Yorkdale Shopping Centre
The main entrance to Yorkdale
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| Location | 3401 Dufferin Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6A 2T9 |
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| Opening date | February 26, 1964 |
| Developer | Trizec Corporation |
| Management | Oxford Properties |
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Oxford Properties/OMERS (50%) Alberta Investment Management Corporation (50%) |
| Architect | John Graham Jr. |
| No. of stores and services | 250 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,700,000 sq ft (160,000 m2) (soon to be 1,845,725 ft2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Public transit access |
 Yorkdale (TTC)
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| Website | www |
Yorkdale Shopping Centre, or simply Yorkdale, is a major retail shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located several kilometres north-west of Downtown Toronto at the interchange of Highway 401 and Allen Road, adjacent to Yorkdale station on Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto Subway.
Yorkdale is the fourth largest shopping mall in the country and has the highest sales per unit area of any mall in Canada. It surpasses Vancouver's Pacific Centre, with current merchandise sales levels at roughly CA$1,610/square foot. The mall contains over 250 stores, including many luxury retailers. Many international companies have opened their first retail locations in Canada at Yorkdale, including Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla Motors.
Yorkdale is currently owned by a joint venture between the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System through its subsidiary Oxford Properties Group and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
In the 1950s, the department store chain T. Eaton & Co. bought a 40 hectares (99 acres) site at Dufferin Street and the 401 for a new massive, suburban location. In 1958, rival department store chain Simpson's purchased a 8 hectares (20 acres) site to the east and the plan to build the complex was announced that year. Design of the mall was given to the Seattle firm of John Graham Consultants, except for the Simpson's store, designed by John Andrews of John B. Parkin Associates. Howard Lesser was the planning and development consultant. Using Lesser's market research, the developers determined how much floor space to give up to each category of retailer, and chose retailers who would appeal to a broad range of shoppers.
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