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Shoppers World Brampton
Total retail floor area
781,067 sq ft (72,563 m2)
No. of floors1
Public transit accessBrampton Gateway Terminal
Websiteshopswb.com
Mall Interior in 2021

Shoppers World Brampton is a shopping mall in

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History

Jewelry at the former Zellers
The former Target store, opened in 2013 and closed in 2015
The food court

In 1961, Elder Mines & Development Ltd. and Peel Village Developments created Shoppers World Danforth. Targeted completion date was March 1962.[1]

The two developers merged into a new company,

Bata Shoe, a Maher shoe store, Lady Ellis dress shop, Bi-Rite Drugs, Tip Top Tailors and banks. In all, it planned 55 stores, plus a department store, bowling alleys and a movie theatre.[2] A 1963 advertorial for Peel Village describes the mall with 57 shops.[3]

Opening and early years

It opened in 1969 as Brampton's first indoor mall.

Canada Safeway, with a total of 25 stores.[5] The movie theatre closed around 1985. It was gutted, and re-opened as a Jumbo Video. The projection booth served as the manager's office. The Canada Safeway store was the first in eastern Canada. Its opening was targeted by 10 picketers inspired by California's Delano grape strike; the store contacted mall management, who called in the Brampton Police. On the second return of police to the mall, protesters were ordered off the property. James Peters, president of United Auto Workers Local 1285 (American Motors) told the other pickets to leave, but stayed by himself. He was arrested, the first arrest since the demonstrations spread to Canada in 1967. The Dominion store did not carry California grapes.[6]

In 1971,

Simpsons Ltd. decided to build a location of its department store at the mall, at a cost in excess of $2 million. The first of six scheduled locations, it was to open in August 1972.[7] The 92,000 square foot Brampton site[5][8] was designed for higher sales, with higher cabinets and 85% selling space, compared to the chain's usual 70% usage.[9] Simpsons' policy was to hold equity interest in its landlords, resulting in it purchasing $5 million of Peel-Elder stock, simultaneous to Hambros Corp. of Canada doing the same; each held roughly 15% of the corporation. The funds were earmarked for expansion of the Brampton and Danforth malls, build high rises in Peel Village, and Preston's Peel Valley Highlands.[10]

Simultaneous to the Simpson's announcement, Peel-Elder Ltd. promised to expand the mall and their Peel Village development. In addition to high rise apartments and townhouses, the developer intended to build a "motel-hotel convention centre and an office building", on 185 acres (0.75 km2) purchased for expansion purposes, back in 1959.[11] After Shoppers World's expansion plans were criticized by the community planning branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs, the office of Premier of Ontario Bill Davis (also the MP for Peel North, which included the mall) was approached by the Town of Brampton, to "see if a revision to a by-law could be made". After the Ontario Municipal Board approved the change, critics charged that Davis had interfered with planning processes. He insisted that "no influence was brought to bear whatsoever" by his office.[12]

The 1972 expansion increased the mall to 118 stores and 600,000 square feet, from its previous 25 stores, 350,000 square-foot maximum. By the opening day, Charles Elder envisioned 140 stores, 1 million square feet of retail, and an office building.[5]

James Kay, chairman of Fairweather/Tip Top Tailors/BiWay ownership corporation

Dylex Limited, entered agreements with one British and one Canadian company to purchase two separate Canadian firms, and merge them into one private investment firm. One of the two firms to be merged was Peel Elder.[13] The resultant firm was known as Kesmark Development Limited;[14] nevertheless, it appears the Peel Elder name was continued until at least 1979.[15] Redevelopment began in late 1979, and in 1982, business was said to have increased by 25% in past year.[14]

"Phase Two" renovations, 1980s

When Dominion and Simpsons decided to build larger, more modern facilities in the mall, owners Kesmark Ltd. renovated the area they had occupied as "Phase Two" of the mall. The multimillion-dollar project, which featured 30 new stores, brought the mall's total to 185. Phase Two opened on March 10, 1982. A third phase, to begin construction that autumn, was announced immediately.

Dylex Ltd. The mall's new owners were a holding company owned by Edward and Peter Bronfman.[17]

An indoor water park, White Water, was briefly at the mall from 1984 to 1985.[18]

In 1997, the mall was owned by Pensionfund Realty Limited,[19] a privately held real estate company owned by a number of Canada's largest institutional investors.[20]

As of February 2000, OMERS had owned Shoppers World for roughly five years. It swapped Shoppers World for a 2.5% equity stake in RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. RioCan was to finance the balance of the $46.5 million price with an $18.5 million mortgage on the site.[21]

Present day

A massive renovation of the shopping complex[

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] In recent times, Shoppers World Brampton has hosted less traffic. Although still busy, many newer malls have taken the role Shopper's World once played, including Bramalea City Centre and Heartland Town Centre in nearby Mississauga.[22]

The addition of a Canadian Tire

Price Chopper
closed a few months later, and has since been replaced by the multi-ethnic Oceans Fresh Food Market, which opened in July 2008.

The former Simpsons/Bay/Sears store at the north-east end of the mall was demolished in October–November 2010, with plans submitted to the City of Brampton to redevelop the north end of the mall.[23] This redevelopment is now completed with most of the stores in this phase accessible only from outside, instead of from within the mall.

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Proposed redevelopment

In 2019, RioCan, the owners of the mall, unveiled plans to demolish the mall and redevelop it into a mixed-use neighborhood containing 5,000 residences. A proposal was made to Brampton City Council in October 2019; an application went to a public meeting in January 2020. The development, which could take up to thirty years, is expected to be completed by 2040.[25][26][27]

See also

References

  1. ^ Elder Mines Schedules Eaton Store
  2. ^ To Start Mall In Peel Village
  3. ^ Walpole, Mary (24 January 1963). "Around the town: Weekend drive to Peel Village...". The Globe and Mail. p. 19.
  4. ^ glennsays (2019-10-22). "The death and life of Shoppers World Brampton". Sean Marshall. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  5. ^ a b c "Peel-Elder expansion". The Globe and Mail. 4 August 1972. p. B10.
  6. ^ "Grape picket leader arrested at plaza". The Globe and Mail. 11 September 1969. p. 4.
  7. ^ Shoppers world brampton
  8. ^ "CORPORATE REPORTS: Cassiar Asbestos mill problems reduce profit by $2.5 milli". The Globe and Mail. 29 March 1972. p. B4.
  9. ^ "Six Simpsons stores may cost $30 million". The Globe and Mail. 25 June 1971. p. B1.
  10. ^ "Simpsons, Hambros to buy 250,000 shares each of Peel-Elder at $20". The Globe and Mail. 24 February 1972. p. B6.
  11. ^ Microsystems plans to boost production
  12. ^ "PC meddling in planning common, Nixon says". The Globe and Mail. 15 November 1971. p. 8.
  13. ^ Willoughby, Jack (17 March 1979). "Deal reached to buy and merge Bovis, Peel-Elder Developments". The Globe and Mail. p. B2.
  14. ^ a b "Kesmark to redevelop Shoppers World Danforth plaza". The Globe and Mail. 30 December 1981. p. B4.
  15. ^ "PEEL REGIONAL COUNCIL". www.peelregion.ca. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  16. ^ Davis, Jill (3 March 1982). "Shoppers World second phase set to open". The Brampton Guardian. p. S13.
  17. ^ "Kesmark sells malls to Carena". The Globe and Mail. 17 December 1983. p. B2.
  18. ^ "THROWBACK THURSDAY: Brampton's Shoppers World was first in Canada to build indoor water slide". 3 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-06-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "Lexpert ® | Pensionfund Realty Completes First Mortgage Bond Financing". Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  21. ^ Howlett, Karen (10 February 2000). "OMERS swaps mall for RioCan stake". The Globe and Mail. p. B6.
  22. ^ http://www.brampton.ca/EN/Business/edo/business-knowledge/Economic-Reports-Papers-Statistics/Documents/Annual%20Economic%20Reports/AnnualReport2010.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  23. ^ "Shoppers World gets face lift". www.bramptonguardian.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  24. ^ "Target opening in Brampton". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  25. ^ Gamrot, Sabrina (2019-11-12). "Plans to redevelop Brampton's Shoppers World into 'sustainable community' delivered to city". BramptonGuardian.com. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  26. ^ Frisque, Graeme (2020-03-02). "RioCan unveils plans for Brampton's Shoppers World mall redevelopment". BramptonGuardian.com. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  27. ^ "Brampton's original shopping mall is being torn down for a new neighbourhood". www.blogto.com. Retrieved 2020-09-23.

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