So apparently the New Horizon mall has been open since June. I've driven by it a couple times and had no idea it was actually open. Apparently no one else knows that, either...Maybe a few signs would help for people on their way to CrossIron. Or maybe they are to embarrassed to advertise given the vacancy level.
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The mammoth mall was billed as a modern, international bazaar with an Asian flavour, opening quietly this summer just outside Calgary, south of the CrossIron Mills megamall.
But of its 517 retail units, only nine — less than 2% — are currently occupied and open for business, despite the mall being open since June.
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BS detector?
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Earlier this summer the mall said it was 99% sold. Now it just needs businesses to breathe life into it.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...831026?cmp=rss
I'm doubtful this concept is going to succeed. Maybe 20 years ago, it would be a nicer version of Crossroads Market selling junky electronics and trinkets. But these days I can't imagine they will have much on offer that you can't order on the internet. Being in the middle of nowhere means you have to have a compelling reason for people to go there. I'm not really sure what that reason is, but then I loath all malls so I'm not really their target.