Oakridge Centre
Oakridge Centre (and formerly known as Oakridge Mall) is a shopping centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the intersection of West 41st Avenue and Cambie Street.
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 The main entrance to Oakridge Centre (2018) | |
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| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 49.232°N 123.119°W |
| Opening date | 1959 1984 (renovated) 2018-present (redevelopment) |
| Developer | Westbank/QuadReal |
| Management | QuadReal |
| Owner | QuadReal |
| Architect | Henriquez Partners Architects (2014) |
| No. of stores and services | TBD in 2024 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 575,168 sq ft (53,434.9 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 (Second floor for Hudson’s Bay and parking only) |
| Parking | 3,550 |
| Public transit access |  Oakridge–41st Avenue Station  RapidBus
R4 41st Avenue RapidBus 15, 41 |
| Website | oakridgecentre Redevelopment website |
It was originally opened in 1959 by Woodward's Stores which anchored the centre until it was sold to Hudson's Bay in 1993. A Target was originally planned but however in 2015 Target Canada filed for bankruptcy protection and announced the closing of all stores cancelling 4 locations. It is one of the two largest malls located within the city of Vancouver, the other being CF Pacific Centre, and along with Pacific Centre are two of the most profitable shopping centres in Canada.[1]
Redevelopment
Oakridge Centre is now the centre point for the Oakridge Municipal Town Centre Project, part of a Vancouver urban densification project creating a new high density region with tall apartment towers much like Vancouver's West End in an area now occupied and to be surrounded by single family residences. The application was approved in 2014 and construction has begun in late 2019. Construction regarding the North most and South most tower complexes are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2025. The Design Architect is Henriquez Partners (see Gregory Henriquez) of Vancouver and the Executive Architect is Adamson Architects from Toronto, the redevelopment estimated to cost well over $5 billion Canadian. [2] On September 15th, 2020, it was announced that the mall would be closing on September 30th, 2020 to demolish the structure to make way for the redevelopment but however, Hudson's Bay, Rodeo Jewellers, Crate & Barrel and the office towers will remain open during the redevelopment construction. [3]
Transportation access
The Oakridge–41st Avenue station on the Canada Line is under the plaza at the southwest corner of 41st and Cambie. The mall is also served by TransLink bus service along 41st Avenue and Cambie Street. Parking can be accessed via 44th and Cambie or 45th and Cambie - Due to the ongoing construction, several entrances and parking lots have been shut down.
