St. Vital Centre

St. Vital Centre
St. Vital Centre
LocationWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates49°49′43″N 97°06′36″W / 49.8286°N 97.1101°W / 49.8286; -97.1101
Address1225 St. Mary's Road
Opening dateOctober 17, 1979 (October 17, 1979)
DeveloperTrizec
ManagementBentallGreenOak (Canada) LP
OwnerOntario Pension Board
Stores and services170
Anchor tenants10
Floor area68 acres (28 ha)
Floors2
Public transit Winnipeg Transit
Websitewww.stvitalcentre.com

St. Vital Centre is a retail shopping mall located at 1225 St. Mary's Road, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

History

The 631,000 sq ft (58,600 m2), built on 40 acres (160,000 m2),[1] opened 17 October 1979 and is located by the intersection of St. Mary's Road and Abinojii Mikanah.[2] It opened with Eaton's, The Bay, and Woolco as anchor tenants.[3] The mall was renovated in 1986, 1998, and 2013.[2]

The building has six anchor tenants and 160 smaller stores, and has a gross leasable area of 926,310 sq ft (86,057 m2) including the freestanding Co-op grocery store, Montana's Cookhouse, Old Navy, CIBC, McDonald’s, and Earls.[4] St. Vital Centre is owned by the Ontario Pension Board and was previously managed by 20 VIC Management Inc. to 2017 and Cushman & Wakefield Asset Services ULC to December 2020. Management of St. Vital Centre is now done by BentallGreenOak (Canada) LP.

The mall has 4,661 parking spaces, as well as a city transit bus depot positioned close to an entrance.[2][5] As of 2001, the mall serves approximately 53,825 households within a 5 kilometre radius, with an average household income of $56,925.[3] The location sees approximately 178,000 pedestrians per week.[2]

The mall recycles plastics and aluminum in their food court, and paper in their offices, and recycles 4,315 metric tons (4,247 long tons; 4,756 short tons) of cardboard every year.[6]

In 2012, the mall underwent a $10 million renovation, which was completed in November 2012. The renovation included new flooring, ceilings, wall coverings and energy efficient lighting.[7]

Current anchor tenants

Bus routes

The mall is served by a designated bus hub that accommodates several Winnipeg Transit routes. The following stop/platform assignments are as follows:

Platform Stop Route Destination
1 50884 FX2 St. Mary's St. Vital Centre
2 50882 556 Beliveau Sage Creek
101 South St. Vital On-Request
3 50883 552 Aldgate South St. Vital
4 50881 676 North Town Bridgwater
5 50880 676 Burland Creek Bend
6 50879 556 Beliveau Plaza
7 50878 552 Meadowood Avalon
On-street 51109 FX2 Main Garden City Centre

References

  1. ^ "Trizec unveils St. Vital centre". Winnipeg Free Press. 26 October 1978.
  2. ^ a b c d "St. Vital Centre" (PDF). 20 vic. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b Lorch, Brian J (Autumn 2006). "The Evolution of a Big-Box Landscape: A Case Study of the Winnipeg Market" (PDF). Lakehead University. pp. 379, 383. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Tenant Area". St Vital Centre. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  5. ^ Lorch, Brian J. (2004). "Big Boxes, Power Centres and the Evolving Retail Landscape of Winnipeg: A Geographical Perspective" (PDF). Institute of Urban Studies The University of Winnipeg. p. 18. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  6. ^ Serebrin, Jacob (15 January 2004). "Recycling Christmas" (PDF). The Uniter. p. 3. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  7. ^ McNeill, Murray (22 March 2012). "Mall makeover a thing of beauty St. Vital spruces up after 14 years". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 4 November 2012.