Baker Street Mall repurposed

Its central location with plenty of parking makes Cranbrook’s Baker Street Mall a perfect home for a health support centre

by Marie Milner — February 20, 2014

Man in a quilted jacket stands outside next to a building bearing a sign saying Baker Street Mall

Chad Jensen of New Dawn Developments in Cranbrook, B.C., plans to convert the Baker Street Mall into a health support centre. — Marie Milner photo

The partially occupied Baker Street Mall, adjacent to the Safeway in downtown Cranbrook, B.C., will be given a new purpose and a new function. Baker Street Professional Centre Ltd. (BSPC), an affiliate of New Dawn Developments Ltd., made the announcement on February 4, 2014, that it has now acquired the mall.

The 55,000-square-foot building has been under utilized for some time now, with just six tenants: Sears Hometown Store, the Red Cross, Impalla Security Services, Cranbrook Drycleaners, Funky Stuff Fashion Accessories and Spice Hut East Indian Cuisine. According to BSPC, the shopping complex will be converted into a professional centre with a focus on health care.

Chad Jensen, president of BSPC and New Dawn, said he’s excited about the project and looks forward to developing a central facility where physicians and related health-care providers and support services are easily accessible to patients. Plans are in place to open the first phase of the centre in the summer of 2014.