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THE NORTH Shore has proven itself to be a desirable
place to live and work, and as such, retail merchandisers
report they’re pleased they’ve located here.

The first major centre to locate
here was the Park Royal Shopping
Centre.

It opened in 1950, with Wood-
ward’s department store as its
principal tenant, along with 20 ad-
ditional shops. Today Woodward's
continues to be a drawing card,
but there are now some 180 shops
and services.

The once small ‘strip plaza’
parking lot, that had room for 750
cars, now boasts room for over
5,000 cars. .

It was Park Royal that first pio-
neered the concept of ‘‘off-street’’
parking, which is so common to-
day. ,

Other interesting highlights of
the centre’s history include the
1964 opening of an adjacent bowl-
ing alley, the 1965 opening of
Famous Players’ 30,000 square-
foot movie theatre, and the exten-
sive refurbishing program which
occurred 20 years ago in the north
mall and cost over $2 million.

This year Woodward’s officially
opened a totally renovated store
and introduced an upscale, fash-
ion-oriented concept of merchan-
dising.

MAJOR RENOVATION

Capilano Mall also underwent a
major renovation this year at a
cost of $35 million.

General manager Phil McArthur
said the mall was built in 1967, but
it was a dark, unattractive place to
shop.

The renovation has changed all
that, he said.

“It’s bright, airy and contem-
porary.

“‘Now we're probably the
number one destination for ladies’
wear on the North Shore.”’

McArthur said there are still
another 14 stores to open over the
next month, and once they are

retail outlets.

“It’s kinda exciting,’’ he said.

“They always say you can never
have enough grand openings and
we'll have another one in
September (to promote the !4
stores),’’ he said.

Capilano Mall was recently pur-
chased by Cambridge Shopping
Centre, which operates 42 shopp-
ing centres from coast to coast.
This is its first shopping centre in
British Columbia.

‘Our retailers are very happy.
They’re doing very well.”’ he said.

McArthur said retailers are
reporting that they're seeing more
shoppers from West Vancouver,
more females and a_ slightly
younger market.

By KIM PEMBERTON
News Reparter

One of the new features that the
mall will soon be offering is a
child-minding service, to begin
within four to six weeks.

The Lonsdale Quay opened for
business April 12, at a cost of $25
million. .

Manager Colleen Welsh said
there are 80 retail outlets, in-
cluding produce, and only one
vacancy left.

She said the quay is in a good
location, close to the SeaBus, and
is designed in such a way so as to
encourage shoppers to wander
around.

“The leasing was done extremely
well,’’ she said.

“They had a very set idea of
what merchandise mix would work
and they haven't varied from
that.”’

Welsh said she’s encouraged by
the number of shoppers who prefer
to shop at a market, such as Lons-
dale Quay.

“It’s quite amazing to me the
number of people on the North
Shore who used to travel to Gran-
ville Island. It saves them crossing
two bridges to do their shopping,”’
she said.

“It’s added a lot of excitement
to the general availability of retail-
ing or the North Shore.””

EXTENSIVE EXPANSION

Lynn Valley Centre is another
major retail outlet on the North
Shore.

It was originally built in 1972
and was extensively expanded and
remodelled in 1984,

There are over 60 shops and ser-
vices in a bright, skylit at-
mosphere. It’s anchored by a
Super Valu food market, Boots
Drugs, Zellers department store
and a government liquor store.

Stong’s Markets Limited is
unique among retail outlets
because it’s a family-run store.

Manager Bill Rossum said the
first store for Stong’s Markets was
in Edgemont Village in 1963. In
1972 another store was opened in
Dundarave and in 1973 in the
Dollarton area,

“‘The North Shore has been a
very good market over the years,”’
said Rossum.

‘We're a personable type store
that is second to none in the meat
department. We know our cus-
tomers can come to us and feel
they’re in a personal setting."’

Stong’s Markets celebrated its
50th anniversary in $981. Its first
store was in Vancouver.

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