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Guildford Town Centre Community Newsletter
job fair a huge success
City of Surrey previews new expansion On June 25, Surrey Councillors Bruce Haynes and Barinder Rasode were joined by several other City of Surrey staff for a hard hat tour of Guildford Town Centre’s expansion. After a safety orientation, the visitors walked through a preview of the crowning jewel of the $280-million redevelopment, the expansion. The expansion features more than 50 new stores and services, along with several other retailers who are relocating from other areas of the centre. “It was a terrific tour. I was very impressed with the sheer size and magnitude of the project,” Councillor Haynes said. He said grand details like the oversized living walls and circular food court give surrounding retailers a beautiful advantage, and the entire design is focused on lifestyle trends of the 21st Century. “What is going to be so wonderful... is how the centre is designed to be a place of community,” he said. During the tour, more than 500 construction workers remained hard at work, and the expansion is on schedule for completion in time for the August 28 Grand Opening. Check in with us on Facebook and Twitter for updates on what’s happening at Guildford Town Centre.
With a whole new line up of stores opening in the expansion on August 28, Guildford Town Centre hosted a job fair at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel on Thursday, June 27. With lineups wrapping around the entire hotel, close to 2,500 eager job seekers attended, many waiting as long as three hours to get into the job fair. There were 36 new and existing retailers, along with Concord Security and Customer Service represented and everyone was thrilled with the turnout. “Thank you for hosting an outstanding event, we were amazed at the response we got which was over in leaps and bounds to what we had expected. We are excited to be a part of the Guildford Town Centre family.” Miguel A. Velasco, Fossil, Store Manager. “Job fair was a huge success, I have never seen so many people.” Randy Binning, District Manager, GUESS. Once the expansion opens with more than 70 stores, the retailers at Guildford Town Centre will employ close to 4,000 people which is as much as the top employers in Surrey. This is great news for our community. There was extensive media coverage with CBC, CTV, OmniTV and JoyTV on site that day, and radio coverage the evening before and the morning of the event.
the Guildford Story was created to share stories and update our community about the redevelopment of Guildford Town Centre. We have published six editions in total – this is the final edition in the series. We would love to hear from you. How are we doing? Do you have any questions, or comments for us? Talk to us at Facebook or Twitter @ShopGTC or call us at (604) 585-1565.
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We’ve come a long way since first announcing the redevelopment of Guildford Town Centre in 2010.
organic touch (shown above are the new exterior living walls over 104 Avenue from both directions).
This is the first major project for the centre since opening in 1966 and we can see our vision for the future quickly taking shape. A fresh and exciting shopping experience has been emerging through the construction and today, it’s a new and very different Guildford Town Centre that stands at the corner of 104 Avenue and 152 Street.
In just over a month, this newly expanded world of shopping will be unveiled to the public. In addition to more than 50 new stores and services, the expansion includes a 1,034-seat food court with an expanded number of eateries, new escalators, elevators, updated décor and soft seating.
In October 2011, we opened our new Walmart Supercentre and a two-level parkade. Immediately after that, we launched the next two phases of the project and began a massive renovation of the centre. With the health of the community in mind, we took the lead and committed to a no smoking policy on shopping centre property, and more than 500 trees and the largest living walls in North America are being incorporated into the exterior design for a beautiful
“The opening of the expansion is a significant milestone in our $280-million redevelopment,” said General Manager, Peggy White. “I am so grateful to our customers, to all our retailers and the individual teams who came along with us on this complex, and very challenging journey. As we can see today, and especially on August 28 when we officially open our expansion, there really is a large reward for the community at the end of it all,” she said.
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