Opening date 2009 Opened 2009 Number of stores and services 72 | No. of stores and services 72 Phone +1 416-447-6087 | |
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Developer Cadillac Fairview - commercialFRAM Building Group - residential Management Sheila Jennings/ Cadillac Fairview Architect Harry Pellow - Pellow + Associates Architects and Ralph Giannone of Giannone Petricone Associates Inc Address 939 Lawrence Ave E, North York, ON M3C 0G5, Canada Hours Closed now Saturday9:30AM–7PMSunday11AM–6PMMonday10AM–9PMTuesday10AM–9PMWednesday10AM–9PMThursday10AM–9PMFriday10AM–9PMSuggest an edit Similar Fairview Mall, Bayview Village Shopping, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Vaughan Mills, Sherway Gardens Profiles | ||
A day at shops at don mills
The Shops at Don Mills (corporately known as CF Shops at Don Mills) is a lifestyle centre - type shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located at Don Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue East. There are 72 retail stores with a total floor space of 47,550 square metres (or 511,824 square feet).
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Character
Storefronts face a network of private internal streets, and the centre layout is centred on a square which includes interpretive historical plaques and commissioned art by Douglas Coupland. The layout is similar to a regular neighbourhood retail strip. Anchors include McEwans Gourmet Market, Anthropologie, Joey's west coast restaurant, and other shops and restaurants. Parking along the internal streets is limited but a multi-level parkade is located on site.
History
The centre is located on the site of the demolished Don Mills Centre shopping mall, which was part of the original development of the planned suburb of Don Mills. Increased competition from other shopping malls and the closure of main anchor tenant T. Eaton Co. meant declines in mall revenues and the exodus of many fashion retailers. The mall owner, developer Cadillac Fairview, decided to redevelop the site in 2003 to attract more up-scale retailers and shoppers, without a main anchor tenant. The developer proposed to demolish the indoor shopping mall and replace it with an open-air setting, along with an intensification of the site. The intensification meant the construction of a parking garage to replace the large surface parking lot. The development also included using Centre lands for new residential buildings. After community consultation, the plan was approved by the City of Toronto and the development proceeded. The Shops at Don Mills opened on April 22, 2009.
McNally Robinson, a Canadian book-selling chain, was one of the first tenants, but the chain later decided to close the Don Mills location.
Street names
A number of roads and driveways located in the development are named after prominent community members of the Don Mills area: