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Shopping Centers Today -> December 2000
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2000 Canadian Shopping Centre Awards
By Susan ThorneTORONTO - ICSC recognized excellence in the Canadian shopping center industry with the ICSC 2000 Awards presented Oct. 5 at the John Bassett Theatre, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, in conjunction with the annual Canadian Convention. In a ceremony titled, “Insight, Innovation and Achievement,” recipients were honored in the following categories:
Renovation or expansion of an existing centre:
Bentall Centre, Vancouver, B.C.; Woodgrove Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.; Billings Bridge Plaza; Ottawa, Ontario; Scarborough Town Centre, Toronto, Ontario; Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Toronto, Ontario; St. Vital Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Innovative design construction of a new centre: Oakville Entertainment Centrum, Toronto, Ontario.
Innovative and efficient operations: E.N.E.R.G.Y. — Quinte Mall, Belleville, Ontario.
Retail store design: Sport Chek, Mississauga, Ontario: Oshawa Centre; Orly, Montréal, Québec: Place Ville-Marie Shopping Concourse; Fido Kiosk, Montreal, Québec: Carrefour Angrignon & Sherway Gardens; Black’s Superstore, Markham, Ontario: Trinity Commons; Paramount Famous Players, Toronto, Ontario: Festival Hall; The Body Shop Depot, Toronto, Ontario: Canada One Outlets; FACES, Mississauga, Ontario: Square One Shopping Centre; MEXX, Montréal, Québec: Chinook Centre.
MARKETING CATEGORIES:
Community service: Village Green Mall, Vernon, B.C.: “Beautify our Neighbourhood”; Bayshore Shopping Centre, Nepean, Ontario: “Kids 4 a Cure’’; Square One Shopping Centre, Mississauga, Ontario: “In the Mode — 20th Century Fashion Awards”; Rutherford Mall, Nanaimo, B.C.: “Giving is in the Bag”; Dufferin Mall, Toronto, Ontario: “Music of the World Project”; Cambridge Shopping Centres, Toronto, Ontario: “Give Us a Hand” Tour.
Public relations: Lynden Park Mall, Brantford, Ontario: ‘REAL’ Publicity; Sherway Gardens, Etobicoke, Ontario: The Fashion Authority.
Consumer advertising: Woodgrove Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.: “MORE”; Pickering Town Centre, Pickering, Ontario: “My Kind of Mall”; Place Laurier, Ste-Foy, Québec: “C’est tout moi”; Hopedale Mall, Oakville, Ontario: “Good Neighbours to Know”; Orchard Park Shopping Centre, Kelowna, B.C.: “Stores for Everyone”; Park Royal Shopping Centre, West Vancouer, B.C.: “Celebrating Fresh”; Park Royal Shopping Centre, West Vancouver, B.C.: “Won’t Miss A Thing.”
Merchandising & sales promotion: Kingsway Garden Mall, Edmonton, Alberta: TEAM Support Program; Orchard Park Shopping Centre, Kelowna, B.C.: www.orchardparkshopping.com; St. Vital Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba: “Come Celebrate”; First Canadian Place Shopping Centre, Toronto, Ontario: “The Learning Network”; Sunridge Mall, Calgary, AB: “Denim Heaven.”
Grand opening, expansions and renovations: Billings Bridge Plaza, Ottawa, Ontario: “Shakes, Rattles and Rolls”; Woodgrove Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.: “More Choice. More Value. More Stores.”
Retailer development: Cambridge — Joint Centres, Toronto, Ontario: “Who Wants to be a Merchant Extraordinaire?”; Rutherford Mall, Nanaimo, B.C.: “Building a Team.’’
Overall marketing campaign: Lansdowne Centre, Richmond, B.C.: “What You’ve Been Shopping For.”
Lynden Park Mall, Brantford, Ontario: “Real Faces — Real Life”; Guildford Town Centre, Surrey, B.C.: “Think Guildford.”
Leasing support: Riocan REIT, Toronto, Ontario: Riocan REIT — Leasing Initiatives.
Sponsorship & partnership marketing: Cambridge Shopping Centres, Toronto, Ontario: “The MasterCard NHL All-Star Party.”
Mic Mac Mall, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: C100 Community Booths.
Outlet Show Planned
A conference focusing exclusively on factory outlet retailing, one of the fastest-growing retail sectors in Europe, is being planned by ICSC for 2001.
The conference, to be held in Barcelona, Spain, from June 12-14, will be sponsored by Value Retail News, and will include informational seminars and a trade exhibition.
The conference program committee includes: Co-chairmen Hans Dobke, managing director of Outlet Centres International; and Jay Radway, head of corporate communications for BAA McArthur Glen, along with other leading developers.
“Outlet retailing is one the fastest-growing retail segments in Europe,’’ said Christopher Igwe, managing director of ICSC’s European Operations.
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