KingswayMall

The closure of the 3 Bay stores in Edmonton will leave BIG retail space vacancies in Southgate, West Edmonton and Kingsway malls. Conventional thinking says there are few, if any, retail companies in North America that could even be considered as possible tenants for those spaces. Avison Young's, Paul Raimundo specializes in retail real estate, and he thinks filling these spaces will probably require "out of the box" solutions and not happen quickly.

Kingsawy Garden Mall has responded to the 44 per cent increase in the past four years at the food bank by really upping their rooftop garden.The rooftop garden now has 54 planters, which is hopefully will produce about 300 pounds of fruits, vegetables and herbs to donate to the food bank. They've learned a lot since last year and added more pots and their first beehive. The Mall's goal is to have a successful garden the Mall works with their gardeners at MicroHabitat as well as theirr retail gardeners here at Glass Earth Inc, and to raise awareness and inspire people to try urban gardening and beekeeping.

What Kingsway Mall has done on one roof could be replicated on other roofs throughout the City so the challenge is out..

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