South Edmonton Common is of Canada's largest retail power centres,South Edmonton Common - About
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, extending from 23rd Avenue south to

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, and east from Gateway Boulevard to Parsons Road. The Common has a large base of retail tenants that provide various goods and services. The first tenant in the Commons was

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, which opened in April 1998. Anchor tenants at South Edmonton Common include

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(the chain's largest location),

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, Cineplex Cinemas, Rona+,

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, and

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. Other stores include Staples,

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Marshalls Marshalls, Inc. is an American chain of discount store, off-price department stores owned by TJX Companies. Marshalls has over 1,000 American stores, including larger stores named Marshalls Mega Store (stores operating with HomeGoods combined), ...

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, and Mountain Equipment Company.

Store openings and closures

Compusmart

Hartco Income Fund, the company that owns Compusmart, began shutting down its 15 Compusmart locations in May 2007. Originally, the South Edmonton Common location was not one of the first five to be shut down; however, it was quickly sold as well. As of January 2017, the location is currently occupied by Party City.

Old Walmart Of South Common

Walmart initially opened in 1998 where as one of the first two retailers to open in South Common, the other being

. It relocated from its former location in the nearby Heritage Mall. On November 7, 2007, the newest Walmart Supercentre opened on the south end of South Edmonton Common, replacing the former retail location at Parsons Road and 21 Avenue. Konto Furniture, Sofa Land, Cameron Homes, and Crystal Glass now share the space of the former Walmart. The Walmart Supercentre has a full indoor garden centre, a fully serviced grocery store including meat, produce, bakery and floral. All former services such as McDonald's, optometrists, photo finishing and portrait studio are available at the new location, along with a Tim Hortons located in the building, which brings a total of three Tim Hortons locations to South Edmonton Common. Walmart is the only tenant of the shopping centre that is east of Parsons Road.

Future Shop

On September 19, 2008, the ''Edmonton Journal'' reported

Future Shop Future Shop was a Canadian electronics store chain. It was established in 1982 by Hassan Khosrowshahi. By 1990, the chain had become the country's largest retailer of computer and consumer electronics. In October 2012, the company operated 149 l ...

would be opening its largest store in Canada at . The location featured a larger, 53,000 square-foot layout and an updated store concept. The store, along with 65 other Future Shop stores, closed on March 28, 2015. and in August 2015, Spirit Halloween took the spot for 2 months, then leaving one anchor tenant vacant. Sport Chek, which opened in fall 2016, replaced Future Shop.

Anchors

- opened 2016 *

Cineplex Odeon Cineplex Odeon is a theatre brand owned by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada, after acquiring the Cineplex Odeon Corporation in 1998. As of 2023, there are 61 Cineplex Odeon locations in Canada. The former corporation was one of North America's ...

- opened 2000 (

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opened 2024) *

- opened 2003 * Rona+ - opened 2023, formerly Lowe's *

- opened 2003 *

- opened 1998 * Walmart Supercentre - opened 2007

Junior anchors

* Ashley Furniture *

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* Bulk Barn - formerly A Buck or Two *

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- formerly Pier 1 Imports * Gap * Golf Town * H&M *

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* Laura *

La-Z-Boy La-Z-Boy Inc. (pronounced "lazy boy") is an American furniture manufacturer based in Monroe, Michigan, United States, that makes home furniture, including upholstered recliners, sofas, stationary chairs, lift chairs and sofa bed, sleeper sofas. ...

* London Drugs *

Mark's Mark's (known as La Ouérasse and L'Équipeur since 1990 in Quebec) is a Canadian clothing and footwear retailer specializing in casual and industrial wear. Beginning in 1977 as Mark's Work Wearhouse in Calgary, Alberta, it evolved from an i ...

* MEC - opened 2016, formerly Sears Home *

Michaels Michaels Stores, Inc., doing business as Michaels, is an American privately held arts and crafts retail chain. It is North America's largest provider of arts, crafts, framing, floral and wall décor, and merchandise for makers and do-it-yourse ...

Old Navy Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay, San Francisco, Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The largest of t ...

* PartSource * Party City - opened 2017, formerly Compusmart and Target Apparel * Planet Fitness - opened 2022, formerly

Home Outfitters Home Outfitters (known as Déco Découverte in Quebec; originally called Bed, Bath & More) was a Canadian retail home decor chain, owned by Hudson's Bay Company established in 1999, that sold bedding, towel A towel () is a piece of absorption ( ...

* Running Room *

Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue (Colloquialism, colloquially Saks) is an American Luxury goods, luxury department store chain founded in 1867 by Andrew Saks. The first store opened in the F Street and 7th Street shopping districts, F Street shopping distric ...

Off 5th *

Sport Chek Sport-Chek International 2000 Ltd. (doing business as Sport Chek) is the largest Canadian retailer of sporting clothing and sports equipment, with 191 stores throughout Canada as of 2020. It is the only national big box sporting goods retailer i ...

- opened 2016, formerly

* Staples *

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* The Rec Room *

Urban Planet Urban Planet, also known as Urban Behavior, is a unisex apparel retailer in Canada with a focus on clothes for young adults and teenagers.A Buck or Two - now Bulk Barn * Babies "R" Us - closed 2025, formerly buybuy BABY * buybuy BABY - closed 2023 * Bed, Bath, & Beyond - closed 2023, now Rooms + Spaces * Cleo * Coast Mountain Sports * Compusmart - closed 2017, now Party City, formerly Target Apparel * Designer Depot *

- closed 2015, now Sport Chek *

- closed 2019, now Planet Fitness *

Lowe's Lowe's Companies, Inc. ( ) is an American retail company specializing in home improvement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the company operates a chain of retail stores in the United States. As of October 28, 2022, Lowe's and i ...

- closed 2023, now Rona+ *

Nordstrom Rack Nordstrom Rack is an American off-price department store chain founded in 1973. It is a sister brand to the luxury department store chain Nordstrom. , Nordstrom Rack operates 348 stores in 41 U.S. states. History In 1973, the company open ...

- closed 2023 *

Pier 1 Imports Pier 1 Imports, Inc., is an online retailer and former Fort Worth, Texas-based retail chain specializing in imported home furnishings and decor, particularly furniture, table-top items, decorative accessories, and seasonal decor. It was Public ...

- closed 2020, now Dollar Tree * Rooms + Spaces - closed 2024, formerly Bed Bath & Beyond * Sears Home - closed 2015, now MEC * Target Apparel - closed 2015, now Party City *

- closed 2007, now Sofa Land, Konto Furniture, Cameron Homes, and Crystal Glass * Wholesale Sports - closed 2017, now Sofa Land, Konto Furniture, Cameron Homes, and Crystal Glass, formerly Walmart

References

External links

South Edmonton Common WebsiteListing of Current Retailers
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