Suburbia Clients Win Big at 2008 Canadian Shopping Centre Awards

VICTORIA, BC – Suburbia Advertising is pleased to congratulate four clients who received national awards recognizing excellence in shopping centre marketing from the International Council of Shopping Centers at a ceremony in Toronto on October 29.

Coquitlam Centre in Coquitlam, BC and Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket, Ontario swept the Advertising category for centres between 750,001 and 1,000,000 sq. ft. with gold and silver Maple Leaf awards respectively.

Upper Canada Mall was a multiple winner, taking home five additional awards in the Grand Opening, Expansion & Renovation, Public Relations, Sales Promotion and Events, and Development/Design categories.

Finalists included Woodgrove Centre in Nanaimo, BC in the Business-to-Business category, and Willowbrook Shopping Centre in Langley, BC in the Community Relations category.

“We are very proud to be working with a group of clients who are truly committed to excellence in retail branding, and it was gratifying to see this recognized by the ICSC,” says Mary-Lynn Bellamy-Willms, CEO at Suburbia.

Founded in 1957, the International Council of Shopping Centers is the global trade association of the shopping centre industry, with 75,000 members in the US, Canada and more than 80 other countries.

About Suburbia Advertising
Based in Vancouver and Victoria, Suburbia Advertising is a leading retail branding agency and one of BC’s top 10 advertising agencies.

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Contact:
Mary-Lynn Bellamy-Willms, CEO
Suburbia Advertising
marylynn@suburbiaadvertising.com
www.suburbiaadvertising.com
250-744-1231 x 228