Melcor Centre
Shopping mall in Alberta, Canada
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Melcor Centre (originally the Lethbridge Centre) is a professional centre in Downtown Lethbridge, in Alberta, Canada. Originally built as a retail mall, the centre consists of a two-storey complex that now houses primarily professional offices and a conference facility. Its anchor tenant is the city's branch of TD Canada Trust.[1] It transitioned from a retail mall to a professional service centre over an 11-year period.[1][2] Its current owner, Melcor Developments Ltd., purchased the property in 2007 and renamed it to Melcor Centre in 2018.[2][3]
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| Location | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 49.6933°N 112.8425°W |
| Address | 400 4 Av S |
| Opened | 1975 |
Previous names | Lethbridge Centre |
| Developer | Poole Construction |
| Management | Grace Duff |
| Owner | Melcor Developments Ltd. |
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| Floor area | 446,272 sq ft (41,460.0 m2) |
| Floors | 2 (mall) 11 (office tower) |
| Website | www |
The main retail level and office tower were built in 1975 by Poole Construction at a cost of $22 million,[4] and the second retail level was built in 1988.[4] A two-screen Famous Players movie theatre opened at Lethbridge Centre in 1979 and was closed in 2005, around the time of Cineplex Entertainment's acquisition of Famous Players.[5] The 11-storey office tower is the 4th tallest building in Lethbridge and the tallest office tower.[6] A Hudson's Bay location was at the mall, in a space previously occupied by Woodward's from 1993 until 2025.[7]
