Coordinates | 53°31′22″N 113°37′23″W / 53.52278°N 113.62306°W |
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Address | 8882 170 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5T 4J2 |
Opening date | September 15, 1981 |
Developer | Triple Five Group |
Management | Danielle Woo[1] alongside The Ghermezian family |
Owner | Triple Five Group |
Architect | Maurice Sunderland |
No. of stores and services | more than 800 |
No. of anchor tenants | 15[2] |
Total retail floor area | 350,000 m2 (3,800,000 sq ft) (leasable) 490,000 m2 (5,300,000 sq ft)(total)[3] |
No. of floors | 2 |
Parking | 20,000+,[4] 10,000 overflow[5] |
Public transit access | West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre |
Website | www |
West Edmonton Mall (WEM) is a large shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that is owned, managed, and operated by Triple Five Group. It is the second most visited mall in Canada,[6] after the Toronto Eaton Centre in Toronto, followed by Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby,[7] and the 14th largest in the world (along with The Dubai Mall) by gross leasable area.[8] It is the second largest shopping mall, by square footage, in North America behind the Mall of America. Mall of America encompasses 520,000 m2 (5.6 million square feet)[9] and West Edmonton Mall encompasses 490,000 m2 (5.3 million square feet).[10][3] By store count, West Edmonton Mall is the highest in the Western Hemisphere as it currently counts over 800 occupants, in comparison to Mall of America's 520 occupants.[11] The mall was founded by the Ghermezian brothers, who emigrated from Iran in 1959.[12] The mall's major anchor stores are Hudson's Bay, London Drugs, Marshalls, Simons, The Brick, Winners/HomeSense and West Edmonton Mall Toyota.
West Edmonton Mall has over 800 stores and services including nine attractions, two hotels and over 100 dining venues in the complex,[13][14] and parking for more than 20,000 vehicles.[4] More than 24,000 people are employed at the property. The mall receives about 32 million visitors per year; it attracts between 90,000 and 200,000 shoppers daily, depending on the day and season. Recent tenants at the mall include L.L.Bean, Babies "R" Us, Balenciaga, Rooms + Spaces Outlet, Nike Factory Store, Psycho Bunny, and Moncler.
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