Malls · Canada

Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre

Name: Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre
Address: Ottawa, Canada

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedOttawa, Canada

Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre opened 1972, closed 2019 after Walmart loss, demolished 2020‑21, now slated for RioCan high‑density residential redevelopment. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline

Website dead or redirecting

This site: …http://www.lincolnfieldsshoppingcentre.ca overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

Rail within 800 m

This site: Lincoln Fields openstreetmap · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: …planned high-density residential towers extraction · all sites with this

New use

Housing

This site: …planned high-density residential towers Long-term development plans by RioCan include high-d extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Demolishedextracted, unreviewed documented The mall's western half was demolished in 2021. en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented Long-term development plans by RioCan include high-density residential towers on the site. en.wikipedia.org
New uses	housingextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	planned high-density residential towersextracted, unreviewed documented Long-term development plans by RioCan include high-density residential towers on the site. en.wikipedia.org
Redeveloper	RioCanextracted, unreviewed reported

Planning

Planning notes	Long-term development plans by RioCan include high-density residential towers on the site.extracted, unreviewed reported

Site context

Transit within 800 m	Lincoln Fields (rail); 28 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	127, 127A, 127B, 129OpenStreetMap
Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 4 within 25 km: Westgate Shopping Centre (4.7 km); Billings Bridge Shopping Centre (8.8 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre (shopping_mall, confidence 0.77, from Foursquare, Overture); building footprint 4,260 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.lincolnfieldsshoppingcentre.ca (down or redirecting, status 0)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	22,567 since 2015; 1,910 in the last 12 months (-10% vs the prior 12); peak 2019-08 with 948Wikimedia

Summary, model-written

Opened in 1972 as a community mall in Ottawa’s Lincoln Heights neighbourhood, it underwent renovations and rebranding in 1985. After the Walmart store closed in 2016 and a Wendy’s fire in 2018, lease termination was announced in 2019 leading to closure that October. The eastern half was demolished in 2020, the western half in 2021, and the site is now cleared for RioCan’s planned high‑density residential towers.

Why. The closure is attributed to changing demographics and the departure of the Walmart store, as noted in the narrative. Demolition followed the announced lease termination in 2019.

Where it stands. The site is demolished and under the control of RioCan, which intends to build high‑density residential towers.

For a planner

Redevelopment strategy targeting housing conversion.
Long‑term residential plans noted by RioCan.
Open questions regarding timing, infrastructure integration, and community impact (not detailed in the record).

For a developer

Controlled by RioCan; entitlement stage appears to be long‑term planning for housing.
Site size, exact parcel boundaries, and environmental constraints are not specified in the record.
No explicit flood, transit, or market‑signal data are provided.

What we do not know yet

Exact site dimensions and parcel layout are missing.
Environmental constraints (flood risk, soil conditions) are not stated.
Transit proximity and access details are absent.
Market demand and financing specifics for the residential towers are unknown.
The record is marked as draft, indicating some fields may be unreviewed.

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre 2021 mosbo6 commons.wikimedia.org
Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre - … en.wikipedia.org
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History and original facts

Opened	1972extracted, unreviewed
Closed	2019extracted, unreviewed documented In October 2019, the mall was closed due to changing demographics in the area and departure of the Walmart store. en.wikipedia.org
Anchors	Rexall, Walmart, Metro
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in Canada

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Background

Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre was a community mall located in the Lincoln Heights neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was located between Carling Avenue and Richmond Road just west of Lincoln Fields station. In October 2019, the mall was closed due to changing demographics in the area and departure of the Walmart store.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

1964 Cinema City project proposed
1971 Groundbreaking
1972 Opened
1985 Renovations and rebranding
2016 Walmart store closure
2018 Wendy's restaurant fire
2019 Lease termination announced
2019 Mall closed
2020 Eastern half demolished
2021 Western half demolished

Sources

Wikipedia: Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed, year opened
15 quoted sentences
opened on May 24, 1972
In October 2019, the mall was closed due to changing demographics in the area and departure of the Walmart store.
Long-term development plans by RioCan include high-density residential towers on the site.
The mall's western half was demolished in 2021.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre, Ottawa, Canada." Record m-59fd2c8162, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/canada/ottawa-lincoln-fields-shopping-centre/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_ottawalincolnfieldsshoppingcentre,
  title = {Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre, Ottawa, Canada},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/canada/ottawa-lincoln-fields-shopping-centre/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-59fd2c8162, release 2026.10.20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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