Sevenoaks Shopping Centre is the principal Abbotsford regional shopping centre at 32900 South Fraser Way in the central Abbotsford commercial district, opened in 1962 with the contemporary 70,000-sqm regional format spanning approximately 150 retail and service units following successive expansions and renovations that established the property as the largest shopping centre in the Fraser Valley east of Surrey. The property is owned and managed by Primaris REIT as the principal Primaris Fraser Valley retail asset, serving the Abbotsford CMA of approximately 200,000 metropolitan residents.
The format combines the Hudson’s Bay Company, Sport Chek, and Winners anchor stores with the comprehensive Canadian and international retail register featuring H&M, Lululemon, Sephora, Dynamite, and the broader Canadian fashion programming. The Cineplex Cinemas multiplex anchor, the comprehensive food court and dining circuit reflecting the diverse Abbotsford South Asian, Filipino, and agricultural community demographic, and the broader retail-and-services programming serving the Fraser Valley agricultural community catchment complete the contemporary Abbotsford regional offer.
The catchment combines the dense Abbotsford CMA residential demographic of approximately 200,000 metropolitan residents with the broader eastern Fraser Valley regional draw from Mission, Chilliwack, and the Agassiz-Harrison corridor, Abbotsford is the principal commercial centre for the eastern Fraser Valley agricultural region and the US-Canada border crossing community at Pacific Highway and Sumas. Direct accessibility includes the direct Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) and South Fraser Way interchange at the principal Abbotsford commercial corridor, the Abbotsford Regional Transit bus network, and the dedicated parking infrastructure for approximately 4,000 vehicles.
Primaris REIT coordinates the property management of Sevenoaks Shopping Centre as the flagship Primaris eastern Fraser Valley retail asset. The asset’s commercial role within the Canadian retail map is the dominant Abbotsford and eastern Fraser Valley regional destination serving the principal BC agricultural heartland commercial centre, complementing the Willowbrook Oxford super-regional in Langley through its distinct Abbotsford South Fraser Way and Trans-Canada Highway positioning and the eastern Fraser Valley agricultural community and US border catchment within the broader BC retail register.
