South Edmonton Common

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South Edmonton Common
Total retail floor area
2,300,000 sq ft (210,000 m2)
Public transit accessEdmonton Transit System Bus interchange  56   512   518   519 
Websitesouthedmontoncommon.com

South Edmonton Common is one of

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

.

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

The Home Depot
. It relocated from its former location in the nearby Heritage Mall.

On November 7, 2007, the newest

Babies "R" Us
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 would be opening its largest store in Canada at 53,000 square feet (4,900 m2).[5] The location featured a larger, 53,000 square-foot layout and an updated store concept.[6] 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.[7] Sport Chek, which opened in fall 2016, replaced Future Shop.

Anchors

Junior anchors

Former anchors/Junior anchors

References

  1. ^ "Store Directory | South Edmonton Common".
  2. ^ a b South Edmonton Common - About
  3. ^ Severs, Laura (2003-03-20). "Retail power corridor gains more muscle". Business Edge. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  4. ^ "Country's largest Canadian Tire opens in South Edmonton Common". Edmonton Journal. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  5. ^ "Future Shop enters a brave new world". Edmonton Journal. 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  6. ^ "Future Shop enters a brave new world". Edmonton Journal. September 19, 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Three Edmonton Future Shop locations shuttered for good". 630 CHED. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2015-04-08.

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