Development

Fast Facts: Beyond the Ordinary

  • CrossIron Mills is the first enclosed shopping centre to be built in Western Canada in 20 years.
  • It is one of the largest shopping centres in Southern Alberta.
  • Several CrossIron Mills' retailers are in Alberta for the first time: Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, Gap Generation and more!
  • Many of CrossIron Mills' stores are the largest in Alberta: Toys 'R' Us / Babies 'R' Us, La Senza, The Children Place, Tommy Hilfiger Outlet, Laura Outlet, Forever XXI and more!

Centre Information

  • 1.4 million square feet of gross building area.
  • 1.1 million square feet of gross leasable area.
  • 17 anchor tenants.
  • 200 brand name stores and premium outlets.
  • 6,000 parking stalls.

Construction Update

  • SilverCity CrossIron Mills Cinemas and XSCAPE Entertainment Centre opens at the end of June 2010.
  • The Entertainment Neighbourhood opens at the end of 2010.
  • Construction of the CrossIron Commons, featuring Lowe's and Costco, is well underway.

Project Fun Facts

  • The gravel required to complete the roads and the parking lots required a dump truck every three minutes for 10 hours per day for 100 straight days.
  • If you laid out the drywall required to construct to the mall and related tenant work flat on the ground it would cover over 36 acres.
  • The drywall required over 55,000 five-gallon pails of drywall mud.
  • There are over 478 Km of electrical wire in the mall, not including data lines.
  • There are over 1.2 million screws in the roof assembly.
  • There are over 75,000 five-gallon pails of stucco and base coat on the exterior of the mall.
  • The shopping centre has 18 Km of walls.