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Deerfoot mall

Imported, unreviewedOperatingCalgary, Canada

Deerfoot Mall opened 1981 as outlet, now operates as 80‑acre outdoor shopping centre owned by Shape Properties in Calgary Alberta. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline
Website aliveThis site: …https://edojapan.com/edo-japan-deerfoot-mall-calgary overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
Bike network nearbyThis site: 20 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 4 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
Scale
60+ acre siteThis site: 80 acres extraction · all sites with this
New use
Retail (continued)This site: …outdoor shopping centre extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusOperatingextracted, unreviewed
documented
Deerfoot City is an outdoor shopping centre located in northeast Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

en.wikipedia.org

What is there nowoutdoor shopping centreextracted, unreviewed
documented
Deerfoot City is an outdoor shopping centre located in northeast Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

en.wikipedia.org

Site context

Transit within 800 mno rail station; 4 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km261, 261A, 261B, 263OpenStreetMap
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)3 of 6 daily needs: 4 grocers, 0 schools, 10 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 0 civic, 18 food and drink; 20 cycleway segments, 41 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: Eau Claire Market (6.5 km); Northland Village Mall (7.2 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Deerfoot Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.85, from Microsoft, Overture); building footprint 21,638 m², 8.448014259338379 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialedojapan.com (alive); archived 1996–2026 (Wayback)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views17,377 since 2015; 1,416 in the last 12 months (-18% vs the prior 12); peak 2019-03 with 383Wikimedia

Summary, model-written

Deerfoot Mall opened in 1981 as Deerfoot Outlet Mall on an 80‑acre site in northeast Calgary. It has since been rebranded and operates today as Deerfoot City, an outdoor shopping centre owned by Shape Properties. No further changes are documented in the record.

Why. The record does not state any specific causes for changes such as anchor losses, competition, debt, or demolition.

Where it stands. The site is currently operating and controlled by Shape Properties, the owner listed in the record.

For a planner

  • No explicit policy tools or precedents are documented in the record.
  • Open question: what zoning or land‑use regulations apply to the 80‑acre site.
  • Open question: whether any redevelopment or intensification plans have been proposed.

For a developer

  • Site size: 80 acres with approximately 1.1 million square feet of building area.
  • Control: wholly owned by Shape Properties; no ownership timeline details provided.
  • Entitlement stage, zoning approvals, and any development constraints are not specified in the record.
  • Context‑layer information (flood risk, transit access, environmental factors) and market signals from surrounding tracts are absent.

What we do not know yet

  • Missing details on tenant mix, anchor store performance, and financial obligations.
  • No information on competition, market demand, or recent sales/lease activity.
  • Zoning, land‑use, and entitlement status are not provided.
  • Environmental constraints such as floodplain, soil conditions, or contamination are unknown.
  • The record is marked as draft and relies on extracted data, indicating potential unreviewed elements.

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  • Knoxville Center Mall, Knoxville, TN · Malls · similar size (78 acres); opened 1984
  • Mall at Fox Run, Newington, NH · Malls · similar size (82 acres); opened 1983

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History and original facts

Opened1981extracted, unreviewed
Acres80.0extracted, unreviewed
documented
sits on an 80-acre site.

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NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in Alberta

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Background

Deerfoot City is an outdoor shopping centre located in northeast Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It opened in 1981 as Deerfoot Outlet Mall, just east of Deerfoot Trail on 64th Avenue NE. The 1.1 million square foot shopping centre, owned by Shape Properties, sits on an 80-acre site.

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Timeline

  1. 1981 Opened as Deerfoot Outlet Mall

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Deerfoot mall · supports: acres, after notes, status, year opened
    5 quoted sentences
    It opened in 1981 as Deerfoot Outlet Mall, just east of Deerfoot Trail on 64th Avenue NE.
    sits on an 80-acre site.
    Deerfoot City is an outdoor shopping centre located in northeast Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    Deerfoot City is an outdoor shopping centre located in northeast Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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