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Opening date
  
1971

Management
  
Cadillac Fairview

Opened
  
1971

Phone
  
+1 416-621-1070

Developer
  
The Rouse Corporation

No. of stores and services
  
215

Province
  
Ontario

Sherway Gardens

Location
  
25 The West Mall Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9C 1B8

Owner
  
The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

Address
  
25 The West Mall, Etobicoke, ON M9C 1B8, Canada

Hours
  
Open today · 9:30AM–9PMSaturday9:30AM–9PMSunday11AM–6PMMonday10AM–9PMTuesday10AM–9PMWednesday10AM–9PMThursday10AM–9PMFriday10AM–9PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Toronto Eaton Centre, Square One Shopping, Vaughan Mills, Cloverdale Mall

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Sherway Gardens (corporately known as CF Sherway Gardens) is a large retail shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The mall is located several kilometres west of downtown Toronto in the former suburb of Etobicoke, near the interchange of Highway 427 with the Queen Elizabeth Way and Gardiner Expressway.

Contents

The mall opened in 1971. Its original structure covered 850,000 square feet (79,000 m2) in an S-shaped configuration and contained 127 stores. It was expanded in 1975, 1987, 1989, and 2015. Sherway is now 1,182,000 square feet (109,800 m2), has 215 stores, is the eighth largest mall in the Greater Toronto Area as well as the 18th largest mall in Canada. As the mall has grown, it has changed its mix of stores from a general mix of stores to add more fashion-conscious and luxury brand stores.

Sherway gardens expansion


History

The Sherway Gardens mall, a $21.5 million project, was revealed to the public by Sherway Gardens Limited on February 24, 1971. The mall was laid out in an “S” shape design. Community events and promotional activities took place at the centre of the mall in the central court with its 31 feet (9.4 m) high skylight. Like other shopping centres, Sherway Gardens contains fountains, indoor greenery, benches and couches for the enjoyment of shoppers. Unlike the designs of other malls, such as the Toronto Eaton Centre, Sherway Gardens was built with “intimate low ceilings”.

In 1975, to accommodate for 75 new retail spaces, the “S” layout was altered to resemble a figure eight. A few years later, in 1987, Holt Renfrew (one of Sherway Gardens anchor retailers) was moved to a newly built wing on the north side of the mall The expansion allowed for 20 additional stores and was later referred to as the “fashion wing”, as it housed clothing stores.

In 1989, the mall continued to expand leading to the construction of a new south wing. The new south wing has a large 'tent-like' structure on its upper level. The million-dollar canopy, designed by Zeidler Roberts Partnership Architects, won the Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Merit. In 2000, the Cadillac Fairview Corporation bought Sherway Gardens.

In 2013, Cadillac Fairview announced a renovation and expansion of the mall, to be complete by 2016. When complete, Sherway will gain a second department store anchor, Nordstrom, and a relocated and expanded Holt Renfrew. On January 27, 2014, Hudson's Bay Company announced that it would build a new Saks Fifth Avenue store in the space that was occupied by Sears. Nordstrom will open its store in 2017.

On September 22, 2015, the 210,000 square feet (20,000 m2) north expansion was opened. This added retail space for 50 stores, a food court with a capacity of over 1,000 patrons, and a parking structure for 1,200 vehicles. The expansion used limestone obtained from the same quarry that was used in the mall's initial construction.

In media

Parts of the movies Mean Girls and The Sentinel (2006) were filmed in Sherway Gardens. In Mean Girls, Sherway Gardens stood in as Westfield Old Orchard (in the film mentioned as Old Orchard Mall), a large shopping centre in suburban Chicago where the film takes place.

Anchors and majors

  • Hudson's Bay - (223,447 sq ft.) formerly Simpsons
  • Saks Fifth Avenue - (150,000 sq ft.) formerly Sears and previously Eaton's
  • Sporting Life - (48,263 sq ft.) former location of Bretton's department store
  • Sport Chek - (80,000 sq ft ) formerly Sears
  • Atmosphere - ( 60,000 sq ft ) formerly Sears/Eaton's
  • Abercrombie & Fitch
  • Hollister
  • Abercrombie Kids
  • Gap - (14,483 sq ft. total, Gap - 7,858 sq ft (730.0 m2)., Gap Kids - 6,625 sq ft.)
  • Pottery Barn - (14,358 sq ft. total, Pottery Barn - 8,820 sq ft (819 m2), Pottery Barn Kids - 5,538 sq ft.)
  • Harry Rosen - (11,221 sq ft.)
  • Banana Republic - (10,300 sq ft.)
  • Apple Store
  • Victoria's Secret
  • Sephora
  • Forever 21
  • H&M
  • Indigo Books and Music
  • Former anchors

  • Sears - previously Eaton's
  • Eaton's
  • Simpsons
  • Holt Renfrew (formerly Loblaws)
  • Brettons
  • Loblaws
  • In 2014, Sears Canada closed its location at Sherway Gardens. The Sporting Life store and the old food court were demolished, and will be replaced by Nordstrom in 2017. Sporting Life is in the new expansion. In 2016, Holt Renfrew closed its Sherway Gardens location. The store is now located at Square One Shopping Centre.

    Other

    Sherway Gardens Mall has a seasonal farmers' market, located in the north parking lot, every Friday 8am-2pm.

    Transportation access

    Sherway is accessible by private automobile and local transit. Major roads in the area serving the mall include the Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway, The Queensway and Highway 427. The mall is surrounded by large surface parking lots. is a ring road surrounding the mall.

    The Toronto Transit Commission and MiWay bus routes connect at special bus platforms located on either side of Sherway Gardens Road, southwest of the mall:

  • TTC 15 Evans to Royal York Station
  • TTC 80 Queensway to Keele Station
  • TTC 123 Shorncliffe northbound to Kipling Station and southbound to Long Branch Loop
  • TTC 315 Evans-Brown Line northbound to Royal York Station and southbound to Long Branch Loop
  • MiWay 4 Sherway To Glengarry Road via Trillium Health Centre Mississauga Site and Huron Park
  • References

    Sherway Gardens Wikipedia