location sees approximately 178,000 pedestrians per week.^[1]

The mall recycles plastics and aluminum in their food court, and paper in their offices, and recycles 4,315 metric tons (4,247 long tons; 4,756 short tons) of cardboard every year.^[5]

In 2012, the mall underwent a $10 million renovation, which was completed in November 2012. The renovation included new flooring, ceilings, wall coverings and energy efficient lighting.^[6]

Current Anchor Tenants

• Hudson's Bay 122,002 square feet (11,334.4 m²)^[1]
• Chapters 22,103 square feet (2,053.4 m²)^[1]
• London Drugs 32,440 square feet (3,014 m²)^[1]
• Sears 131,713 square feet (12,236.5 m²)^[1]
• Silver City 68,971 square feet (6,407.6 m²)^[1]
• Sport Chek 15,016 square feet (1,395.0 m²)^[1]
• Walmart Supercentre 159,285 square feet (14,798.1 m²)^{[1] [7]}

External links

• St. Vital Shopping Centre - Winnipeg

References

1. "S T. V I TA L C E N T R E" (PDF). 20 vic. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
2. Lorch, Brian J (Autumn 2006). "The Evolution of a Big-Box Landscape: A Case Study of the Winnipeg Market" (PDF). Lakehead University. pp. 379, 383. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
3. "Tenant Area". St Vital Centre. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
4. Lorch, Brian J. (2004). "Big Boxes, Power Centres and the Evolving Retail Landscape of Winnipeg: A Geographical Perspective" (PDF). Institute of Urban Studies The University of Winnipeg. p. 18. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
5. SEREBRIN, JACOB (15 January 2004). "Recycling Christmas" (PDF). The Uniter. p. 3. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
6. McNeill, Murray (22 March 2012). "Mall makeover a thing of beauty St. Vital spruces up after 14 years". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
7. "Walmart St. Vital Supercentre Grand Opening May 13". Access Winnipeg. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2012.

Coordinates: 49°49′43″N 97°06′36″W / 49.8286°N 97.1101°W