Capilano Mall is a
shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...
in the
City of North Vancouver
The City of North Vancouver is a city on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada. It is the smallest in area and the most urbanized of the North Shore municipalities. Although it has significant industry of its ownincluding ...
in
British Columbia
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, Canada. It is located on Marine Drive, near the city's western border with the
District of North Vancouver
The District of North Vancouver is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada, and is part of Metro Vancouver. It surrounds the North Vancouver (city), City of North Vancouver on three sides. As of 2016, the District stands as the se ...
. It is the second largest shopping mall in the north shore, after Park Royal.
The anchor tenant is
Walmart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...
.
History
Capilano Mall was originally built in 1967. Woolworth's then
Woolco
Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, by the F. W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At ...
and
Super-Valu were the initial anchor tenants. In 1974 an expansion added a Sears store. The mall underwent an upgrade and major expansion in 1986, and again in 2001. Also within the mall, there is also a set of two totem poles which were erected in 1986 and serves as a center piece icon in relations to its history and ties to local land.
Transportation
Capilano Mall is served by frequent
TransLink bus service along Marine Drive.
Shop and Services
In addition to Walmart, shops include Urban Planet, Claire's, Dollar Tree, and Showcase. Food chains include A&W, Cobs Bread, and Subway.
See also
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Park Royal Shopping Centre
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Lonsdale Quay
Lonsdale Quay is a SeaBus ferry terminal and major transit exchange that serves Metro Vancouver's North Shore municipalities. The quay is located in the City of North Vancouver. The BCIT Marine Campus and Lonsdale Quay Market are located wit ...
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List of shopping malls in Canada
References
External links
Capilano Mall
{{Shopping Malls in Metro Vancouver
North Vancouver (city)
Shopping malls in Metro Vancouver
Shopping malls established in 1967