Fairview Pointe-Claire (corporately styled as "CF Fairview Pointe-Claire") is the largest shopping mall in the West Island and one of the biggest on the Island of Montreal . It is located in the city of Pointe-Claire , Quebec , Canada, at the intersection of Trans-Canada Highway and Saint-Jean Boulevard.
31-608: Fairview Pointe-Claire attracts 8 million visitors each year. 175 stores occupy about 1,000,000 square feet (92,900 m) spread on two levels of shopping space. It is one of Cadillac Fairview 's oldest shopping malls. The major tenants are Hudson's Bay , Winners , HomeSense , Sports Experts / Atmosphere , La Maison Simons and Best Buy . Fairview Pointe-Claire was inaugurated on August 12, 1965 with anchors Simpsons , Steinberg's , Eaton's and Pascal's . It had exactly 70 tenants. Notable mid-sized tenants included Holt Renfrew , Ogilvy's and Woolworth's . Fairview Pointe-Claire
62-568: A Brazilian shopping center manager worth more than $ 1 billion. In 2012, Cadillac Fairview bought out the leases of Sears Canada in five stores for $ 400 million, including the lease of the flagship Sears at Toronto Eaton Centre . Many of the former Sears locations, including the one at Eaton Centre, became Nordstrom . In 2014, it purchased the Toronto flagship store of Hudson's Bay Company for $ 650 million. On September 21, 2015, Cadillac Fairview rebranded its shopping centre properties, adding
93-471: A result of the merger between Cadillac Development Corporation Ltd and Fairview Corporation . Cadillac Development Corporation was founded by partners Ephraim Diamond (d. 2008), Joseph Berman (1922–2003), and Jack Kamin in Toronto in 1953 as a developer of high-rise apartment buildings . Fairview Corporation was established in 1958 as the real estate division of Cemp Investments , the holding company of
124-785: A visitor. Cadillac Fairview owns, develops, and manages property, malls and large office and retail spaces across the Western Hemisphere , mostly in North America . Cadillac Fairview has also developed suburban housing, such as the Erin Mills "New Town". Among its Canadian assets are five Quebec properties, twenty-five Ontario properties, two Manitoba properties, eight Alberta properties, and fourteen British Columbia properties. Cadillac Fairview's malls are generally large and high-quality, with high-end stores and high sales per square foot. For instance, sales at
155-597: A visitor. Cadillac Fairview owns, develops, and manages property, malls and large office and retail spaces across the Western Hemisphere , mostly in North America . Cadillac Fairview has also developed suburban housing, such as the Erin Mills "New Town". Among its Canadian assets are five Quebec properties, twenty-five Ontario properties, two Manitoba properties, eight Alberta properties, and fourteen British Columbia properties. Cadillac Fairview's malls are generally large and high-quality, with high-end stores and high sales per square foot. For instance, sales at
186-521: Is a Canadian company that invests in, owns, and manages commercial real estate , mainly in Canada and the United States. As of March 2017, the company had 73 properties, encompassing 50 million square feet, worth over $ 40 billion. As of September 2017, Cadillac Fairview's portfolio consisted of 60% Canadian retail (mainly major shopping centres) and 26% Canadian office buildings. Cadillac Fairview
217-473: Is home to Fairview bus terminus of the Société de transport de Montréal . A new light metro station Fairview–Pointe-Claire station of Réseau express métropolitain is under construction next to the mall. Cadillac Fairview The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited , branded as Cadillac Fairview , is a Canadian company that invests in, owns, and manages commercial real estate , mainly in Canada and
248-505: Is wholly owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan . The name "Cadillac Fairview" came into existence in 1974 as a result of the merger between Cadillac Development Corporation Ltd and Fairview Corporation . Cadillac Development Corporation was founded by partners Ephraim Diamond (d. 2008), Joseph Berman (1922–2003), and Jack Kamin in Toronto in 1953 as a developer of high-rise apartment buildings . Fairview Corporation
279-574: The Bronfman family . Before merging, Cadillac and Fairview had already had strong ties since 1968. Bronfman-held Cemp Investments sold Cadillac Fairview in 1986. The company was purchased by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in March 2000. In 2006, it expanded its operations to Brazil by buying 46 percent of Multiplan Emprendimentos Imobiliarios SA, a Brazilian shopping center manager worth more than $ 1 billion. In 2012, Cadillac Fairview bought out
310-638: The Pacific Centre and 12 office properties. In September 2017, it announced that it would become a national partner to the Canadian Olympic Committee. In December 2022, Cadillac Fairview purchased a 25% shareholding in Stanhope plc . In July 2018, Cadillac Fairview disclosed that it had been employing facial recognition technology via embedded cameras on their mall directory kiosks, which collected anonymized information of
341-440: The Pacific Centre and 12 office properties. In September 2017, it announced that it would become a national partner to the Canadian Olympic Committee. In December 2022, Cadillac Fairview purchased a 25% shareholding in Stanhope plc . In July 2018, Cadillac Fairview disclosed that it had been employing facial recognition technology via embedded cameras on their mall directory kiosks, which collected anonymized information of
SECTION 10
#1732775455496372-1683: The Toronto Eaton Centre , a CF mall, were $ 1500 per square foot, while lower-end malls have sales closer to $ 325 per square foot. Cadillac Fairview has actively tried to sell weak malls, reducing its mall count from a high of 40 to around 20 in 2017. Notable properties managed by Cadillac Fairview, some co-owned with (or managed on behalf of) other investors, are listed below. Hillcrest Mall, Richmond Hill, ON Eastgate Centre, Stoney Creek, ON Centre Mall, Hamilton, ON Midtown Mall, Saskatoon, SK Cornwall Centre, Regina, SK Hamilton Eaton Centre (Hamilton City Centre), Hamilton, ON Parkway Plaza, Scarborough, ON Fairview Mall, St. Catharines, ON Cedarbrae Plaza/Mall, Scarborough, ON Maisoneuve Mall, Montreal, QC Sarnia Eaton Centre (Bayside Centre), Sarnia, ON North Hill Shopping Centre, Calgary, AB Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre, Edmonton, AB Les Galeries Ste. Anne, Giffard, QC Gage Square, Hamilton, ON Rockwood Mall, Mississauga, ON Domaine Mall, Montreal, QC Greenfield Park Shopping Centre, Montreal, QC Montreal Square, Ottawa, ON Vista Centre, Ottawa, ON Southland Mall, Regina, SK Fairview Plaza, Saint John, NB Thunder Bay Mall, Thunder Bay, ON York Mills Shopping Centre, Toronto, ON Parkwoods Village Shopping Centre, Toronto, ON The Towne Mall, Toronto, ON Don Valley Plaza, Toronto, ON University City, Toronto, ON Millway Shopping Centre, Mississauga, ON Peanut Plaza, Toronto, ON North Kipling Plaza, Toronto, ON Cadillac Fairview The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited , branded as Cadillac Fairview ,
403-577: The English name (with the letter "s") for the store signage of this location. At the time of its opening, Fairview Pointe-Claire was the first enclosed shopping mall in the West Island , the first shopping centre in Quebec with either a Simpsons or Eaton's store, as well as the second largest mall in all of Canada. Simpsons purchased a replica of Michelangelo 's Statue of David and installed it in
434-421: The United States. As of March 2017, the company had 73 properties, encompassing 50 million square feet, worth over $ 40 billion. As of September 2017, Cadillac Fairview's portfolio consisted of 60% Canadian retail (mainly major shopping centres) and 26% Canadian office buildings. Cadillac Fairview is wholly owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan . The name "Cadillac Fairview" came into existence in 1974 as
465-504: The company had used 5 million images from such kiosks to generate biometric representations of visitors' faces. It was also found that the biometric data had unknowingly been compiled into a database by a third-party technology provider "for no apparent purpose and with no justification", which "compounded the risk of potential use by unauthorized parties or, in the case of a data breach, by malicious actors". The report concluded that Cadillac Fairview had complied with their recommendations, with
496-504: The company had used 5 million images from such kiosks to generate biometric representations of visitors' faces. It was also found that the biometric data had unknowingly been compiled into a database by a third-party technology provider "for no apparent purpose and with no justification", which "compounded the risk of potential use by unauthorized parties or, in the case of a data breach, by malicious actors". The report concluded that Cadillac Fairview had complied with their recommendations, with
527-618: The estimated age and gender of customers. The company stated that this information was being used to analyze mall traffic. Following an investigation by CBC News and the announcement of a government probe, Cadillac Fairview suspended the program. On October 29, 2020, the federal privacy commissioner and his counterparts in Alberta and B.C. released a report detailing Cadillac Fairview's use of anonymous video analytics (AVA) to collect personally-identifiable information from mall visitors without meaningful consent. It found that at 12 properties,
558-563: The estimated age and gender of customers. The company stated that this information was being used to analyze mall traffic. Following an investigation by CBC News and the announcement of a government probe, Cadillac Fairview suspended the program. On October 29, 2020, the federal privacy commissioner and his counterparts in Alberta and B.C. released a report detailing Cadillac Fairview's use of anonymous video analytics (AVA) to collect personally-identifiable information from mall visitors without meaningful consent. It found that at 12 properties,
589-522: The exception of those "that speculate about hypothetical future uses of similar technology". Cadillac Fairview defended the program, arguing that the cameras' use were covered by a general privacy notice located on entrance signage (which warned that premises were monitored for safety and security reasons, and referred users to a company privacy policy on the company website), that the images themselves were only stored temporarily for analysis before being deleted, and that they could not individually identify
620-522: The exception of those "that speculate about hypothetical future uses of similar technology". Cadillac Fairview defended the program, arguing that the cameras' use were covered by a general privacy notice located on entrance signage (which warned that premises were monitored for safety and security reasons, and referred users to a company privacy policy on the company website), that the images themselves were only stored temporarily for analysis before being deleted, and that they could not individually identify
651-589: The fall of 2005. It was built in the place of the torn down Pascal's store, itself having been converted from 1992 to 1998 into an Aventure Électronique Superstore, competing against nearby Future Shop in Complexe Pointe-Claire . Like Aventure Électronique (but unlike Pascal's), Best Buy can only be access from outdoor. It was announced in September 2017 that the Sears at Fairview Pointe-Claire
SECTION 20
#1732775455496682-410: The leases of Sears Canada in five stores for $ 400 million, including the lease of the flagship Sears at Toronto Eaton Centre . Many of the former Sears locations, including the one at Eaton Centre, became Nordstrom . In 2014, it purchased the Toronto flagship store of Hudson's Bay Company for $ 650 million. On September 21, 2015, Cadillac Fairview rebranded its shopping centre properties, adding
713-455: The mall's hallway, a move that was met with criticism. In 1985, Fairview Pointe-Claire was extensively converted to a two-level shopping mall whose renovation was completed on August 14, almost to the day of its 20th anniversary. The mall went from 88 to 201 stores and its first floor was completely renovated. Among the additions was the introduction of the food court . Simpsons was taken over by The Bay on January 29, 1989, with no layoffs in
744-564: The mall. Cadillac Fairview retained its share of the mall. In 1997, Markborough Properties was swallowed by Cambridge Shopping Centres which merge in 2001 with Ivanhoe Corporation to form Ivanhoé Cambridge . In 2021, Cadillac Fairview swapped the 50% share it held in Galeries d'Anjou for Ivanhoé Cambridge's in Fairview Pointe-Claire to become the sole owner of the mall. The north parking lot of Fairview Pointe-Claire
775-553: The prefix "CF" in front of each shopping centre name and phasing out individual mall logos in favour of a standardized logo format and image campaign. In January 2017, Cadillac Fairview sold a 50% interest in its Vancouver portfolio to the Ontario Pension Board and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board . Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal involved 4 million square feet of leasable space in
806-414: The prefix "CF" in front of each shopping centre name and phasing out individual mall logos in favour of a standardized logo format and image campaign. In January 2017, Cadillac Fairview sold a 50% interest in its Vancouver portfolio to the Ontario Pension Board and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board . Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal involved 4 million square feet of leasable space in
837-636: The store. Pascal's declared bankruptcy in 1991. A Sears store of 164,000 square feet opened on August 12, 1992. It was a new construction built on the south side of the shopping centre. Eaton's closed on October 17, 1999 after 34 years in the mall. Sears relocated in 2001 to Eaton's former location. Sears's original location is now home to Winners / HomeSense , Sports Experts/Atmosphere , Renaud-Bray , Old Navy and Starbucks Coffee . On July 26, 2001, Déco Découverte opened one of its first two Quebec stores in Super C 's former space. A Best Buy opened in
868-415: Was a single level mall at the time; only tenants Simpsons, Eaton's, W.H. Smith Books, and Pascal's had two floors. Although they initially had only two floors, Simpsons and Eaton's were both built with the capacity to each house a third level in the future. Simpson's was located on the east end of the mall and had on the parking its own auto centre with an Esso . Eaton's was in the west end and back then used
899-462: Was established in 1958 as the real estate division of Cemp Investments , the holding company of the Bronfman family . Before merging, Cadillac and Fairview had already had strong ties since 1968. Bronfman-held Cemp Investments sold Cadillac Fairview in 1986. The company was purchased by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in March 2000. In 2006, it expanded its operations to Brazil by buying 46 percent of Multiplan Emprendimentos Imobiliarios SA,
930-484: Was originally the joint property of Simpsons Limited and Cemp Investments , and managed by Fairview Shopping Centres Ltd (a subsidiary of Cemp Investments). The mall was built by Cadillac Development Corporation. In 1974, Cadillac Development Corporation and Fairview Corporation merge to form Cadillac Fairview . From then on, Fairview Pointe-Claire was the joint property of Cadillac Fairview and Simpsons. In 1984, Markborough Properties replaced Simpsons as co-owner of
961-487: Was targeted for closure along with nine other stores all located outside of Quebec. The Pointe-Claire location closed in December 2017. The first level was repurposed for dining with the food court moving into the space on April 1, 2021. The second and third floors of the location were replaced a year later by Simons on May 5, 2022. The old food court was subdivided for Dollarama and Linen Chest . Fairview Pointe-Claire