Orchard Park Shopping Centre

Orchard Park Shopping Centre

Location	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	49°53′N 119°26′W / 49.88°N 119.44°W / 49.88; -119.44Coordinates: 49°53′N 119°26′W / 49.88°N 119.44°W / 49.88; -119.44
Address	2271 Harvey Avenue
Opening date	1971
Management	Primaris Retail REIT
Owner	Primaris Retail REIT
No. of stores and services	over 170
No. of anchor tenants	5
Total retail floor area	685,000 square feet (63,600 m2)[1]
No. of floors	1
Website	Orchard Park Shopping Centre

Orchard Park Shopping Centre is a regional shopping mall in Kelowna, British Columbia. It is located on the major provincial highway, Harvey Avenue, at the intersections of Cooper and Dilworth Road. With over 170 shops and services,^[2] Orchard Park Shopping Centre is the largest shopping mall between Metro Vancouver and Calgary.^[3]

History

Orchard Park opened September 28, 1971 on a former orchard. The original mall layout included anchor tenants Sears and The Bay (both of which are still in the mall to this day), and a corridor that connected the two stores.

In 1980, the mall was expanded and an additional 40 outlets were constructed.

Transportation

Orchard Park Shopping Centre is one of the major transit exchanges in Kelowna. Public transit, operated by Kelowna Regional Transit System, have several routes connecting the shopping centre to the neighbourhoods across the city, such as, downtown, Glenmore, Dilworth, Rutland, Pandosy, Okanagan College and UBC. It is also serviced by Cooper Stop of RapidBus, a bus rapid transit line connecting Downtown Kelowna to the UBC's Okanagan campus.

Anchor stores

• The Bay
• Best Buy
• Chapters
• Sears
• Sears Home
• SportChek

Former anchor store

• Walmart

See also

• List of shopping malls in Canada

References

1. ^ "Portfolio". Primaris Retail REIT. http://www.primarisreit.com/portfolio.php?Overview-1. Retrieved 2011-11-06. 
2. ^ "Store Listings". Orchard Park Shopping Centre. Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20070310223233/http://www.orchardparkshopping.com/SearchResults.aspx?parent=1. Retrieved 2007-03-27. 
3. ^ "Shopping Info". Orchard Park Shopping Centre. Archived from the original on 2007-03-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20070320105915/http://www.orchardparkshopping.com/Contents.aspx?parent=1&ContentID=shoppinginfo. Retrieved 2007-03-27. 

External links

• Orchard Park Shopping Centre