Willowbrook Shopping Centre

Willowbrook Shopping Centre
Willowbrook Shopping Centre logo
Willowbrook Shopping Centre west entrance
Location Langley Township, British Columbia, Canada
Address 19705 Fraser Highway
Opening date 1979[1]
Management Bentall Kennedy
Owner Bentall Kennedy
No. of stores and services 155
No. of anchor tenants 4 (3 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area 646,520 square feet (60,064 m2)[2]
No. of floors 1
Website http://www.shopwillowbrook.com

Willowbrook Shopping Centre (sometimes referred to as Willowbrook Mall) is a shopping mall in Langley Township, British Columbia, on Fraser Highway near the Langley Bypass. It is the largest shopping centre in Langley and lies directly across from the city limits of both Surrey and Langley City. Willowbrook has over 150 stores and services. Its anchor stores are Hudson's Bay, H&M, Toys "R" Us, and Sport Chek, with a vacant anchor space last occupied by Sears.

The mall opened in 1979 and has undergone four expansions and renovations with the last one in 2007. As of July 2017, Willowbrook Shopping Centre has over 640,000 square feet (59,000 m2) and receives 6.9 million visitors each year.


Interior of the shopping centre

Expansion

A major plan to expand the shopping centre has been approved by the Township of Langley in the summer of 2016.[3] Once completed it will give the mall an additional 140,000 square feet (13,000 m2) of space as well as creating an outdoor, pedestrian shops and services. The number of stores will increase from 150 to 200, as well as underground parking spaces with the current above ground parking serving as a footprint of the expansion of the mall.[4][5]

Transportation

Willowbrook is served by the 564, 370, 501, and the 531 bus routes operated by TransLink, the transportation authority serving Metro Vancouver. TransLink plans to build Willowbrook Exchange, a future public transit exchange serving the shopping centre and the surrounding community.[6]

The shopping centre can be accessed by the Fraser Highway and the Langley Bypass.

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://604now.com/langley-willowbrook-mall-major-expansion/
  2. ↑ http://www.shopwillowbrook.com/leasing/leasing-permanent/
  3. ↑ http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/langley-willowbrook-mall-expansion
  4. ↑ https://604now.com/langley-willowbrook-mall-major-expansion/
  5. ↑ http://www.shopwillowbrook.com/willowbrook-upgrade-and-expansion/
  6. ↑ "Willowbrook Exchange Final Concept" (PDF). TransLink. July 8, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

Coordinates: 49°06′52″N 122°40′30″W / 49.11451°N 122.67498°W / 49.11451; -122.67498

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