- Unicity Mall
Unicity Mall was the name of a now defunctshopping mall inWinnipeg ,Canada named for the 1972Unicity restructuring of city management. Originally known as Unicity Fashion Square when it opened in September of1975 , the mall was anchored by aWoolco (a chain that itself no longer exists) andThe Bay , and was one of only three malls in the city (along withPolo Park andGrant Park Shopping Centre .) Managed by Trizec Corp. the mall initially prospered despite one wing being almost completely empty. The food court's McDonald's was the first placed inside a mall in western Canada.In the mid 1980s the local economy was slowing down and the mall began losing tenants. By the 1990s it was mostly empty and the vacated spaces were used for temporary flea markets. Ownership was transferred to First Pro and the mall was subsequently demolished in 2000 and replaced with a Smart!Centres big box complex.
List of tenants
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Woolco (department store):The Bay (department store):McDonald's (food court):Orange Julius (food court):Safeway (groceries):Sam The Record Man :Rexall (drugstore):Coles (bookstore) (books):The Limited (apparel):Down to Earth (potted plants and cut flowers):Lights Unlimited (Lamps and lighting accessories):Plume and Scroll (stationery):T.H.E. Warehouse (clothing):Mariposa (clothing)
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