Our first WEM site plans shows the configuration of the Ground Floor of the Phase I structure, circa-1981. At this time, the complex contained 220 stores and services and encompassed a modest (at least for this mall) 1,140,500 leasable square feet.

WEST EDMONTON MALL TENANTS 1981:

GROUND FLOOR

EATON'S (with Beauty Salon and restaurant) / SEARS (with Cafeteria, Beauty Salon and attached Auto Centre) / THE BAY (with Travel Service, Restaurant and Beauty Salon ) / MARKS & SPENCER / SAFEWAY supermarket / Addition Elle ladies' wear / Aggies Shoes / Aldo Shoes / Angela's Beauty Salon / Antel's ladies' wear / Ayres ladies' wear / Bank of Montreal / Bata Shoes / Bed & Bath / Below the Belt apparel / Big Steel men's wear / Birks Jewelers / Black Sheep ladies' wear / Boutique Marie Claire ladies' wear / Brackenberry's Fine Fruits & Nuts / Cactus ladies' wear / Cadet Cleaners / California Waterbeds / Canadian Odeon West Mall Cinema 6 (basement floor) / Champs Elysee' Beauty Salon / Chippery House retaurant / Circus Circus / Classic Bookshop / Cojana ladies' wear / Cole's Books / Colony men's wear / Completions By Wayne / Couples apparel / Courtyard restaurant / Craft Shack / D'Alliard's ladies' wear / Dack's Shoes / Daimy's ladies' wear / Daines western wear / David's men's wear / Dog's Ear Boutique / Donna J. Maternity / Electro T's apparel / Elizabeth Ashley ladies' wear / Erica's Deli / Ethos ladies' wear / Eurodown Quilts / Fairweather apparel / 50 Minute Photo / Foot Locker / For Goodness Sake restaurant / Grandma Lee's Bakery & Eating Place / House of Knives / House of Light home furnishings / Jack Fraser men's wear / Jane's Dream Cards & Gifts / Japan Camera / Jason Goldsmith Jewelers / Jean Junction / Karmelkorn / Kinney Shoes / Klondyke Flower Boutique / L'Amour Cards & Gifts / La Cafeterie / Laura Secord restaurant / Le Chateau apparel / Leather Attic / Lewis Shoes / Mannequin ladies' wear / Mama Brava restaurant / Mappins Jewelers / Marlin Travel / Mmmuffins / Micro Cooking Centre / Optical Prescription / Optimetric Centre / P3 ladies' wear / Peoples Jewelers / Pot Pourri / Radio Shack / Rebounders / Record People / Reed's China & Gift / Ricki's ladies' wear / San Francisco Cards & Gifts / Scotty's Place restaurant / Serena ladies' wear / Sheffield & Sons / Shoppers Drug Mart / Smitty's restaurant / Sterling Naturalizer Shoes / Suzy Creamcheese ladies' wear / Suzy Shier ladies' wear / The Loft-Side Effect ladies' wear / The May Company ladies' wear / Things Engraved / Toys & Wheels / Union Centre Credit Union / Unique Imports / Val Berg men's wear / Walters Jewelers / Viva Shoes / Zazoo men's wear 

GOURMET WORLD FOOD COURT
A & W Root Beer / Bloom's / Burger Way / China Court / Coco's / Cossack's Ukranian Foods / Ground Rebound / Hungry Herbies / Louie's Submarine / Malt Shop / Mama Donair & Pizza / One Potato Two / Orange Grove / Rib & Wing / Seaworld Seafood / Soeul Corner / Stew House

SECOND FLOOR

EATON'S / SEARS / THE BAY / MARKS & SPENCER / Abington's home furnishings / Agnew Shoes / Athlete's World / Bag It leather goods / Bally Shoes / Bank of Montreal / Ben Moss Jewelers / Beverly Hills Jewelers / Bob The Tailor / Bootlegger apparel / Bowrings Cards & Gifts / Breslau & Warren Jewellers / Bruno Scola shoes / Bryan's ladies' wear / Bumblebee children's wear / Burdines ladies' wear / Cara Shops Cards & Gifts / Cascade Organ Centre / Cedar Shoes / Chocolate Chocolat / Claire Haddad Collection ladies' wear / Dawn's House of Fashion / Denbigh Street ladies' wear / Deter Shoes / Devonshire Cream ladies' wear / Edmonton Telephones / Emotions ladies' wear / Fish Bowl Pets / Florsheim Shoes / Francine's ladies' wear / Fredelle Shoes / Fragrance / Furs By Leo / Gazebo ladies' wear / Good Grief children's wear / Hairloom Barber Shop / Harper's ladies' wear / Harry Rosen men's wear / Holly's ladies' wear / Irene Hill ladies' wear / It's About Time / J. Michaels ladies' wear / Jessica's Fabrics / Kids Kloset / Lad & Lassie children's wear / Laura Ashley ladies' wear / Lilliane ladies' wear / Lipton's ladies' wear / Lewiscraft hobbies & crafts / Maher Shoes / Maria's Fashions / Mariposa ladies' wear / Mayfair Shoes / McKenzie Jewelers / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / Mr. Big & Tall men's wear / Mr. J's Fashion men's wear / Mr. Sound music & records / Modissa ladies' wear / Northern Images Cards & Gifts / Nouveau Arts & Accessories /  O.B. Allan Jewellers / O'Shea's Market Ireland / Orientique ladies' wear / Pacific Stereo / Park Lane Jewellers / Peaches & Creme ladies' wear / Pegabo Shoes / Petite Collection / Peter Wolf apparel / Petrocelle men's wear / Reitman's / Rodier ladie's wear / Royal Bank / St. Clair Paint & Paper / Scholar's Choice Books / Shirley-K Maternity / Signature apparel / Smart Set ladies' wear / Smiles Dental Centre / Spice of Life / Stitches apparel / Stefano ladies' wear / Tannery Row / The Leather Place / The Leather Ranch / The Picture Store / Thomas Jeffrey-Christian Dior men's wear / Thrifty's apparel / Tops 'n Toys / Varese of Italy Shoes / W.H. Smith Celebration / West Edmonton Barber Shop / Young at Heart Jewellers / Zales Jewellers