Midtown Plaza (Saskatoon)
Midtown Plaza is a shopping mall in Downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, that is owned by Primaris Retail REIT. The two main anchors are Sears Canada and The Bay and the shopping centre has a total store count of approximately 130 stores, making it the largest shopping centre in Saskatchewan. The mall was built on the former site of the city's main railway station as part of a major inner city redevelopment project in the 1960s that also saw construction of a freeway, the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge, and TCU Place a major arts-convention complex.
The mall officially opened with a full complement of 51 stores and services on July 30, 1970; however, one of its anchor tenants, Simpson-Sears (now Sears Canada) opened for business in 1968.
Also part of the Midtown Plaza complex is CN Towers – renamed in 2006 "The Tower at Midtown", an office block that was for most of the 1970s the tallest office building in Saskatoon. The 12-story tower is 57 m (187 ft) in height. Besides professional offices, from the 1970s to the early 2000s it also housed the broadcast facilities for the city's Canadian Broadcasting Corporation affiliate, CBKST.
The mall is served by the province's largest underground parking garage and four above-ground parking lots. One to the north, one to the south, and two to the west.
Midtown Plaza is the major fashion destination in Saskatchewan with a number of stores that are unique within the province, including Mexx, Guess, Bench, RW & Co., Town Shoes, Boathouse, Costa Blanca and Melanie Lynn. The mall is also home to Saskatchewan's only locations of Sephora, Lush, Build-A-Bear Workshops, Swimco, Michael Hill Jewelers, Triple Flip, Fruits and Passion, Please Mum, Think Kitchen and Sony Style.
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