Former Wellington Square Mall has become a ‘strong example of redevelopment and economic renewal’<\/p>\n
The Shoppes on TransCanada revival at 625 Trunk Rd. has been chosen as a recipient of the city’s 2026 Community Development Award.<\/p>\n
The turnaround of\u00a0what used to be Wellington Square Mall was chosen from 15 nominations by the community development award committee.<\/p>\n
The former indoor mall has been transformed into an outdoor plaza of easy-to-access storefronts.<\/p>\n
City council is expected to confirm the award\u00a0at its next meeting on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Community Development Award recognizes exceptional community development initiatives.<\/p>\n
It’s presented each year\u00a0to a local business or organization to highlight\u00a0innovative ideas and inspire\u00a0others to meet standards set by successful projects.<\/p>\n
“The committee recognizes the outstanding transformation of the former Wellington Square Mall into the Shoppes on TransCanada, a vibrant plaza-style commercial destination in the east end of the city,” said a statement prepared for Monday’s council meeting.<\/p>\n
“Once an indoor mall with significant vacant space, the site has been reimagined into a thriving retail hub that has restored vitality to the area, attracted new businesses, and supports the growth of the surrounding area.<\/p>\n
“By converting a long-underused commercial property into an active and attractive retail destination, Shoppes on TransCanada is a strong example of redevelopment and economic renewal,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
Retailers in the revitalized plaza include Giant Tiger, Noodlebox, IDA Drug Mart, Food Basics, DollarTree, Highlife Cannabis, WineXpert, The\u00a0Chaat\u00a0Indian Street Food, Juice on the Loose Vaporizers, Osmow’s Shawarma\u00a0and Pizza Hut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Wellington Square Mall has become a ‘strong example of redevelopment and economic renewal’ The Shoppes on TransCanada…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48,303600],"class_list":["post-875293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-giant-tigerwellington-square-mallthe-shoppes-on-transcanada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}