West End Mall

West End Mall (Currently Mumford Professional Centre) was an indoor shopping centre located in Halifax, NS Canada. It is now a Professional / Business Centre. 
== History ==
In 1919, Simpson's department store opened its first location in Halifax. It was the largest department store in Halifax and did well for many years.
In 1963, The now Simpson's Sears location had a major expansion and renovation to the store, they also added a Mumford Road level entrance. 
In 1972, the store was renovated to become a Sears Canada. 
A couple years later, Crombie REIT decided to build an indoor shopping mall attached to this Sears Canada location to compete with Halifax Shopping Centre directly across the street. It opened in 1975, its original anchors were Simpson's, Sears Canada, and a Sobeys grocery store. The mall did fine throughout the 1970s and 1980s, although Halifax Shopping Centre always did better. 
In August 1983, Simpsons built a new store at the opposite end of the mall. The previous location became the Sears Distribution Centre. 
In August 1986, Simpson's department store was bought out and rebranded into Hudson's Bay
In the early 1990s, the Sobeys closed and moved to Halifax Shopping Centre. The old Sobeys location became Access Nova Scotia offices. 
In 1998, West End Mall received a renovation. The inside was redone with new tile, and the exterior entrances were redone. By this time, the second floor was only used for offices, retail was only on the first floor 
In 1999, Eaton's closed at Halifax Shopping Centre. While this may of seemed like a good thing for West End Mall, it wasn't, as the Sears at West End Mall moved into the HSC Eaton's space soon after. In 2001, the Halifax Shopping Centre owners bought the old Sears space at West End Mall and demolished it. In its place, they built a Walmart Supercentre and Sobeys.
With the Sears gone, and Sobeys not having a mall entrance, the mall quickly declined ever further. By 2003, the only retail stores and restaurants left in the mall were Shoppers Drug Mart, A&W, Subwich (A rip off of Subway), A Buck or Two, Whatever Giftware (previously Charm Diamond Centres), Aliant, Tim Hortons, and Hudson's Bay (Keep in mind that Hudson's Bay owned their own building, and thus the store didn't make any money for Crombie REIT.) The rest of the mall was either empty or offices. 
In 2008, Crombie REIT sold West End Mall to the owners of Halifax Shopping Centre. Soon after, they converted the mall into the Mumford Professional Centre (A.K.A. HSC Annex) All of the remaining retail within the mall closed, and was converted to offices.
In 2011, The Hudson's Bay location closed at the former mall. It was converted into CBC News offices. 
In November 2023, Primaris bought the Halifax Shopping Centre & Annex and Mumford Professional Centre. 
On March 11, 2024, the Winners at the former West End Mall closed and moved into part of the former HSC Sears space. 
==Stores==
== Gallery ==
File:West End Mall 5.jpg|Old Simpsons building (1940s) 
File:West End Mall 7.jpg|Old Simpsons (Later Sears) building after renovation (1960s) 
File:West End Mall 6.jpg|Back of West End Mall (1980s)
File:West End Mall 3.png|West End Mall Sears (Late 1980s) 
File:West end mall 2.png|Another part of West End Mall (Late 1980s)
File:West End Mall 8.png|New Simpsons building (Later Hudson's Bay) (1980s) 
File:West end mall 1.jpg|West End Mall Sears demolition (2001)
Category:Mall
Category:Canada
Category:Dead Malls
Category:Sears-anchored Malls
Category:Hudson’s Bay-anchored Malls
Category:Simpsons-anchored Malls
Category:Walmart-anchored Malls
Category:Sobeys-anchored Malls
Category:Winners-anchored Malls
Category:Shoppers Drug Mart-anchored Malls
Category:Malls in Canada
Category:Malls in Nova Scotia
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Malls that opened in 1975