City: Edmonton
Region: North America
Country: Canada
Trade area: 40 902 860 sq. feet
Address: 8882 170 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5T 4J2
No of floors: 3
Parking: 20 sq. feet
Phone: +1 780-444-5321
Size: 135
Website: http://www.wem.ca/
The West Edmonton Mall’s visionaries took a shopping centre concept and turned it into a world-class destination. West Edmonton Mall is the most comprehensive retail, hospitality and entertainment complex in the world. People come from all over to shop, play, and stay.
Inspired by the traditional urban bazaars of Persia, West Edmonton Mall combine shopping and entertainment in a 5.3 million square foot space. West Edmonton Mall is the size of a small city. Annually, almost 31 million visit, making West Edmonton Mall Alberta’s number-one tourist attraction.
Developed by the Triple Five Corporation, owned by the Ghermezian family of Edmonton and designed by Maurice Sunderland Architects Inc. West Edmonton Mall has expanded over 4 phases, from 1981 to 1998.
A clear-span glazed dome roof of 400 x 100 feet, carried on 2-foot-deep steel-plated curved roof beams.
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