{{Update|date=June 2021}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2026}} {{short description|Mixed-use complex in Manitoba}} {{Infobox shopping mall | name = Shops of Winnipeg Square | image = Shops in "Winnipeg Square" underground mall in Winnipeg, Manitoba 03.JPG | image_width = 200px | caption = Shoppers Drug Mart and the food court | location = Downtown Winnipeg | address = 360 Main St.<br>Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3Z3 | mapframe-zoom = 14 | opening_date = {{Start date and age|July 24, 1980}} | developer = Trizec Corporation | manager = Frank Sherlock | owner = Crown Realty Partners (until June 2010), Artis REIT (since June 2010) | architect = | number_of_stores = 45 | number_of_anchors = | floor_area = | floors = 2 | website = [http://winnipegsquare.com Winnipeg Square Website] | belowstyle = | footnotes = | publictransit = {{rint|bus|1}} Winnipeg Transit <br> {{rbox|BLUE||#0064B1|white}} {{rbox|FX2||#F37043|white}} {{rbox|FX3||#F27EA6|white}} {{rbox|FX4||#6450A1|white}} {{rbox|F7||#00B262|white}} {{rbox|D12||#026C7E|white}} {{rbox|D13||#026C7E|white}} {{rbox|D16||#026C7E|white}} }} '''Winnipeg Square''' (also known as the '''Shops of Winnipeg Square''') is an underground shopping mall located at Portage and Main in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was built in 1979 by Smith Carter Parkin for the Trizec Corporation, and has 45 stores and restaurants.

It includes the 300 Main apartment block, 330 Main surface level retail complex, and the 360 Main Commodity Exchange Tower (also known as the Trizec Building).<ref>{{cite web |title=Trizec Building; Commodity Exchange Tower |url=https://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/360-main-street/ |website=Winnipeg Architecture Foundation |access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref> Winnipeg Square is connected to the Winnipeg Walkway through the Concourse which links all four corners of the city's main office district via an underground roundabout.

It has been estimated that 16,000 people pass through Winnipeg Square each weekday.<ref name="Update" />

== History == The mall was purchased from Oxford Properties Group and GE Capital Canada Inc in September 2007 by Crown Realty Partners, a Toronto-based company.<ref name="Update">{{cite web|last=McNeill|first=Murray|title=Winnipeg Square Gets an Update|url=http://www.downtownwinnipegbiz.com/resource/File/News_Articles/WFP-Aug-25.pdf|publisher=Downtown Winnipeg Biz / Winnipeg Free Press|access-date=24 October 2012|date=25 August 2008}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> The purchase included both the Winnipeg Square shopping mall and the former Commodity Exchange tower, now known as 360 Main for approximately $102.5 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winnipeg|url=http://www.dtzbarnicke.com/client/JJB/JJB_LP4W_LND_WebStation.nsf/resources/GV2008+Regional+Market+Reports/$file/Winnipeg.pdf|work=Global Views 2008|publisher=DTZ Barnicke|access-date=24 October 2012}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

In 2008, the owner of the Shops of Winnipeg Square began a $3 million upgrade to Winnipeg Square and the lobby to '''360 Main'''.<ref name="Update" /> In 2010, Artis Real Estate Investment Trust acquired the remaining 62% stake in the former Commodity Exchange Tower/Winnipeg Square complex for $70.7 million.<ref name="BannerYear">{{cite news|last=McNeill|first=Murray|title=Banner year for commercial sales|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/banner-year-for-commercial-sales-106469528.html|access-date=27 October 2012|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=1 November 2010}}</ref>

The Winnipeg Square parkade is a 936-stall heated parking garage located between Portage Avenue and Graham Avenue, and Main Street and Fort Street.<ref name=ParkadeOffer>{{cite news|last=TURENNE|first=PAUL|title=City seeks parkade offer|url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winnipeg/2009/03/25/8874901-sun.html|access-date=27 October 2012|newspaper=Winnipeg Sun|date=25 March 2009}}</ref> According to city documents, the parkade made a $1.5 million profit in 2008.<ref name=ParkadeOffer/> In 2009, the City of Winnipeg sold the parkade to the owners of the Commodity Exchange and Winnipeg Square for $23.6 million.<ref name=Unveils>{{cite news|last=Kives|first=Bartley|author-link=Bartley Kives|title=City unveils plan for parkade sale revenue|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/City-unveils-plan-for-parkade-sale-revenue-117942159.html|access-date=27 October 2012|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=14 March 2011}}</ref> The sale involved $400,000 in real-estate fees paid to Shindico, the Winnipeg firm that brokered the deal.<ref name=ReduceSurface>{{cite news|last=Kives|first=Bartley|author-link=Bartley Kives|title=Katz hopes to reduce surface parking lots|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/katz-hopes-to-reduce-surface-parking-lots-74505392.html?path=/local&id=74505392&sortBy=rank|access-date=27 October 2012|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=26 November 2009}}</ref>

Next to Winnipeg Square was the prairie regional headquarters of Scotiabank, at '''200 Portage Ave.''', a five-storey building that opened on September 13, 1979.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bank opens new building|date=September 14, 1979|work=Winnipeg Free Press|page=18}}</ref> Scotiabank has since moved their headquarters to the more modern True North Square at 242 Hargrave St., while maintaining a branch at 200 Portage Ave. featuring a more prominent street entrance (under construction).

As part of the 42-storey '''300 Main''' apartment complex construction, Winnipeg Square is getting a makeover. A pair of escalators were constructed. A GoodLife Fitness gym is being constructed at 330 Main that will open in 2020.

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==External links== *[http://www.winnipegsquare.com/ Winnipeg Square] *[https://www.artisreit.com Artis REIT] {{Commons category|Winnipeg Square}}

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