Shopping mall in Alberta, Canada
CrossIron Mills
The old food court in CrossIron Mills, 2014
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Location
| Rocky View County
, near
Calgary
,
Alberta
, Canada
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Coordinates
| 51°12′18″N
113°59′24″W
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51.205°N 113.99°W
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51.205; -113.99
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Address
| 261055 CrossIron Blvd, Rocky View, AB
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Opening date
| August 19, 2009
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Developer
| Ivanhoe Cambridge
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Management
| JLL
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Owner
| Ivanhoe Cambridge
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No. of stores and services
| 207
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No. of
anchor tenants
| 18
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Total retail floor area
| 109,440 m
2
(1,178,000 sq ft)
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No. of floors
| 1
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Parking
| 6,000
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Website
| crossironmills
.com
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CrossIron Mills
is a fully enclosed
shopping centre
development just outside the northern city limits of
Calgary
,
Alberta
, Canada, and immediately east of the hamlet of
Balzac
in
Rocky View County
. It was developed by
Ivanhoe Cambridge
, a major
Canadian
real estate company. Completed in August 2009,
[1]
the mall is the
largest single-level shopping centre in Alberta
, containing approximately 109,440 m
2
(1,178,000 sq ft) of retail and entertainment space.
Century Downs Racetrack and Casino
is nearby to the east.
The first tenant to open in the mall was the first Alberta franchise of
Bass Pro Shops
, which opened its doors in the spring of 2009, while the rest of the mall was under construction. The majority of the mall opened on August 19, 2009.
[2]
A final phase initially referred to as The Entertainment Neighbourhood opened in Summer 2010. In the mid-2010s, this final phase was reconfigured to house a relocated food court (branded the "Food Hall"), with the original food court being redeveloped into new retail space.
Location
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CrossIron Mills is located in Rocky View County, on the southeast corner of the
QEII Highway
(the
Calgary-Edmonton Corridor
) and
Highway 566
.
[3]
As of July 2007, when the City of Calgary expanded its boundaries, this places the property just outside the city limits, as well as just outside the hamlet boundaries of Balzac (Highway 566 links to 176th Avenue N.E. in Calgary). The southern city limits of
Airdrie
are only a few kilometres to the north. When driving north on the QEII, there are two exits that provide access; Exit 273 (CrossIron Drive) and Exit 275 (Highway 566).
Additional access to the mall via
Dwight McLellan Trail
, an extension of Calgary's Metis Trail, north from
Stoney Trail
opened in December 2009. On October 29, 2011 an extension of Metis Trail was completed allowing direct access to the CrossIron Mills area from the Metis Trail/36 Street N.E. corridor, allowing an alternate north/south access to the area to
Deerfoot Trail
.
History
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Starting on January of 2015, the mall was planned to be expanded, which would include an entirely new food court. The first phase of this plan started during the spring of 2016.
[4]
The new food court offered 1,400 seats and 24 restaurants. As part of the mall's commitment to sustainable development, the new food court also contained more green space, improved kitchen exhaust hoods for reduced energy consumption and improved recycling amenities.
[5]
[6]
The new expansions added 4,272 m
2
(45,980 sq ft) of new retail space. Among other things, the new expansion included a new
Victoria's Secret
,
Shoppers Drug Mart
, and
Milestones Grill and Bar
, and a renovation to the
Sport Chek
.
[7]
The old food court was converted into a
Skechers
Superstore, a
Polo Ralph Lauren
Factory Store, an
Aritzia
, an
Aerie
, and a
Sephora
Design
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The shopping centre follows the
Mills Corporation's
premium brand outlet retail format that was popularized in the
United States
, and imported to Canada in 2004 at
Vaughan Mills
in
Vaughan, Ontario
. The concept combines large format anchor stores and premium brand outlets alongside major entertainment components.
The design utilizes a single level "race track" layout to maximize storefront exposure,
[8]
with up to 17 anchor stores bordering the centre.
Gallery
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Fashion Neighbourhood
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Fire sculpture
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Clock inside the mall
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Fossil Neighbourhood
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Sport Neighbourhood
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Mall in 2011
Reception
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CrossIron Mills opened to large crowds, with approximately 250,000 people visiting the mall in the first five days of the Grand Opening Celebration.
[9]
See also
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References
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"Ivanhoe Cambridge website"
. Archived from
the original
on 2014-01-09
. Retrieved
2008-03-06
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Per the mall's website
, accessed July 19, 2009.
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Location on Google Maps
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"CrossIron Mills to get new food court, more retail space in $60M expansion"
.
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Lee, Diane (2021-01-14).
"Cross Iron Mills ? Food Hall Expansion | CFMS"
. Retrieved
2023-04-08
.
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"CrossIron Mills Food Court"
.
Smith + Andersen
. Retrieved
2023-04-08
.
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"Calgary's CrossIron Mills shopping centre 'wild success'
"
.
renx.ca
. Retrieved
2023-04-08
.
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Site Plan
Archived
2011-08-09 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Site View
Archived
2010-02-14 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Mall View
Archived
2010-02-14 at the
Wayback Machine
,
More renders
Archived
2008-04-30 at the
Wayback Machine
.
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250,000 Visit CrossIron Mills During Opening Weekend
,
Calgary Herald
, August 26, 2009; accessed August 31, 2009.
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