Woodgrove Centre
Woodgrove Centre is a shopping centre on Vancouver Island in the harbour city of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Woodgrove Centre features of retail space and is Vancouver Island's largest shopping centre. The centre has over 150 stores, among them are Walmart Canada, Toys "R" Us, Winners, Sport Chek, Save-On-Foods, Chapters and Landmark Cinemas.
Woodgrove is owned and managed by Central Walk, a subsidiary of Ruby Liu Commercial Investment Corporation led by Liu Weihong.
History
Woodgrove Centre opened in 1981 with Eaton's and Woodward's as its tenants. Woodward's filed for bankruptcy in 1993 and the space was taken over by The Bay. Eaton's closed in 1999 following bankruptcy. In 2000, the mall was expanded from 530,000 square feet to 724,713. The Bay moved to the former Eaton's location. The old Bay/Woodward's space was demolished for a Walmart location which opened on July 11, 2002 after the Country Club Centre location closed the previous day.On September 1, 2020, Weihong Liu of Central Walk bought the property from Ivanhoe Cambridge.