Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre

Coordinates: 45°21′54″N 75°47′11″W / 45.365°N 75.7864°W / 45.365; -75.7864
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Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre
Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre in July 2018
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LocationOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates45°21′54″N 75°47′11″W / 45.365°N 75.7864°W / 45.365; -75.7864
Address2525 Carling Avenue
Opening dateMay 24, 1972
Closing dateJuly 31, 2019
No. of stores and services30+
No. of floors2
Parking1000+ spaces

Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre (later Lincoln Heights Galleria) was a

community mall located in the Lincoln Heights neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was located between Carling Avenue and Richmond Road just west of Lincoln Fields station. In October 2019, the mall was closed due to changing demographics in the area and departure of the Walmart store.[1][2][3]

Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre was developed out of a project named "Cinema City", proposed in 1964. The proposed

shopping centre. In 1985, the mall underwent renovations and was rebranded as Lincoln Heights Galleria, though residents continued referring to the mall as "Lincoln Fields".[5]

In 2016, the Walmart store closed and relocated to Bayshore Shopping Centre. This cause the mall to lose a significant portion of its clientele.[6] In November 2018, the Wendy's restaurant, housed in a separate building fronting Carling Avenue, burned down in a fire that police said was deliberately set.[5]

In January 2019, it was announced the mall's leases would terminate on July 31 of that year.

RioCan include high-density residential towers on the site.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Walmart arrives at Bayshore Shopping Centre — and leaves Lincoln Fields behind". CBC News. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Ottawa police investigate shots fired near Lincoln Fields mall". CBC News Ottawa. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Annual 'Touch a Truck' takes over Lincoln Fields June 1". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Robert Magee's Farm and (Lincoln) Field(s) of Dreams (Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre, 1972)". HistoryNerd.ca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Vito Pilieci (25 January 2019). "First site plans for Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre revealed". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. ^ McCooey, Paula. "Lincoln Fields losing Walmart to newly-renovated Bayshore Shopping Centre". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  7. ^ Kate Porter (January 26, 2019). "Lincoln Fields owner moves to demolish aging mall". CBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  8. ^ "A 'very bittersweet' last day for Lincoln Fields mall merchants | CBC News".