Unicity Mall was a shopping mall in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was named for the 1972 Unicity restructuring of city management. Originally known as Unicity Fashion Square when it opened in September 1975, the mall was anchored by a Woolco and The Bay, and was one of only three malls in the city, along with Polo Park and Grant Park Shopping Centre. Managed by Trizec Corporation, the mall initially prospered despite one wing being almost completely empty. The food court's McDonald's was the first placed inside a mall in western Canada.
In the mid 1980s, the local economy was slowing down and the mall began losing tenants. By the 1990s it was mostly empty and the vacated spaces were used for temporary flea markets. During that time Woolco became Walmart, and extensive pressure was placed on the mall Ownership for expansion of the Unicity Walmart location. Despite various legal battles between store owners, local residents, and the new ownership, the mall was demolished to make way for a larger Walmart. Ownership was transferred to First Pro and the mall was subsequently demolished in 2000 and replaced with a Smart!Centres big box complex. The Unicity Smart Complex is now home to Walmart, Canadian Tire, Sobey's, Winners, SportMart, Tim Horton's, KFC, Burger King, Shopper's Drug Mart, Payless Shoes, The Source, Value Village, Mark's Work Wearhouse, Quiznos and others.
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—Barbara Howar (b. 1934)