Foothills Mall official opening set for Nov. 13

FORT COLLINS — An evening of holiday festivities on Friday, Nov. 13, will mark the official opening of the $313 million Foothills Mall redevelopment in Fort Collins, Alberta Development Partners announced Wednesday – even though some tenants may not open until 2016.

The event will feature a holiday tree-lighting ceremony, performances by local music groups, free photographs with Santa Claus, an appearance by Colorado State University mascot Cam the Ram, food sampling from Foothills restaurants and prizes including general-admission movie tickets for a year at the new nine-screen Cinemark theater.

Two-thirds of the available retail space in Foothills’ first phase “will be…