Londonderry Mall is a

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located in north

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. It contains over 150 stores and services with nine major tenants. The mall opened in 1972 and has been expanded and renovated since. Londonderry Mall has many notable stores, including a full service

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, Fabricland, Fit 4 Less,

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department store, and H&M. The mall recently went under a complete renovation which completed in August 2017.

History

Londonderry Mall opened in 1972 with 85 stores and services. When it opened, it was the largest two-floor enclosed shopping centre in western Canada. Original tenants included The Bay (which still occupies the same location),

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, and a movie theatre. Later, it would expand to include

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. The mall underwent its first major expansion in late 1979, then again in the later 1980s. The mall added a wing to the west, and then to the south, which included Eaton's new location, and the Edmonton Public Library. The mall expanded to 150 stores and services. A renovation was completed in 1990 which saw the opening of a new food court in the center of the mall. In 1994, Wal-Mart took over the Woolco location and was part of the mall for 9 years before relocating to a stand-alone building to the east. In the late 1990s, Eatons closed. Save-On-Foods promptly moved into the former Eaton's space on the lower level and Winners on the upper level. In late 2013, the relocation and closing of many major tenants and small stores left the mall with many unoccupied spaces. In late 2014, the mall announced a complete mall renovation and remerchandising project. Army & Navy had closed and Sport Chek Supercentre had relocated to make way for a newly announced Simons store (Sport Chek relocated to Manning Town Centre). Winners re-located to an unused space, which made way for the re-location of the food court to the former Winners space. Fabricland remained in the former Winners space while Dollarama relocated to the new food court from a neighboring space where Sport Chek was formerly located to make way for H&M.

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closed in 2022, because the mall owners struggled to keep the store in business due to expensive rent.

took the former location of Save-On-Foods in summer of 2023. Unlike Save-On, No Frills cannot be accessed from the mall. On February 1, 2023, Hudson's Bay announced that they would close their location at the mall in August of that same year. It was later announced that the store would remain open, but in a smaller footprint on the main floor only. File:Londonderry Mall Logo.svg, 2009 File:ImagesLondonderryMallLogo2011.jpg, 2011 File:ImagesLondonderryMallLogo.jpg, 2013

Renovation

In September 2014, Londonderry Mall publicly announced a renovation and remerchandising project. The renovation completely changed the face of the mall, including all new entrances, lighting, escalators, elevators, along with the relocation of many stores and the food court. The renovation was designed by MMC Architects and GH+A Design and was completed in August 2017. Demolition and gutting of the interior of the mall was completed by mid-2015, which included the removal of all elevators, escalators, water fountains and plant-beds. The first phase of the renovation was complete in June 2016, which included the relocation of the food court and the renovation of the mall common areas. The second phase of the renovation was completed in August 2017, in which the new

store opened to the public, along with much smaller local Alberta based stores.

Gallery

File:ImagesCAEDMEKD.jpg, The Centre Fountain before renovations in September 2012. File:Londonderry Mall Escalator Taken Down.JPG, Londonderry Mall escalator being taken down in January 2015. File:Londonderry Mall Commencing Renovation.jpg, The mall in April 2014 as the renovation begins. File:Londonderry Mall Renovation Progress.JPG, The old Sport Chek Supercentre being replaced by Simons in January 2015 File:Simons2017.jpg, The new

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store before its opening in August 2017.

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* {{Edmonton landmarks Shopping malls in Edmonton Shopping malls established in 1972 Tourist attractions in Edmonton