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Hakim Optical in Richmond Hill. Karim Hakimi, a native of Iran, learned to make lenses from old window glass as a child. After a stint in the navy, Hakimi worked in the optical industry in Switzerland. [1] He then migrated to Canada and opened an optical laboratory in the former Elmwood Hotel (now the Elmwood Spa) in downtown Toronto, Ontario. [2]
Specsavers Optical Group Limited [1] is a British multinational optical retail chain, which operates mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the Nordic countries. The chain offers optometry and optician services for eyesight testing and sells glasses , sunglasses , and contact lenses .
Richmond Centre is a major transit hub for Richmond and is served by the SkyTrain system. The closest station is the Canada Line 's southern terminus, Richmond–Brighouse station . [ 9 ] The station is directly across the street from the mall's Shoppers Drug Mart / Coast Capital Savings entrance.
The following is a list of Canada's largest enclosed shopping malls, by reported total retail floor space, or gross leasable area (GLA) with 750,000 square feet (70,000 m 2) and over. In cases where malls have equal areas, they are further ranked by the number of stores.
This article is a list of notable shopping malls in Canada by province. Canada's first indoor mall was the Lister Block, originally opened in 1852, in Hamilton, Ontario . [ 1 ] The Lister Block was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1924. [ 2 ]
Richmond Square may refer to: Richmond Centre (mall) , formerly Richmond Square, in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Richmond Mall , formerly Richmond Square, in Richmond, Indiana
The Cultural Centre (1993) houses the library Brighouse branch, arts centre, archives, and museum. [14] The Caring Place (1994–2019) provided social services. On the east side of Minoru Blvd., Richmond Square Shopping Centre (1963) later developed into Richmond Centre. Sears, the anchor in the southern section, closed (2015).
The original plan for what was then called Eaton Centre, announced in 1980, called for several large office and apartment towers. None of the originally designed five towers was ever built but the multi-level Eaton Centre mall and the Delta Edmonton Centre Suite Hotel were salvaged from the project by heavy civic tax subsidies. [4]