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4.1 (36 reviews)
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Carolyn L.

Every city's downtown needs to have a shopping mall, and this is it for Calgary. The building is longish, spanning a few blocks, with anchor tenants Holt Renfrew and Hudson Bay at each end. It has undergone a few renovations, and is now a modern looking mall with glass and steel architecture, similar to those in Asian cities. It is still being renovated, at The Bay area. Shops wise, there are not that many which excite me, but then again, I am no longer that much of a shopaholic now. It does have a good mix of shops of both high end and high street fashion. There is a food court which seemed popular, and Devonian Garden. The garden, housed inside the mall, is mostly plants and trees, less of flowers. There is also a koi pond and playground. It is a good place to just relax for a bit. Someone was playing the piano when I was there, making it even better to chill. There is also a big chess area where you can play a game with your friends or family. Seats are available throughout the mall to rest.

Emi M.

I loved visiting this mall multiple times during my stay in Calgary. It's very easy access from the train station and it's connected with other neighboring buildings so I didn't have to get wet on a rainy day. This mall is very clean, and it has variety of stores you can get pretty much everything here. My favorite part was food court, it has so many options , and had far more healthier choices than typical malls in the US.

Denise W.

This mall reminds me of Oakridge in Vancouver. Its nice and bright and its located in the heart of downtown. This is great that you can shop after work or during your lunch time. Only thing is that the stores are so so. I mean for me. It doesn't have the stores that I am interested in. Walked around on a Thursday night (opens late and early in the week closes early) and it was pretty empty. I mean not a lot of shoppers. I do like the fact that this mall has some real lively plants. Definitely different

Purim L.

A very beautiful mall located downtown Calgary! It has many stores to shop or look through, a beautiful food court that has an indoor garden that you can sit down and enjoy lunch or dinner with a friend, family members or just yourself!

Tuong Vi P.

I did not really go shopping here, as I came here with my cousin to find clothes for her son after he soaked himself at Olympic Plaza. We found an outfit at H&M and just walked around a bit. My rating is for the architecture of the building and the cool indoor garden. The glass ceiling is amazing and naturally lets in an incredible amount of sunshine. This is helpful for the garden that is an indoor public park. The food court seems to encompass many different types of "mall" cuisine and I even looked at the gelato place with longing, since I knew I shouldn't eat gelato after eating several macarons at Monplaisir, the new French-inspired dessert stand near the elevator. While I did not expect that I would go to another city to visit a mall, circumstances required that we go to CORE Shopping Center and I was very impressed by how beautiful the place is. And oh, this is the first place where I have seen and used a touchscreen mall directory. Super cool.

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Du Preez S.

There are things about this mall I like a lot, and some things that I find a little annoying.. I'm not going to bring up the prices of most things in this mall, because as someone who has lived in the US for a long time, I would suspect its obvious that everything here is exorbitantly overpriced.. That whole topic is settled as far as I'm concerned.. My favorite part about the mall is the food court on the top floor with the class roof/ceiling. The views are amazing, and the selection of food court kiosks are in line with the general feel of the mall...being a lot of white, clean cut lines, water features and the food is very Asian fusion, looking very clean and healthy for the most part. What I don't really like is the awful escalator situation... I've found myself wasting much time looking for the right up or down escalator, and the elevators are slow, cumbersome, not much help, and the recorded voice that announces which floor one is arriving on, has an awful Irish accent (or something that passes for it ("going down" sounds like "goin duyyyyn").. this is Calgary people, not the London subway..get with the program..(i say that with love of course) Theres always a robust collection of transient street people present.. No judgment here, i mean I'm sure they need to warm up at times in the winter, but seeing people in tattered "clothing" that may or may not have seen the inside of a clothes washer since the first Bush administration adds a certain edge to the mall's ambience. But I digress.. I still like this mall better than larger centers like Chinook and would definitely recommend it to people staying downtown

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CORE was great. Nice design and tons of food and shopping options! It's very close to everything and it seems very family friendly.

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The worst mall I've ever been in! They make toddlers wait to get into their free play area, nothing…read morelike bringing babies to go play somewhere and they aren't allowed in for over an hour. We came to the mall to use the playplace and were going to go shopping after the kids played and got rid of some energy but because of this we will never go this mall again. Also couldn't believe the people running the "customer service" station directly outside the closed off play area. The staff seemed to only care about their phones while we were trying to check in to the ridiculous app. Not sure who's brilliant idea this play area waiting app was but it's having the opposite effect that they were after I'm sure. Won't even go to or order from any of the restaurants attached to this mall, keep up the horrible service

COREshopping - shoppingcenters - Updated May 2026

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