Store openings and shopping updates across Alberta — new Costcos, big-box arrivals, malls and the chains coming to your city.
The former Hudson’s Bay at Calgary’s Southcentre Mall is getting a new tenant. Walmart plans to open a two-storey, 165,000-square-foot Supercentre there in 2028, with full groceries, a pharmacy and a vision centre. But it isn’t a new Walmart for south Calgary. The Macleod Trail SE store is moving into the mall. Here’s what’s coming and what it means for shoppers.
Read More
A commercial developer has identified Costco as the anchor of the planned Stony Plain Power Centre. The first phase targets tenant possession between fall 2027 and spring 2028, although Costco has not officially confirmed the location
Tim Hortons is spending $62 million across Alberta this year on 17 new restaurants and 49 renovations. Alberta has about 12 per cent of Canada's population but is getting 21 per cent of every new Tim Hortons built in the country in 2026. Here is every community on the list, the addresses confirmed so far, and what happens when yours closes for the rebuild.
Lordco Auto Parts has opened in the old Peavey Mart building at 64 Carry Drive SE, its seventh Alberta store and the 87th in a Western Canada network. Eighteen people work there, 17 of them hired locally, under a manager who transferred from Revelstoke. It is open seven days a week, and the public grand opening is Saturday, September 12. Here are the hours, what the store actually carries, and what it means that a big box empty since the Peavey Mart collapse has a tenant again.
SUKOSHI is coming to Edmonton’s Kingsway Mall. The Asian beauty retailer is expanding its Canadian presence with a new location at 109 Kingsway NW. Here’s what’s confirmed so far about the store, products and opening plans.
Montreal's Westcliff announced Monday it has acquired Kingsway Mall, the 880,049-square-foot centre north of downtown. The release names no price and no seller, and Oxford Properties has run the place for years. It's the second Edmonton mall to change hands this month, on opposite terms from Edmonton City Centre.
The Alberta Court of King's Bench approved the sale of Edmonton City Centre to Westrich Pacific on August 7, a year after the property went into receivership. The first phase would put roughly 1,500 homes on the former Hudson's Bay space. The price is confidential, but the receiver's report says it lands below the roughly $300 million paid in 2019.
Construction is well underway on the new Costco at Manning Town Centre in northeast Edmonton, with foundations in the ground, a crane on site and the official Costco sign now standing at 153 Avenue and Ebbers Boulevard. The sign reveals details the company hasn't announced, and industry reports say the warehouse will replace the 50 Street store near Clareview. Here's where the project stands.
A 16,000-square-foot Planet Fitness is under construction inside the Walmart at 2075 Strachan Road SE in Medicine Hat, with an opening planned for fall 2026. It's the chain's latest Canadian location, built around low-cost memberships and, for Black Card members, extras like massage loungers. Here's what's coming and what it means for the city.
A 165,000 square foot Costco warehouse is under construction at Bingham Crossing near Highway 1 and Range Road 33, west of Calgary in Springbank. Rocky View County issued a $25.8 million building permit in January 2026. The opening is expected Fall 2026. It will be the first Costco on the western edge of Calgary — and the closest location to Cochrane, Harmony, and Canmore.
A ground-up new build not a renovation is coming to one of Lloydminster's fastest-growing corridors as the city's retail sector hits $3 billion in annual spending.
Samsung Electronics Canada has opened its first Alberta Experience Store at CF Market Mall in Calgary, giving customers a hands-on space for device support, repairs, and the full Galaxy ecosystem something previously only available in Toronto and Vancouver.
A new Costco planned for Manning Town Centre in northeast Edmonton has officially moved forward after a building permit was issued. While construction hasn’t started yet, residents are already debating traffic, access, and claims that it could become the largest Costco in the city.
Fort McMurray's new Walmart Supercentre in Parsons Creek opened October 22, 2026. It's 45,000 square feet bigger than the downtown location and sits in the city's fastest-growing neighbourhood. Here's what the store has and where it is.
Costco opens its Lloydminster warehouse on Thursday, November 19, 2026, at 75 Avenue and 19 Street: a 160,000-square-foot store with 900 parking stalls and a gas bar with diesel, gas and propane. Here is the location, the size, the jobs and what the city did to get ready.
Three new Costco warehouses are confirmed for Alberta in 2026 — Manning Town Centre in northeast Edmonton, Bingham Crossing near Calgary in Rocky View County, and a new location in Lloydminster. All three have building permits on record. Here's what's known about each.
The City of Edmonton approved a 600-unit apartment building at West Edmonton Mall back in 2002. It was never built. Now Edmontonians are asking why and the idea is going viral again
A new Costco warehouse is coming to Manning Town Centre at 153 Avenue and Manning Drive, giving Northside Edmonton shoppers a long-awaited alternative to the packed Yellowhead location. If timelines hold, expect doors to open around August 2026
New Costco Planned for Stony Plain, West of Edmonton: Location, Possible Opening Timeline and What We Know
Sep 15, 2026
Tim Hortons Is Building 17 New Alberta Restaurants and Renovating 49 More. Here Is Every Town on the List
Aug 31, 2026
Lordco Auto Parts Is Open in Medicine Hat at 64 Carry Drive SE: Hours, What Is in the Store and the September 12 Grand Opening
Aug 27, 2026
Sukoshi Edmonton: New Store Coming to Kingsway Mall in 2026
Aug 24, 2026