A newspaper advert announcing Calgary's first bona fide "mall", which opened for business in August 1960. CHINOOK CENTRE, originally open-air in format, was anchored by a Vancouver-based Woodward's. Among its forty-five charter tenants were Holt-Renfrew, an S.S. Kresge 5 & dime and thirty-two-lane Bowladrome.
Graphic from Chinook Shopping Centre, Limited

The plot directly north of CHINOOK CENTRE was developed as SOUTHRIDGE MALL. Opening in October 1965, the dual-level complex incorporated thirty-three stores and services...including Simpsons-Sears, Cross Drugs, One-Hour Martinizing and a Loblaws Groceteria.

Graphic from Oxford Leaseholds, Limited

Meanwhile, the Stampede City's first enclosed shopping hub had debuted in August 1964. WESTBROOK MALL, anchored by Woolco and a Safeway grocery, contained fifty stores and services under its roof.   

Graphic from Westbrook Shopping Centre, Limited