Woodbine Mall

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Woodbine Mall
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Woodbine Centre Atrium in 2023
Woodbine Mall
Coordinates 43°43′13″N79°36′01″W / 43.72028°N 79.60028°W / 43.72028; -79.60028
Address500 Rexdale Boulevard
Toronto, Ontario
M9W 6K5
Opening date1985
Developer Cadillac Fairview
OwnerWoodbine Mall Holdings
ArchitectCrang and Boake Incorporated [1]
No. of stores and services107
No. of anchor tenants 2
Total retail floor area 750,000 sq ft (69,677 m2) [2]
No. of floors2
Website Woodbine Mall
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Exterior of the mall

Woodbine Mall & Fantasy Fair is a shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Rexdale Boulevard and Highway 27 in the Rexdale area of Toronto, across Rexdale Boulevard from Woodbine Racetrack. The mall has over 130 stores and is home to Fantasy Fair, a year-round indoor amusement park. The fair houses a Charles I. D. Looff carousel. It is one of 13 still in operation today. [3] They also have a 50-foot ferris wheel which they say is the only one in North America. [3] The ferris wheel was closed in April 2024. [4]

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History

Woodbine Centre was opened in 1985 by developer Cadillac Fairview, [1] Its design served as inspiration for property developer Sir John Hall when planning the MetroCentre, the UK's largest shopping mall, in the 1980s. [5] CF sold Woodbine Centre in 2005 to a numbered company. [6]

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. [7]

As of 2016, the assessed value of the property was $96,708,000. Woodbine Mall Holdings Inc. owed over a half-million in unpaid taxes that year. [8]

On May 2, 2023, Woodbine Mall Holdings Inc. was placed in receivership by Romspen Investment Corporation. Ernst & Young was appointed receiver. [9]

Fantasy Fair Amusement Park

Fantasy Fair
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Fantasy Fair in 2023
Location Toronto, Ontario Canada
Opened1985
Attractions
Total9

Fantasy Fair is an indoor amusement park and the largest in Ontario featuring nine full-sized rides: [10]

The mall was featured in the filming of Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol , where David Spade is seen skateboarding through the mall and the Animorphs TV series (in a second season episode called "Changes, Part 2").

Various parts of the mall and Fantasy Fair were also featured in Shazam! , What We Do In The Shadows (season 5, episode 1), and 8-Bit Christmas .

References

  1. 1 2 "Woodbine Shopping Centre Rexdale". 24 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Woodbine Centre: Project Overview". Marino. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Rides and attractions".
  4. ↑ "About Fantasy Fair".
  5. ↑ Jackson, Chris (13 October 2011). "A BOGOF offer from Inside Out you can't refuse". BBC News. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  6. ↑ https://seanmarshall.ca/2024/11/09/woodbine-centre-the-end-of-a-fantasy/
  7. ↑ "Woodbine Centre redevelopment in works", Toronto.com, 29 August 2008.
  8. ↑ "Properties with arrears greater than $500,000, owned by a corporation", City of Toronto, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Court File No. CV-23-00696329-00CL" . Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  10. ↑ "Fantasy Fair at Woodbine Shopping Centre". toronto4kids.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012.
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