Chinook Centre is the largest enclosed shopping mall (by area) in Calgary, Alberta (1,175,000 square feet / 109,161 m²). It is also the most visited. It is located near the geographic centre of the city on Macleod Trail, just north of Glenmore Trail about 5 km (3 miles) south of downtown, and three blocks west of the Chinook C-Train station.
The mall is owned by Cadillac Fairview, one of Canada's largest real estate property managers and develope...
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Chinook Centre is the largest enclosed shopping mall (by area) in Calgary, Alberta (1,175,000 square feet / 109,161 m²). It is also the most visited. It is located near the geographic centre of the city on Macleod Trail, just north of Glenmore Trail about 5 km (3 miles) south of downtown, and three blocks west of the Chinook C-Train station.
The mall is owned by Cadillac Fairview, one of Canada's largest real estate property managers and developers.
In 1960, with Calgary's population and city limits rapidly expanding, the original section of Chinook Centre was opened on the site of the Chinook Drive-In Theatre. Designed as an open-air complex, the mall was anchored by Woodward's, Holt Renfrew, a bowling alley, and a branch of the Calgary Public Library, in addition to a variety of other higher-end stores. The centre was enclosed a few years later, and quickly became a focal point of social life for affluent Calgarians.
In the mid 60's, a separate mall, Southridge, was opened across...
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