Garden City Shopping Centre (Winnipeg)


Garden City Shopping Centre is a shopping centre at McPhillips Street and Leila Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada built in 1970. It opened on August 12, 1970. The mall consists of 75 stores and 11 restaurants on a single level. The anchor stores are Canadian Tire, Dollarama, Winners and GoodLife Fitness. In Spring 2018, Garden City completed a $10 million-dollar renovation. The centre was enhanced with revitalized interiors, comfortable seating, new bathrooms, revamped food court, and energy efficient lighting throughout.
Garden City Shopping Centre is now redeveloping the space formerly occupied by Sears. The area is being divided into multiple units and will ultimately provide an improved shopping experience, welcome new retailers and create employment opportunities in the community. A lease has been signed with ; a new-to-Winnipeg iconic Filipino-focused grocer, , and .
The shopping centre is owned and managed by RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust.

History

The shopping centre was developed by James Kelly of Toronto. The centre was built in West Kildonan upon of land. Upon construction in 1969–70, at a cost of millions of dollars, of space. The initial plan was for 40 stores. The T. Eaton Co. Limited also purchased space in the mall.
A major expansion began in 1974, with a addition. Anchor stores at that time included the Simpson-Sears store and a Dominion supermarket, with plans to add an Eaton's store and a Beaver Lumber. T. Eaton Co. Limited opened an store in August 1976. As of that same year, Garden City was one of the four largest regional malls in the city of Winnipeg.
The Eaton's store closed in 1998, and its space was taken over by a Canadian Tire store.
Sears Canada had closed their operations due to nationwide bankruptcy, Seafood City will take a portion of that space. Michaels and Bulk Barn will join the Supermarket in the new developed wing.