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21-623: Woodbine Centre was opened in 1985 by developer Cadillac Fairview , Its design served as inspiration for property developer Sir John Hall when planning the MetroCentre , the UK's largest shopping mall , in the 1980s. In 2008, proposed development of an entertainment centre at Woodbine Racetrack and the closure of national stores like Shoppers Drug Mart fuelled rumours that the mall was closing. Instead, then-owners Darton Property planned renovations, starting with redesigned washrooms. As of 2016,

42-568: 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

63-477: A person with a disability whom he had accused of shoplifting. During the altercation, which was recorded on security cameras and witnesses' cellphones, the guard was seen hitting the man, throwing him from his wheelchair, and yelling profanities at him. In January 2013, the Ministry of Justice ruled that the guard had used unnecessary force. He was fined $ 230 and had his security license suspended for two month with

84-785: 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

105-782: Is a shopping mall located in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Cadillac Fairview , the Ontario Pension Board , and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board , and is managed by Cadillac Fairview. Based on the number of stores, most of which are underground, it is the largest mall in Downtown Vancouver , with over 100 stores and shops, and the seventh-busiest mall in Canada, with 22.1   million annual visitors as of 2018. The mall

126-501: Is directly connected to the Hudson's Bay department store, Vancouver Centre Mall, two SkyTrain subway stations, and the former Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver . Built between 1971 and 1973, it was an unofficial Eaton Centre . It is a joint venture of Cemp Investments , Toronto Dominion Bank and T. Eaton Company Limited . The Pacific Centre was home to an Eaton's department store, succeeded by Sears Canada after 2002 and vacated in

147-559: 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

168-638: 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

189-1667: 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 Pacific Centre Pacific Centre (officially CF Pacific Centre since 2015)

210-658: The Canadian market. Pacific Centre is located at the Granville Mall , which is a junction between the Expo and Canada Lines of Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. Two stations service the mall, Granville and Vancouver City Centre station , respectively. In November 2012, BC attorney general Shirley Bond ordered an investigation into a Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) Genesis Security undercover security guard who physically assaulted

231-454: The assessed value of the property was $ 96,708,000. Woodbine Mall Holdings Inc. owed over a half-million in unpaid taxes that year. On May 2, 2023, Woodbine Mall Holdings Inc. was placed in receivership by Romspen Investment Corporation. Ernst & Young was appointed receiver. Fantasy Fair is an indoor amusement park and the largest in Ontario featuring nine full-sized rides: The mall

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252-504: 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

273-618: 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,

294-522: 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

315-519: The fourth quarter of 2012. A Nordstrom store opened in its former space in 2015. The City of Vancouver approved a 53,700-square-metre (578,000 sq ft) expansion of Pacific Centre, including retail premises that will extend to the street on both sides of West Georgia Street, and a direct link connecting the shopping centre with the new Vancouver City Centre SkyTrain station on Granville Street . The link opened in August 2009 in conjunction with

336-664: The mall were featured in Shazam! . 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 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

357-493: The opening of the Canada Line . On 20 January 2017, Cadillac Fairview announced an agreement to sell a 50 percent interest in its Vancouver properties, including Pacific Centre, to the Ontario Pension Board and Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board , each to hold a 25% stake. Cadillac Fairview, itself a subsidiary of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan , will retain the remaining 50% interest and continue to manage

378-487: 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

399-404: The properties. The rotunda glass dome at the northeast corner of the intersection of West Georgia Street and Howe Street was redeveloped in the early 2020s. Cadillac Fairview constructed a new two-storey pavilion building with 1,300 square metres (14,000 sq ft) of floor area that included a new Apple flagship store. Nordstrom's flagship store closed on 13 June 2023 as the company exited

420-569: 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,

441-586: Was used in the filming of 1987's "Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol", where David Spade is seen skateboarding through the mall. The mall also featured in the Animorphs television adaptation's second season episode Changes, Part 2. Various parts of the mall and Fantasy Fair also feature in 2021's 8-Bit Christmas Various parts of the mall and Fantasy Fair are featured in Season 5, Episode 1 of television show What We Do In The Shadows (2023). Various parts of

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