Location | 6455 Macleod Trail SW Calgary, Alberta T2H 0K8 |
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Coordinates | 50°59′54″N 114°04′26″W / 50.99833°N 114.07389°WCoordinates: 50°59′54″N 114°04′26″W / 50.99833°N 114.07389°W |
Opening date | October 16, 1960 |
Management | Cadillac Fairview |
Owner | Cadillac Fairview |
No. of stores and services | 250 |
No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
Total retail floor area | 125,884 m2 (1,355,000 sq ft) |
No. of floors | 6 |
Website | Chinook Centre |
Chinook Centre (corporately styled as "CF Chinook Centre") is the largest shopping mall in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is located near the geographic centre of the city on Macleod Trail, north of Glenmore Trail about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of downtown, and three blocks west of the Chinook C-Train station. The mall is owned and operated by Cadillac Fairview.
CF Chinook Centre covers (1,355,000 square feet (125,900 m2)) of space, and includes three department stores (Hudson's Bay, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue opening February 2018), 250 stores, and numerous restaurants. Junior anchors include Sport Chek, H&M, Old Navy, and Chapters. It also includes a professional tower, the Chinook Bowladrome bowling alley, a 900-seat food court with a merry-go-round, and the 16-screen Scotiabank Theatre Chinook.
The focal point of the mall is a four-storey-high rotunda, with a fibre optic 'constellation' ceiling and a time capsule at the centre's axis, set to be opened on December 31, 2999. The rotunda also includes a mosaic tile floor that represents the layout of the local Bow and Elbow rivers.
In 1960, with Calgary's population and city limits rapidly expanding, the first section of Chinook Centre was opened on the site of the Chinook Drive-In Theatre and the adjacent Skyline drive-in and driving range. Designed as an open-air complex, the mall was anchored by Woodward's, Holt Renfrew, a bowling alley, and a branch of the Calgary Public Library.