A circa-1958 physical layout depicts the newly-completed shopping complex. It was, in essence, a strip-type structure with small open-air mallway in the middle. Adjacent to this section were an upper level suite of office spaces and subterranean bowling alley. The CENTRE, which housed around forty-six stores and services, with free parking for 2,500 autos.
CALGARY CENTRE TENANTS 1958:
SIMPSONS-SEARS (with cafeteria, snack bar, optical centre, garden and farm department and freestanding Super Service Station & Auto Centre) / DOMINION supermarket (with snack bar and bakery) / LOBLAWS GROCETERIA / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / ZELLER'S discount mart / Agnew-Surpass Family Footwear 1 / Agnew-Surpass Family Footwear 2 / Alberta Trophy & Gift / Bata Shoes / Betty Shoppes ladies' wear / Card & Candy Shop / Calgary Centre Bowling Lanes / Exquisite Flowers / Fabric Care Cleaners / Joe Mark Men's Wear / Jiffy Car Bar cafe / Lad & Lassie Shops / Lazy Susan Grill / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / New Method Cleaners / Otto's Lady Fair beauty salon / Park Lane Restaurant & Banquet Room / PMS Camera & Hobby Shop / Reed's China & Gifts / Silk-O-Lina ladies' wear / Reitman's ladies' wear / Sassville Paint & Wallpaper / Stauffer Slenderizing System / Tamblyn Rexall Drugs (with luncheonette) / The Bank of Commerce / The Barber Shop / Toronto-Dominion Bank / United Cigar Stores
SHOPPING CENTRE OFFICE BUILDING:
Canadian College Of Organists / Hervey W. Gimbel, Medical Doctor / Empire Life Insurance / H & S Kent Associates / MacDonald & Cowper-Smith Barristers & Solicitors / Prudential Life Insurance