Shoppers World Brampton
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| Location | Brampton, ON, Canada |
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| Address | 499 Main St. S. |
| Opening date | 1969 |
| Developer | Peel Elder Ltd. |
| Management | RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust |
| Owner | RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust |
| No. of stores and services | 190 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 781,067 sq ft (72,563 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Public transit access | Brampton Gateway Terminal |
| Website | Official website |
Shoppers World Brampton is a shopping mall in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is host to over 190 stores, including Canadian Tire, Winners and Staples.
In 1961, Elder Mines & Development Ltd. and Peel Village Developments created Shoppers World Danforth. Targeted completion date was March 1962.
The two developers merged into a new company, Peel-Elder Limited, and began development of Shopper's World Brampton on a farmer's field that had been purchased by Charles F. Watson of Peel-Elder Ltd. Peel-Elder Ltd. was also the developer of the Brampton's Peel Village community. In 1961, planned tenants were Loblaws, Zellers, Yolles, Bata Shoe, a Maher shoe store, Lady Ellis dress shop, Bi-Rite Drugs, Tip Top Tailors and banks. In all, it planned 55 stores, plus a department store, bowling alleys and a movie theatre. A 1963 advertorial for Peel Village describes the mall with 57 shops.
It opened in 1969 as Brampton's first indoor mall. Major tenants at the time were Kmart, Dominion and Canada Safeway, with a total of 25 stores. The movie theatre closed after several years. It was gutted, and re-opened as a Jumbo Video. The projection booth served as the manager's office. The Canada Safeway store was the first in eastern Canada. Its opening was targeted by 10 picketers inspired by California's Delano grape strike; the store contacted mall management, who called in the Brampton Police. On the second return of police to the mall, protesters were ordered off the property. James Peters, president of United Auto Workers Local 1285 (American Motors) told the other pickets to leave, but stayed by himself. He was arrested, the first arrest since the demonstrations spread to Canada in 1967. The Dominion store did not carry California grapes.
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