page_title: Dartmouth Crossing
section_title: Shops and businesses
hierarchical_section_title: Dartmouth Crossing / Shops and businesses
caption_attribution_description: English: Exterior of the IKEA Halifax store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
context_page_description: Dartmouth Crossing is a commercial real estate development in Dartmouth, a part of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
context_section_description: Once completed, Dartmouth Crossing will consist of four components:
  A "big box" district, made up of large and medium retailers, including the largest Canadian Tire store in Nova Scotia;
  A "main street" district containing smaller, fashion-oriented stores, known as 'The Village Shops at Dartmouth Crossing';
  An entertainment district containing restaurants and anchored by a 12-screen Cineplex Cinemas movie theatre. The movie theatre had been owned by Empire Theatres and Famous Players.
  A district containing businesses, including banks and gas stations, intended to serve the nearby business park.
  A residential area.
  Dartmouth Crossing is connected to Burnside Industrial Park directly via Commodore Drive and indirectly via Wright Avenue.
  Overall, the centre is planned to house 20 big box stores, 40 shops, 15 boutiques, 20 restaurants, 10 service uses, two hotels, a movie theatre and 9,300 square metres (100,000 sq ft) of office space.
caption: IKEA Halifax, pictured in 2019
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