Good spot for multitude of on point services/products such as: GoodLife gym, Shoppers Drug Mart, Dave-On Foods, TD Bank, Tim Hortons, a couple of dentists offices, physio, full government liquor store. Best of all, 2 levels of FREE underground parking. An option to park out front at the meters.
Lougheed Mall is literally next door (at this time the condos are still in progress of being built), along with Walmart. Across the street from Northgate you'll find a plaza that has 4 different Asian food options, a Persian/Mediterranean market, and a Tae Kwon Do studio amongst a few other stores.
Northgate is pretty central to alot of new builds and is about a 5-7min walk from Lougheed SkyTrain/Bus loop station. The is active security on site and they do frequent patrols throughout the whole Northgate Village. Their are elevators going to all levels, as well as stairs. There's a movator going from P1 to the main floor.
Please be aware that the shopping carts from Save-On have a "vicinity" lock on them. Meaning as soon as you level Northgate it will lock up, this is especially so if you try to roll the cart from their front entrance to even before getting close to the sidewalk. I actually witnessed a mother with her car seat strapped-in baby in a full shopping cart get stuck and couldn't get to her car, that was parked about 20 feet away. Security had to assist her, her baby and all those groceries.
Regardless Northgate Village has some great amenities and services, near the SkyTrain/bus loop, offers free parking and is kept very clean.