Yorkdale Shopping Centre

"Yorkdale" redirects here. For the subway station, see Yorkdale station. For the bus terminal, see Yorkdale Bus Terminal. For the neighbourhood, see Yorkdale-Glen Park.

Yorkdale Shopping Centre
The north entrance in 2008
Map
Coordinates43°43′32″N 79°27′10″W / 43.725599°N 79.452696°W / 43.725599; -79.452696
Address3401 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario
M6A 2T9
Opening dateFebruary 26, 1964; 60 years ago (1964-02-26)
DeveloperTrizec Corporation
ManagementOxford Properties
OwnerAIMCo (50%)
OMERS (50%)[1]
ArchitectJohn Graham Jr.[2]
No. of stores and services250
No. of anchor tenants6
Total retail floor area1,845,725 sq ft (171,473.5 m2)
No. of floors2 (main level for retail, underground level for shipping/receiving, food court is on 2nd/3rd floors, The Bay and Restoration Hardware occupy four floors in their respective anchor spaces)
Parking4 lots, 4 parkades, 1 valet
Public transit access Yorkdale
Bus interchange Yorkdale Bus Terminal
Toronto Transit Commission Buses
Websiteyorkdale.com

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] Yorkdale is currently the third largest shopping mall in Canada by floor space and has the highest sales per unit area of any mall in Canada,[4] with current merchandise sales levels at roughly CA$1,905 per square foot (CA$20,505.25 per square metre).[5] At 18 million annual visitors, it is one of the country's busiest malls.[6] Many international retailers have ventured the Canadian market initially at Yorkdale.

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.[1]

  1. ^ a b "AIMCo 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Alberta Investment Management Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 21, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
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  3. ^ "Yorkdale Shopping Centre Opened as World's Largest Enclosed Shopping Mall".
  4. ^ "These Are Canada's Most Money-Making Malls". HuffPost. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  5. ^ "Oxford Properties - Property Overview". Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  6. ^ Farooqui, Salmaan (November 17, 2017). "Not a piece of cake". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 19, 2017.