Orchard Park Shopping Centre opened in 1979 at 2271 Harvey Avenue in the Kelowna commercial corridor of the Okanagan, British Columbia, with approximately 63,600 sqm (685,000 sq ft) of gross leasable area and over 170 retail and service units. The property is owned and managed by Primaris REIT, which acquired it in 2023, as the leading super-regional enclosed shopping centre for the Okanagan Valley.
Kelowna is the fastest-growing major city in British Columbia and one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada, driven by migration from Metro Vancouver and Alberta as both affordability and lifestyle attract new residents to the Okanagan. Orchard Park’s catchment extends from Enderby and Vernon in the north through Peachland and Summerland to Penticton in the south, a regional draw of approximately 300,000 across the Okanagan Valley that treats Orchard Park as the primary destination for enclosed retail unavailable in their own communities. Sport Chek, Shoppers Drug Mart, Indigo, Old Navy, Mark’s, Leon’s, and Best Buy anchor the centre, with H&M, Winners, and HomeSense among the major fashion and lifestyle tenants, with specialty tenants serving the outdoor recreation and wine tourism lifestyle demographic that defines the Okanagan consumer. A comprehensive dining circuit serves both resident and tourist visitors.
The Kelowna CMA population of approximately 230,000 has been growing at rates among the highest in Canada for over a decade. The Harvey Avenue commercial corridor carries the highest traffic volumes in the Okanagan, and Orchard Park’s position on this artery captures both the planned shopping visit and the spontaneous drop-in from highway-adjacent visibility. Kelowna International Airport, five kilometres north, adds a tourism and business traveller overlay. Surface parking for over 3,500 vehicles serves the car-dependent Okanagan catchment.
Primaris REIT manages Orchard Park as the BC Interior anchor within its national portfolio. The growing Kelowna base and the regional Okanagan catchment give this property an expanding commercial trajectory tied to one of Canada’s most active population growth markets, a structural tailwind that malls in slower-growth Canadian markets do not share.
