page_title: Fairview Mall
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Fairview Mall / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Food court in Fairview Mall
context_page_description: Fairview Mall is a large shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada of about 80,000 m². Opened in 1970, the centre has over 180 stores, offices and a cinema complex. It is located several kilometres north-east of downtown, at the northeast corner of Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue East in the former borough of North York.
context_section_description: Fairview Mall opened in 1970 with The Bay and Simpsons as its department store anchors, and at the time was the fourth fully enclosed, as well as the first multi-level, shopping centre in Metropolitan Toronto. In 1991, the Hudson's Bay Company sold its Simpsons store at Fairview Mall to Sears Canada. 
  From 1987 to 1989, the Cadillac Fairview Corporation and previous co-owner Markborough Properties Ltd spent CAD$90M to provide Fairview Mall's first major expansion. Renovations at that time included a glass-tiered ceiling, similar to Toronto's Eaton Centre, which opened much of its interior to natural lighting.
  In the 1990s, a major portion of the shopping centre's parking lot was redeveloped into a large bus terminal as part of the Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC's) Don Mills subway station (the eastern terminus of Toronto's new Sheppard subway line), and also as the southern terminus of York Region Transit's Viva Green bus rapid transit line.
  In late 2008, Fairview Mall completed a CAD$90 million (previously planned as $84 million) three-phase full renovation and redevelopment project which had been started in July 2006. The redevelopment phases included an expanded Shoppers Drug Mart and a large format Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) store. The food court was moved to the lower level under a 60-foot (18 m) high skylight near The Bay. All entrances to the mall were updated to incorporate hands-free technology and the common areas inside the centre were transformed with greater open spaces and wood finishes. Elevators serving the third floor offices were added for the first time, located near entrance #4. 
  In 2009, retailers Bath & Body Works, Forever 21, Sephora, Hollister Co., and Zara opened within the mall. The facade along Sheppard Avenue received a complete facelift by the end of 2009. During that time, work on Fairview Mall's new "dining experience" area was undertaken. The Rainbow Cinema had originally been an older style Cineplex theatre.
  The Sears store closed in late 2017 as part of the liquidation of Sears Canadian operations. In 2019, Cadillac Fairview announced the expansion of the mall which includes adding a row of restaurants, a Sears box redevelopment, a renovation of the existing mall, and a new pedestrian access to the TTC. It is expected to be completed in 2023.
caption: The food court of the mall after its renovations in 2009.
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