The Billings Bridge shopping centre

The Billings Bridge Plaza is a shopping centre located in Ottawa, Canada. Originally built in 1954, it is the oldest enclosed mall in the city, though it did not become enclosed until 1975. It is located immediately south of the Rideau River on the corner of Bank Street and Riverside Drive. The anchor stores are a Zellers and a Loblaws. It is a medium sized mall by modern standards with roughly 80 stores. Billings Bridge Plaza, Ottawa Ontario; August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Billings Bridge Plaza, Ottawa Ontario; August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada location. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... rapids on the Rideau River opposite Carleton University The Rideau River is a Canadian river which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. ... Bank Street near the intersection with Laurier Avenue in downtown Ottawa Bank Street is the major north-south road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... Riverside Drive is a major road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that follows along the eastern bank of the Rideau River. ... Zellers Inc. ... Loblaws is a supermarket chain of 68 stores, headquartered in Toronto, with stores across Ontario and Quebec. ...

When it was built it had only 6 stores, of which two remain to this day: Loblaws and Reitmans. In 1962 the mall underwent a major expansion to 23 stores which made it the largest shopping centre in Ottawa at the time. Charles Ogilvy Limited opened a location at Billings Bridge in the 60s. Later it was replaced by a Robinson's, which was itself replaced by the Zellers in 1996. The second major expansion came in 1975, which saw the addition of an office tower housing federal government offices, and the mall became "enclosed" which was the trend in retail at the time. Loblaws is a supermarket chain of 68 stores, headquartered in Toronto, with stores across Ontario and Quebec. ... Reitmans Canada Limited is a Canadian retailing company, specializing in womens apparel and was founded in 1926 by Herman and Sarah Reitman, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Charles Ogilvy Limited, or Ogilvys, was a department store in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1887. ...

The shopping centre was extensively refurbished in 1996-1999. A large new atrium and food court were added at a cost of C$25 million. The shopping centre is located on the transitway, and serves as a major OC Transpo hub. (see Billings Bridge Transitway Station) In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit sevices operated by OC Transpo have two rapid transit systems: the Transitway, a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail line. ... OC Transpo articulated bus OC Transpo is a company providing transit service to the communities that make up the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... Lower platform Transitway (upper) platform The Billings Bridge Transitway Station is a station on Ottawa, Ontario, Canadas transitway bus route. ...

According to the mall's management, 6.1 million people visited Billings Bridge in 2003. At 450,000 square feet (42,000 m²), it earns C$543 (2003) per square foot (C$5800/m²), up from C$332 per square foot (C$3600/m²) in 1998. Capital City Shopping Centre Ltd. has owned the plaza since 1962, when they bought it from the original developers.

The mall is named after Braddish Billings an original settler of Ottawa. The bridge built over the river, near the site of the current mall came to be known as Billings' Bridge, since it led to his property. Braddish Billings (September 23, 1783 - April 8, 1864 ) was an early settler in the Ottawa area. ... Billings Bridge is a bridge over the Rideau River in Ottawa. ...

The mall uses the slogan: It's all at the bridge, all at Billings Bridge.