Development
The land around Grant Park was first developed with the introduction of the Harte line for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1908. From the 1920s to 1950s, the Grant Park area was the location of Rooster Town, a Métis community. The Depression by 1929 saw the influx of a large number of Métis people move to the area. The land was beyond any serviced roads and the 40 or 50 families lived in shanty like houses constructed of old boxcars. In 1959, the residents were evicted and their homes were torn down. The construction of Grant Park High School began in the same year.
The land for the present mall became available for development in the early 1960s when the Canadian National Railway abandoned the Harte line and the last of the Métis were moved to public housing in the north of the city. Construction of the mall was completed in 1962.
The mall was renovated in 2012.
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