Fairview Park Mall
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| Location | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
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| Opening date | 1966 |
| Management | Cadillac Fairview |
| Owner | Cadillac Fairview |
| No. of stores and services | 120 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 746,334 sq ft (69,336.7 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | http://www.fairviewpark.ca |
CF Fairview Park, (formerly known as Fairview Park Mall) situated at 2960 Kingsway Drive, is the largest shopping mall in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with 730,000 square feet (68,000 m2) of Gross leasable area[1] and 120 stores.[2] It is owned and operated by Cadillac Fairview.[1]
Fairview Park opened in 1966, in the Parkway neighbourhood of the recently expanded City of Kitchener, between Kingsway Drive, Wilson Avenue, Fairway Road, and Highway 8. The mall's presence over the years has turned Fairway Road into a major commercial strip.[citation needed] It is one of the four biggest malls in the region.
The initial department-store anchors were Simpsons-Sears on the south end and a Zehrs supermarket at the north end. A new wing with Woolco was added on the east in the 1970s along with 20 stores, and Simpson's on the west was added in the 1980s along with 40 more stores. In the time since, Simpsons-Sears has become Sears, Woolco was converted to a Wal-Mart, and Simpson's became The Bay. The small Zehrs supermarket had been located facing Kingsway Drive, but moved to Weber Street across the Highway 8 Expressway (in an outdoor plaza on the site of the demolished 200 000 square foot "HiWay Market" grocery and department superstore, which had operated from 1952 to 1987) and its space was redeveloped, partially into the current food court and partially into a PharmaPlus location (which later closed).
From early 2007 to that summer, the mall underwent a major $33.4-million redevelopment. This renovation included a new food court and new interiors, including higher ceilings. The parking lot was also refurbished. It was the first major renovation since 1986.[3]
The mall is accessible from Highway 8 and Fairway Road, and is served by many Grand River Transit bus routes connecting to the surrounding areas of Kitchener and to Cambridge and Waterloo.[citation needed]
Anchor stores
- Hudson's Bay (184,714 sq ft.) (previously Simpson's)
- Sears (191,195 sq ft.)
- Walmart (125,664 sq ft.) (formerly Woolco)
Transit terminal
Fairview Park Mall Transit Terminal | |
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| General information | |
| Coordinates | 43°25′23″N 80°26′28″W / 43.42306°N 80.44111°W |
| Bus stands | 11[4] |
| Bus operators | Template:Canada transit connectionTemplate:Canada transit connection |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | bus shelters only |
| Bicycle facilities | no |
| Accessible | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 1966 |
The terminal is located beside the southwest entrance to The Bay store.[4] This facility operates as a major hub for Grand River Transit (GRT), with most of the routes served terminating here. The Region's Ion rapid transit system will service here as well; in the initial stage, Fairview will be the Light Rail Transit line's southern terminus, with adapted Bus Rapid Transit continuing on toward Cambridge.
GRT bus service
- iXpress between the Ainslie St. Transit Terminal and Conestoga Mall
- Route 1 Queen - River
- Route 7 Mainline
- Route 8 to University via downtown Kitchener
- Route 10 Conestoga College and Route 110 College Express, to Conestoga College
- Route 12 Conestoga Mall
- Route 23 Idlewood
- Route 27 Chicopee
- Route 52 Ainslie St. Terminal
References
- ^ a b Cadillac Fairview Retail Portfolio. Accessed July 16, 2007. Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fairview Park Directory Listing. Accessed July 16, 2007.
- ^ "Fairview mall to get $33.4-million facelift". The Record. 2006-05-10.
- ^ a b GRAND RIVER TRANSIT BUS PLATFORMS at FAIRVIEW PARK