West Edmonton Mall located in Edmonton

Edmonton

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, Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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, is the largest shopping mall

Shopping mall

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 in North America

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 and the fifth largest in the world. The mall was founded by the Ghermezian brothers

Ghermezian family

The Ghermezian family is a Canadian family of Iranian Jewish origin who have developed several of the world's largest shopping malls. The family's holdings include the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota and the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Canada. In 2011, the family's Triple Five Group...

, who emigrated from Iran in 1959. It was the world's largest mall until 2004.

West Edmonton Mall covers a gross area of about 570,000 m² (well over 6 million sq ft). There are over 800 stores and services and parking for more than 20,000 vehicles.