Fairview Mall
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Fairview Mall is a major shopping centre in Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
of about 80,000 m² (900,000 ft2), located at the northeast corner of Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue
in the former borough of North York
. In early 2009 it was jointly owned by Cadillac Fairview
(50%) and Ivanhoe Cambridge
(50%), two of Canada's largest real estate
property managers and developers.
Notable stores include (by size): The Bay
, Sears Canada
, Laura
, Shopper's Drug Mart, Forever 21
, Canada's first H&M retail location, Urban Planet, Sephora
and Zara.
With over 260 stores and services, the shopping centre also provides a personal style program that offers clients individual image consultations, personal shopping sessions, and other customized services for a fee.
Fairview Mall is located near the intersections of two major arteries: Highways 401 and 404, adjacent to the Parkway Forest
, Henry Farm
, Don Valley Village
, Seneca Hill, and Peanut communities, and with Toronto Public Library's
Fairview Public Library branch on the mall's perimeter. The shopping centre is also served by both a Toronto Transit Commission
subway line and a York Region bus rapid transit line
.
Cadillac Fairview Corporation also owns and operates Fairview Park Mall
in Kitchener, Ontario
, and co-owns Fairview Pointe-Claire
(Centre Fairview Centre) with Ivanhoe Cambridge, in Pointe-Claire, Quebec
.
and Simpson's as its department store anchors, and at the time was the fourth fully enclosed, as well as the first multi-level shopping centre in Metropolitan Toronto
. In 1978 the Hudson's Bay Company
(parent company
of The Bay) purchased the Simpson's retail chain, and subsequently sold its Simpson's store at Fairview Mall to Sears Canada
in 1991 (along with five others that were co-located with Bay stores). Sears Canada then converted Fairview's Simpson's into a Sears retail store.
, which opened much of its interior to natural lighting.
In late 2008 Fairview Mall completed a CAD$90 million (previously planned as $84M) three-phase full renovation and redevelopment project which had been started in July 2006. The redevelopment phases included an expanded Shoppers Drug Mart
and a large format Liquor Control Board of Ontario
(LCBO) store. The food court, a key highlight of the renovations, was moved to the lower level under a 60 feet (18.3 m) high skylight near The Bay. All entrances to the mall were updated to incorporate hands-free technology and the common areas inside the centre were transformed with greater open spaces and stylish wood finishes. Elevators serving the third floor offices were added for the first time, located near entrance #4. The front facade along Sheppard Avenue was also scheduled to receive a complete facelift by Fall 2009, including Fairview Mall's new "dining experience" area.
In 2009, new stores such as Sephora
, Hollister
, Zara, Forever 21
, and Bath & Body Works
also opened within the centre. Additionally, the Rainbow Cinema
was replaced by a brand new Cineplex
SilverCity theatre. The Rainbow Cinema had originally been an older style Cineplex theatre.
was redeveloped into a large bus terminal as part of the Toronto Transit Commission's
(TTC's) Don Mills subway station
(the eastern terminus of Toronto's new Sheppard subway line), and also as the southern terminus of York Region Transit's
Viva
Green bus rapid transit line
. A significant number of the TTC's local and express bus routes deploy from or pass through this terminal station, including express buses from nearby Scarborough
.
Additionally, for the duration of the closure of nearby Don Mills Shopping Centre
from June 2006 to 21 April 2009, a free weekdays shuttle bus service ran between the two shopping centres.
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
of about 80,000 m² (900,000 ft2), located at the northeast corner of Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue
Sheppard Avenue
Sheppard Avenue is an east-west principal arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A small portion of a continuation of the road in Pickering, Ontario is also called Sheppard Avenue.-History:...
in the former borough of North York
North York, Ontario
North York is a dissolved municipality within the current city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the central part of the northern section of Toronto. As of the 2006 Census, it has a population of 635,370. The official 2001 census count was 608,288...
. In early 2009 it was jointly owned by Cadillac Fairview
Cadillac Fairview
Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited is a North American investor, owner, and manager of commercial real estate.The name "Cadillac Fairview" came into existence in 1974 as a result of the merger between Cadillac Development Corporation Ltd and Fairview Corporation...
(50%) and Ivanhoe Cambridge
Ivanhoe Cambridge
Ivanhoe Cambridge is a property management and development company that formed from the merger of two former companies, Ivanhoe and Cambridge, in 2001.-Ivanhoe Corporation:...
(50%), two of Canada's largest real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
property managers and developers.
Notable stores include (by size): The Bay
The Bay
The Bay is a chain of 91 department stores that operate across parts of Canada. It is the main brand of Hudson's Bay Company , North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie, short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"...
, Sears Canada
Sears Canada
Sears Canada Inc. is a retailer, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, that operates in all provinces and territories across Canada with a network of 196 corporate stores, 195 dealer stores, 38 home improvement showrooms, 108 Sears Travel offices and a nationwide home maintenance, repair, and...
, Laura
Laura (clothing)
Laura is a Canadian women’s wear boutique chain. From a single boutique in Montreal, Quebec, Laura Canada has grown to 200 stores with plans for continued expansion and growth....
, Shopper's Drug Mart, Forever 21
Forever 21
Forever 21 is an American chain of clothing retailers with branches in major cities in The United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East that offers fashion and accessories for young women and men....
, Canada's first H&M retail location, Urban Planet, Sephora
Sephora
Sephora is a chain of cosmetics stores founded in France in 1970 and acquired by Paris-based conglomerate LVMH in 1997. The Sephora chain includes more than 750 stores in 17 countries...
and Zara.
With over 260 stores and services, the shopping centre also provides a personal style program that offers clients individual image consultations, personal shopping sessions, and other customized services for a fee.
Fairview Mall is located near the intersections of two major arteries: Highways 401 and 404, adjacent to the Parkway Forest
Parkway Forest
Parkway Forest is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the north of the city, in the former City of North York. North York was merged with five other municipalities and a regional government to form the new "City of Toronto" in 1998....
, Henry Farm
Henry Farm
Henry Farm is an officially designated neighbourhood in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the north central part of town within the district of North York....
, Don Valley Village
Don Valley Village
Don Valley Village is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Highway 401, and is bounded by Sheppard Avenue to the south, Leslie Street to the west, Finch Avenue to the north and Highway 404 to the east...
, Seneca Hill, and Peanut communities, and with Toronto Public Library's
Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library is a public library system based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest public library system in Canada and in 2008, had averaged a higher...
Fairview Public Library branch on the mall's perimeter. The shopping centre is also served by both a Toronto Transit Commission
Toronto Transit Commission
-Island Ferry:The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department. Since 1998, the ferry service is run by Toronto Parks and Recreation.-Gray Coach:...
subway line and a York Region bus rapid transit line
Viva Green
Viva Green, or the Don Mills-McCowan-Cornell line, is a bus rapid transit line in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada.There are 11 stations on the Viva Green line between Don Mills Station and McCowan Road in Markham...
.
Cadillac Fairview Corporation also owns and operates Fairview Park Mall
Fairview Park Mall
Fairview Park, situated at 2960 Kingsway Drive, is the largest shopping mall in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with of Gross leasable area and 120 stores. It is owned and operated by Cadillac Fairview....
in Kitchener, Ontario
Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
, and co-owns Fairview Pointe-Claire
Fairview Pointe-Claire
Fairview Pointe-Claire, also called Fairview Centre , is one of the biggest super regional shopping malls on the island of Montreal with about spread on two levels of shopping space...
(Centre Fairview Centre) with Ivanhoe Cambridge, in Pointe-Claire, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
.
History
Fairview Mall was built in 1970 with The BayThe Bay
The Bay is a chain of 91 department stores that operate across parts of Canada. It is the main brand of Hudson's Bay Company , North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie, short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"...
and Simpson's as its department store anchors, and at the time was the fourth fully enclosed, as well as the first multi-level shopping centre in Metropolitan Toronto
Metropolitan Toronto
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was a senior level of municipal government in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area from 1954 to 1998. It was created out of York County and was a precursor to the later concept of a regional municipality, being formed of smaller municipalities but having more...
. In 1978 the Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
(parent company
Parent company
A parent company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors; the second company being deemed as a subsidiary of the parent company...
of The Bay) purchased the Simpson's retail chain, and subsequently sold its Simpson's store at Fairview Mall to Sears Canada
Sears Canada
Sears Canada Inc. is a retailer, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, that operates in all provinces and territories across Canada with a network of 196 corporate stores, 195 dealer stores, 38 home improvement showrooms, 108 Sears Travel offices and a nationwide home maintenance, repair, and...
in 1991 (along with five others that were co-located with Bay stores). Sears Canada then converted Fairview's Simpson's into a Sears retail store.
Redevelopments
From 1987 to 1989 the Cadillac Fairview Corporation and previous co-owner Markborough Properties Ltd spent CAD$90M to provide Fairview Mall's first major expansion. Renovations at that time included a glass-tiered ceiling, similar to Toronto's Eaton CentreEaton Centre
Eaton Centre is a name associated with shopping malls in Canada, originating with Eaton's, one of Canada's largest department store chains at the time that these malls were developed. Eaton's partnered with development companies throughout the 1970s and 1980s to develop downtown shopping malls in...
, which opened much of its interior to natural lighting.
In late 2008 Fairview Mall completed a CAD$90 million (previously planned as $84M) three-phase full renovation and redevelopment project which had been started in July 2006. The redevelopment phases included an expanded Shoppers Drug Mart
Shoppers Drug Mart
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation is Canada's largest pharmacy chain with more than 1,241 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart in nine provinces and two territories and Pharmaprix in Quebec as well as in Hawkesbury, Ontario....
and a large format Liquor Control Board of Ontario
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario is a provincial Crown corporation in Ontario, Canada established in 1927 by Lieutenant Governor William Donald Ross, on the advice of his Premier, Howard Ferguson, to sell liquor, wine, and beer through a chain of retail stores...
(LCBO) store. The food court, a key highlight of the renovations, was moved to the lower level under a 60 feet (18.3 m) high skylight near The Bay. All entrances to the mall were updated to incorporate hands-free technology and the common areas inside the centre were transformed with greater open spaces and stylish wood finishes. Elevators serving the third floor offices were added for the first time, located near entrance #4. The front facade along Sheppard Avenue was also scheduled to receive a complete facelift by Fall 2009, including Fairview Mall's new "dining experience" area.
In 2009, new stores such as Sephora
Sephora
Sephora is a chain of cosmetics stores founded in France in 1970 and acquired by Paris-based conglomerate LVMH in 1997. The Sephora chain includes more than 750 stores in 17 countries...
, Hollister
Hollister Co.
Hollister Co., sometimes advertised as Hollister or HCo., is an American lifestyle brand by Abercrombie & Fitch Co. The concept was originally designed to attract consumers aged 14–18 through its SoCal-inspired image and casual wear. Goods are available in-store and through the company's online store...
, Zara, Forever 21
Forever 21
Forever 21 is an American chain of clothing retailers with branches in major cities in The United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East that offers fashion and accessories for young women and men....
, and Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works, LLC, is an American retail store under the Limited Brands umbrella. It was founded in 1990 in New Albany, Ohio and has since expanded across the United States and Canada. It specializes in lotions, bath items, personal care items, and home fragrances.The company launched both a...
also opened within the centre. Additionally, the Rainbow Cinema
Rainbow and Magic Lantern Cinemas
Rainbow Cinemas and Magic Lantern Theatres operate movie theatres across Canada. The Rainbow Cinemas chain was founded in the 1990s in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, while the Magic Lantern Theatres chain was founded in 1984 in Edmonton, Alberta...
was replaced by a brand new Cineplex
Cineplex Entertainment
Cineplex Entertainment LP , is the largest film exhibitor in Canada and owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 130 theatres with 1,351 screens. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec...
SilverCity theatre. The Rainbow Cinema had originally been an older style Cineplex theatre.
Public transportation
In the early 2000s a major portion of the shopping centre's parking lotParking lot
A parking lot , also known as car lot, is a cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface....
was redeveloped into a large bus terminal as part of the Toronto Transit Commission's
Toronto Transit Commission
-Island Ferry:The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department. Since 1998, the ferry service is run by Toronto Parks and Recreation.-Gray Coach:...
(TTC's) Don Mills subway station
Don Mills (TTC)
Don Mills is the eastern terminus station of the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is also a "Vivastation" on the Viva Green line of York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system...
(the eastern terminus of Toronto's new Sheppard subway line), and also as the southern terminus of York Region Transit's
York Region Transit
York Region Transit is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road....
Viva
Viva (bus rapid transit)
Viva is a bus rapid transit service operating in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Viva service is integrated with York Region Transit's local bus service to operate as one regional transit system providing seamless transit service across York Region and connections to northern Toronto.Viva was...
Green bus rapid transit line
Viva Green
Viva Green, or the Don Mills-McCowan-Cornell line, is a bus rapid transit line in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada.There are 11 stations on the Viva Green line between Don Mills Station and McCowan Road in Markham...
. A significant number of the TTC's local and express bus routes deploy from or pass through this terminal station, including express buses from nearby Scarborough
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
.
Additionally, for the duration of the closure of nearby Don Mills Shopping Centre
Don Mills Centre
The Don Mills Centre was a shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was located on a 44-acre commercial site, at the southwest corner of Don Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue East in the planned community of Don Mills. There were at least 98 stores during the height of the mall's existence...
from June 2006 to 21 April 2009, a free weekdays shuttle bus service ran between the two shopping centres.
Anchors and major stores
- The BayThe BayThe Bay is a chain of 91 department stores that operate across parts of Canada. It is the main brand of Hudson's Bay Company , North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie, short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"...
152420 sq ft (14,160.3 m²) - SearsSears CanadaSears Canada Inc. is a retailer, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, that operates in all provinces and territories across Canada with a network of 196 corporate stores, 195 dealer stores, 38 home improvement showrooms, 108 Sears Travel offices and a nationwide home maintenance, repair, and...
149552 sq ft (13,893.8 m²) - H & M 17186 sq ft (1,596.6 m²)
- Shoppers Drug MartShoppers Drug MartShoppers Drug Mart Corporation is Canada's largest pharmacy chain with more than 1,241 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart in nine provinces and two territories and Pharmaprix in Quebec as well as in Hawkesbury, Ontario....
11950 sq ft (1,110.2 m²) - LauraLaura (clothing)Laura is a Canadian women’s wear boutique chain. From a single boutique in Montreal, Quebec, Laura Canada has grown to 200 stores with plans for continued expansion and growth....
13173 sq ft (1,223.8 m²) in total, including: Laura Petites -5439 sq ft (505.3 m²), Laura -3971 sq ft (368.9 m²) and Laura Plus -3763 sq ft (349.6 m²)