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214: Oakridge Centre Stores Shutting Until 2024 for Incredible Redevelopment [Exclusive]

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This week Craig & Lee break exclusive details on the Oakridge Shopping Centre retail transformation in Vancouver, British Columbia. The discussion touches upon tenant closures, accelerated construction schedule and what the final community will look like for Vancouver. Some history about the centre is also discussed, including the enclosure of the mall in 1984 which saw Woodward’s relocate its flagship to Oakridge, as well as Canada’s first Abercrombie & Fitch as it once was in decades past.

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  1. Oakridge Centre Retailers to Close Until 2024 Amid Vancouver Mall Redevelopment [Exclusive]

  2. Historical Retail Articles including: Oakridge Centre Retail Transformation to Anchor Vancouver’s ‘City of the Future’ [Exclusive Interview] (2018) and Vancouver’s Oakridge Centre to Get Complete Overhaul + New Anchor Store (2012)

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