Winnipeg Square Winnipeg Square Winnipeg Square (also known as "The Shops of Winnipeg Square") is a shopping mall in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was built in 1979 by Trizec Corporation, and is located downtown at Portage and Main with 45 stores and restaurants. Winnipeg Square is connected to the Winnipeg Walkway through the Concourse which links all four corners of the city's main office district via an underground roundabout. The mall was purchased from Oxford Properties Group and GE Capital Canada Inc in September 2007 by Crown Realty Partners, a Toronto-based company. The purchase included both the Winnipeg Square shopping mall and
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