Park Royal Shopping Centre

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Park Royal
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caption = Shopping by the Sea
location = West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
opening_date = 1950
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number_of_stores = 280
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parking = Yes, covered and open
floors = 1 (North Mall), 2 (South Mall)
website = http://www.shopparkroyal.com

Park Royal Shopping Centre, opened in 1950, is a shopping mall located in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Park Royal is officially Canada's first covered shopping mall. [ [http://www.easternct.edu/depts/amerst/MallsHistory.htm Shopping Mall History] ] [ [http://hbc.com/hbcheritage/history/social/malldev/ Our History:Social History] ] Park Royal currently markets itself as five star shopping and has undergone significant changes to attain this.

Location

Located at coord|49.326|N|123.137|W.

The mall is physically divided into two locations by Marine Drive, a major thoroughfare on the North Shore. The two sides are aptly named "North Mall" and "South Mall", and are connected by overhead vehicle and pedestrian overpasses spanning over Marine Drive. The entire mall covers roughly 990,000 square feet (91,974 m²).

The Village

In late 2004, "The Village" was opened as an expansion of the South Mall, allowing for more stores and retail services. This 238,000 square foot (22,111 m²) expansion cost approximately $30 million Canadian dollars. The Village is Canada's first lifestyle centre specifically designed for the affluent West Vancouver market, where all the retail locations offer mid to upscale lifestyle services. The Village is unique in that it aims to replicate the experience found at Whistler Village, where consumers are predominantly in the open-air (outside) to browse the stores. A bowling alley and a golf practice range were demolished to make way for The Village.
Home Depot's first Canadian urban concept store is located at The Village. It features pre-built fully furnished rooms and other customizable household furnishings for consumers to choose from.

hops and services

South Mall anchor stores include: Extra Foods, Sportchek, Coast Mountain Sports, Future Shop, Winners, and Staples Business Depot. As part of Park Royal's recent brand re-positioning into five star shopping, in April 2006, it re-opened its newly designed re-located food fair. The food fair, which features modern contemporary architecture, offers restaurant-like amenities (such as bussers), multiple high definition plasma screens, and a fireplace. An Indigo's bookstore opened in December 2006 at the previous food fair location.

North Mall anchor stores include: London Drugs and The Bay. It is also of interest to note that the South Mall is partly built on indigenous people's land and because of this, the British Columbia Liquor store had to be located into the North Mall.

Park Royal also offers complimentary WiFi service throughout its grounds.

Transportation

Park Royal also acts as an area transit hub, with various Translink buses and West Vancouver Blue Buses serving this location.

See also

* A List of largest shopping malls in Canada
* List of shopping malls in Canada
* Capilano Mall
* Norgate shopping centre - first mall in Canada

References

External links

* [http://www.shopparkroyal.com/ Park Royal Shopping Centre Official Site]