Orchard Park Shopping Centre
| Location | 2271 Harvey Avenue Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 6H2 |
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| Opening date | 1971 |
| Management | Primaris Retail REIT |
| Owner | Primaris Retail REIT |
| No. of stores and services | over 170 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 685,000 square feet (63,600 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | Orchard Park Shopping Centre |
Orchard Park Shopping Centre is a regional shopping mall in Kelowna, British Columbia. It is located on the major provincial highway, Harvey Avenue (Highway 97), at the intersections of Cooper Road and Dilworth Drive, south of Dilworth Mountain. With over 170 shops and services,[2] Orchard Park Shopping Centre is the largest shopping mall between Metro Vancouver and Calgary.[3]
History
Orchard Park opened September 28, 1971 on a former orchard. The original mall layout included anchors Sears and The Bay (although The Bay was not completed until 1972) and a corridor of 35 smaller stores. In 1980, the mall expanded with Woolco departement store and a food court. It expanded again in 1992 with Eatons before reaching his actual size in 2011 when Best Buy opened a location in the mall.
Transportation
Orchard Park Shopping Centre is one of the major transit exchanges in Kelowna. Public transit, operated by Kelowna Regional Transit System, have several routes connecting the shopping centre to the neighbourhoods across the city. It is also serviced by Cooper Stop of RapidBus, a bus rapid transit line connecting Downtown Kelowna to the UBC's Okanagan campus.
