Sydney Shopping Centre

Sydney Shopping Centre is an open-air shopping centre in Sydney, NS. The current anchors of Sydney Shopping Centre are Sobeys, PetSmart, Shoppers Drug Mart. Other major stores include NSLC, Reitmans, and Great Canadian Dollar Store. The shopping centre is situated in a central location, being just outside of downtown Sydney. 
== History ==
Sydney Shopping Centre opened in the 1960s with Zellers and Sobeys as its anchors. The shopping centre was very popular at the time as one of Sydney's first shopping centres.
In the 1970s, the shopping centre was enclosed and became an indoor shopping mall. 
In 1980, Mayflower Mall opened on the same road as Sydney Shopping Centre. This impacted the foot traffic and popularity of Sydney Shopping Centre, however, the mall still remained competitive with many different national and local tenants and retailers. 
In the 1980s, a food court was added to the mall. This food court had several restaurants such as A&W and Orange Julius.
In the late 1990s, the Sobeys was completely demolished and a new much larger Sobeys was built in the same place. In 1997, the food court was removed from the mall. However, restaurants outside of the food court such as Tim Hortons or Smitty's remained.
In the 2000s, the mall continued to decline because of continued competition from the nearby Mayflower Mall. In 2010, Crombie REIT decided to close some of their underperforming properties such as Penhorn Mall and Fort Edward Mall, Sydney Shopping Centre was also closed. 
After the mall closed, the interior of Sydney Shopping Centre was demolished, and the centre was turned back into an open-air plaza, some tenants from inside the mall moved into the new plaza. In the same year, Sobeys was renovated and expanded to add an NSLC. 
On March 14th, 2013, Zellers permanently closed their location at Sydney Shopping Centre. Fortunately, this location was bought out by Target Canada, which opened on November 13 in the same year. 
On April 2nd, 2015, Target Canada closed their location at Sydney Shopping Centre after Target left the Canadian market. After sitting vacant for a couple years, the space was divided into 3 different tenant spaces, an office took the back space, and Great Canadian Dollar Store and PetSmart took up the front spaces. 
Today, Sydney Shopping Centre continued to operate as a shopping centre for the surrounding neighbourhood. 
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== See Also ==
* Mayflower Mall - Main competitor 
* North Sydney Mall - Another competitor
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Malls in Nova Scotia
Category:Malls in Canada
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Category:Zellers-anchored Malls
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Category:Shoppers Drug Mart Locations
Category:San Francisco Gifts Locations
Category:Former Tim Hortons Locations
Category:Crombie REIT-owned Malls