Central City Shopping Centre

Central City
Central City logo
The main entrance as seen from the transit hub.
Location Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates 49°11′15″N 122°50′59″W / 49.18750°N 122.84972°W / 49.18750; -122.84972Coordinates: 49°11′15″N 122°50′59″W / 49.18750°N 122.84972°W / 49.18750; -122.84972
Address 10153 King George Blvd, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Opening date 2003
Owner Blackwood Partners Management Corporation
No. of stores and services 132
No. of anchor tenants 5-7
Total retail floor area 617,500 square feet (57,370 m2)
No. of floors 2 (mall), 26 (mall and office tower combined)
Public transit access Surrey Central
Website http://www.centralcity.ca

Central City Shopping Centre (formerly known as Surrey Place Mall) is a shopping mall and office tower complex in Whalley/City Centre, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, which is owned by Blackwood Partners Management Corporation.[1] It is near Surrey Central and King George SkyTrain stations. It was designed by Bing Thom Architects.[2] It is the second largest mall in Surrey, smaller than Guildford Town Centre. A major portion of the upper shopping centre floors also host one of the three Simon Fraser University campuses.

History and development

The initial development of the mall was not the existing building today. Originally it was built in the 1970s as a standalone mall and was managed and owned by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. It underwent renovations and refurbishments throughout the 1980s and 1990s however the construction of the Port Mann Bridge and the popularity of Guildford Town Centre began to challenge the mall's position as a dominant shopping centre. By the late 1990s the foot traffic of the mall suffered severely and many stores became untenanted. However, in 1999, part of the mall was sold off and was redeveloped with an expansion of the mall to include a new podium and a high rise office tower also known as the Central City tower. From 2003 to 2017, the Central City tower was the tallest building in Surrey. In 2007, the rest of Central City mall was sold to Blackwood Partners Management Corporation.[3] In recent years, the mall has been affected by the closings of Target Canada and Future Shop, but Walmart Canada took over Target Canada's location in the shopping centre including Best Buy.

Anchor Tenants

Current

Former

  • Zellers - in former The Bay location, closed February 11, 2013; was replaced by Target on November 13, 2013
  • The Bay - Zellers relocated in this space, now Walmart
  • Sears - (now T&T Supermarket)
  • Target - in former Zellers location, (opened November 13, 2013, closed April 1, 2015); replaced by Walmart on February 25, 2016[4]
  • Future Shop - closed March 28, 2015; due to consolidation as Best Buy, reopened as Best Buy in late 2015
  • Extra Foods- current Brick location
  • Good Stuff Games - closed c.1989 hobby store catering to Dungeons & Dragons games and accessories

Simon Fraser University

Unlike any other shopping centre in the region and owing to its unique two stages development, Simon Fraser University's Surrey campus is located within the mall and occupy a major portion (350,000-square-foot) of the podium floors.[5] The central atrium of the mall, similar to the hull of a ship consist of retails on the ground floor and has direct line of sight towards the campus hallways and classrooms on the upper floors.[6]

Transportation

Central City Shopping Centre is accessible to the regional Skytrain system with the closest station being the Surrey Central station. The terminus King George station is also within five minutes walking distance to the south. Adjacent to the Surrey Central station is the Surrey Central bus loop which is a transfer point to several routes which serve the region.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.blackwoodpartners.com/retail-opportunities
  2. ↑ http://bingthomarchitects.com/project/central-citysfu-surrey/
  3. ↑ https://www.kamloopscity.com/icbc-sells-central-city/
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ https://www.sfu.ca/surrey/welcome.html
  6. ↑ https://www.sfu.ca/surrey/about/virtual-tour.html
  7. ↑ "Surrey Central Station Map (Apr 2018)" (PDF). TransLink. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
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