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MARKETING EVENT OR SALES PROMOTION EVENT OR SALES PROMOTION SILVER SILVER Centres 150,001 to 400,000 sq. ft. of total retail space Centres 150,001 to 400,000 sq. ft. of total retail space Bucket List Series #1 - NYC for New Year’s Eve St. Albert Centre St. Albert, Alberta Coins for Kids Westshore Town Centre Victoria, British Columbia Owner: H & R Reit Management Company: Primaris Management Inc. Owner: bcIMC Realty Corporation Management Company: Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP St. Albert Centre is in the heart of the proud Alberta town that it calls home. But during the holidays, the centre has historically played something of a supporting role – it’s where locals typically turn for a few last-minute stocking stuffers, usually in mid to late December. To place St. Albert Centre right in prime time for holiday shopping, we had to pique interest earlier, and engage the community with something really new. Our solution? Offer a once-in-a-lifetme NYC experience that would drive shoppers into the centre early in the November shopping season. In order to help recoup missed sales opportunities due to a province-wide BC Teachers’ Strike, Westshore Town Centre implemented Coins for Kids, a sales promotion that saw customers submit over $140,000 in store receipts as a means to vote for their favorite school. The winning school received $3,200 in funding from the centre to help pay for items that were no longer included in the school budget. Centrewide sales posted the first increase seen since June of 2014, food court sales increased by 5.8% and the centre was also able to collect and donate 2,000 pounds of food for the local food pantry. 21