Kelowna’s Orchard Park mall to expand hours as stores begin to reopen

Starting next week, Kelowna's Orchard Park mall, the largest enclosed shopping centre between Vancouver and Calgary, will be adding hours to its daily schedule.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Orchard Park Shopping Centre only has a handful of stores open, and customers can only access them through one entrance and only by appointment.

The mall said in a notice on its website that it anticipates the hours will move to 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily beginning May 19 as more stores begin to reopen. The existing hours are noon to 5 p.m.

No mention is made of what stores will reopen that day or whether other entrances will be opened.

Clothing store Bluenotes is one of the stores choosing to reopen from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting May 20, according to the retailer's website.

The District on Bernard, an enclosed mall in downtown Kelowna, which closed at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, said in a Facebook post its closure has been extended to May 18.

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