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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name               = Westgate Shopping Centre
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| image              = Westgate Shopping Centre.jpg
| caption            = Westgate Shopping Centre as seen from the Carling Avenue and Merivale Road intersection
| coordinates        = {{coord|format=dms|display=title,inline|region:CA-ON}}
| address            = 1309 Carling Avenue
| location           = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| opening_date       = 1955
| closing_date       =
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| owner              = [[RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust|RioCan]]
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| number_of_stores   = 40+
| number_of_anchors  =
| floor_area         = {{Convert|15407|m2|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riocan.com/Siteplans/Siteplan-Ontario.pdf|title=Siteplan Ontario|website=www.riocan.com|accessdate=25 February 2017}}</ref>
| floors             = 3
| parking            =
| publictransit      = {{rint|ottawa|bus}} Westgate Mall
| website            = {{Official URL}}
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'''Westgate Shopping Centre''' is a [[shopping mall]] in the [[Carlington]] neighbourhood of [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It is located southwest of downtown, bordering [[Carling Avenue]], [[Merivale Road (Ottawa)|Merivale Road]], and [[Ontario Highway 417|Highway 417]], owned by [[RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust]].
The mall opened May 12, 1955, and is considered Ottawa's first shopping centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kitchissippi.com/2015/05/20/westgate-shopping-centre/|title = Did you know that Ottawa's first mall was built in Kitchissippi?|date = 20 May 2015}}</ref> The anchor of the mall was [[Freimans|Freiman's department store]], owned by Lawrence Freiman who already had a department store on Rideau Street. In advertising for its [[grand opening]], Westgate boasted that it had parking for over 1200 cars, weather-protected shopping and music for its customers.<ref>Ottawa Citizen May 9th 1955</ref> Other stores included [[Steinberg's (supermarket)|Steinberg's]], [[Tip Top Tailors]], a movie theater, [[Reitmans]], Kiddytown and a branch of [[Royal Bank of Canada]]. The [[Royal Bank of Canada|Royal Bank]] was the last remaining original tenant, before closing in 2022.
The mall is served by [[OC Transpo]] routes 55, 80, 81 and 85.
A proposed redevelopment plans to have the mall demolished and replaced in phases with high-rise commercial and residential buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/6164576-westgate-lands-could-be-reshaped-under-riocan-plan/#.VnAjw7PzUj0.facebook |title=Westgate lands could be reshaped under RioCan plan |access-date=2015-12-15 |archive-date=2015-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217190220/http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/6164576-westgate-lands-could-be-reshaped-under-riocan-plan/#.VnAjw7PzUj0.facebook |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first phase began in November 2019 with the demolition of Monkey Joe's Restaurant on the south-east corner of the property.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.westgateshoppingcentre.ca/}}
{{Ottawa shopping centres}}
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[[Category:Shopping malls in Ottawa]]
[[Category:Shopping malls established in 1955]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in Ontario]]