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Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Yorkdale Mall, or simply Yorkdale, is a major retail shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located at the southwest corner of the interchange between Highway 401 and Allen Road , it opened in 1964 as the largest enclosed shopping mall in the world. [ 3 ]
Mall name, location Prv Retail space (sq. ft.) Retail space (m 2) Stores Main tenants Ownership (property manager) Year opened Annual visitors Revenue per square foot West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton: Alberta: 3,800,000 [1] 350,000 800 [2] [3]
Yorkdale Shopping Centre is Toronto's first of its kind and was the world's largest shopping mall at the time of opening, [1] while Toronto Eaton Centre is the most visited shopping mall in North America. These five malls were completed within a 13-year span in the 1960s and 1970s.
A new store in Gatineau, Quebec, opened on August 13, 2015, investing $21 million in the location. [8] Furthermore, in 2015, a location opened at Park Royal Shopping Centre in West Vancouver, British Columbia. [5] A store in Calgary, Alberta, opened on March 16, 2017, in the Lancaster Building as part of The Core shopping mall.
Of the first four stores announced, the Calgary store was the first to open on September 19, 2014. [73] It was followed by the Ottawa store on March 6, 2015; [74] the Vancouver store on September 18, 2015; [75] and the Sherway Gardens store on September 15, 2017. [76] The Yorkdale store was confirmed on April 8, 2013, [77] and opened on October ...
Sporting Life in Hillcrest Mall, Richmond Hill, ON. The co-founders of Sporting Life sold a 75% stake to Fairfax in late 2011 in order to fund the retailer's expansion. The plan was to open two stores a year, with suggested locations in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and Montreal, each store being in the 30,000-50,000 square foot range.
It established in-store shops for its Miss Renfrew line, marketed to "Young Careerists, College Girls, and Young Matrons," who wished to dress fashionably on a budget. [28] Holt Renfrew's retail expansion continued with mall openings at Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre in 1964, and Place Ste-Foy, Quebec City, in 1965. [29]
At the time, the interior design of the Eaton Centre was considered revolutionary and influenced shopping centre architecture throughout North America. Exterior of the Eaton Centre, 1979, from the City of Toronto Archives. The first phase, including the nine-storey, 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000 m 2) Eaton's store, opened in 1977. The temporary ...