# Billings Bridge Shopping Centre

Ottawa, Canada · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-4fa60e8b60` · release 2026-10-22

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/canada/ottawa-billings-bridge-shopping-centre/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-4fa60e8b60.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-4fa60e8b60.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-4fa60e8b60

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | office, retail | none |
| What is there now | converted into an enclosed mall and a twelve-storey office tower was also added | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1954 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1972 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 65750 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **enclosed**: “When built, it was the first strip mall in Ottawa, although it has since become an enclosed mall.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Anchors

Reitmans, CIBC, Fairweather

## Timeline

- 1954: Opened as Ottawa's first strip mall
- 1954: Opened
- 1972: Converted into an enclosed mall
- 1972: Retrofit: redevelop
- 1975: Twelve-storey office tower added

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Billings Bridge Shopping Centre is a shopping mall located in the Billings Bridge neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a medium-sized community mall with 83 stores and services. Roughly 7.5 million people visit the mall every year and sales are about $527/sq foot. When built, it was the first strip mall in Ottawa, although it has since become an enclosed mall. It is located immediately south of the Rideau River on the corner of Bank Street and Riverside Drive. The mall's anchor stores are Walmart and Your Independent Grocer.
Billings Bridge Shopping Centre opened in 1954 as "the first one-stop shopping destination to serve all of the City of Ottawa" according to its owners.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billings_Bridge_Shopping_Centre

## Sources

- Billings Bridge Shopping Centre — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billings_Bridge_Shopping_Centre

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Billings Bridge Shopping Centre, Ottawa, Canada." Record n-4fa60e8b60, release 2026-10-22, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/canada/ottawa-billings-bridge-shopping-centre/ (accessed 2026-10-22).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_ottawabillingsbridgeshoppingcentre,
  title = {Billings Bridge Shopping Centre, Ottawa, Canada},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/canada/ottawa-billings-bridge-shopping-centre/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-4fa60e8b60, release 2026-10-22, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-22}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.