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Opening date
  
1985

No. of stores and services
  
138

No. of floors
  
2

Management
  
Peter McCallion

No. of anchor tenants
  
3

Owner
  
Avison Young

Location
  
Rexdale Blvd. at Hwy. 27

Architect
  
Crang and Boake Incorporated

Address
  
500 Rexdale Blvd, Etobicoke, ON M9W 6K5, Canada

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–9PMWednesday10AM–9PMThursday10AM–9PMFriday10AM–9PMSaturday9:30AM–9PMSunday11AM–7PMMonday10AM–9PMTuesday10AM–9PMSuggest an edit

Developer
  
Cadillac Fairview Corporation

Similar
  
Fantasy Fair, Woodbine Racetrack, Bramalea City Centre, Sherway Gardens, Cloverdale Mall

Profiles

Fantasy fair woodbine centre indoor amusement park for family children fun rides at woodbine mall


Woodbine Centre is a shopping mall in the Rexdale area of Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada across from Woodbine Racetrack. In 2015, they celebrated their 30th birthday.

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Opened in 1985 by then developer Cadillac Fairview, the over 130 store mall is home to Fantasy Fair, a year-round indoor amusement park. The fair houses a Charles Loof carousel. It is one of 13 still in operation today. They also have a 50 foot ferris wheel which they say is the only one in North America.

Its design served as inspiration for property developer Sir John Hall when planning the MetroCentre, the UK's largest shopping mall, in the 1980s.

Anchor stores

  • Hudson's Bay
  • Rainbow Cinemas
  • Former anchor stores

  • Zellers - closed March 2013
  • Target - supposed to take over the former Zellers; construction delayed due to its departure from Canada
  • Simpsons - replaced with Sears
  • Sears - closed March 2017
  • Fantasy Fair Amusement Park

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

  • 1911 Antique Loof Carousel
  • Crystal Kaleidoscope - indoor Ferris Wheel (50 ft.)
  • Bumper Boats
  • Ships Ahoy - spinning tea cups
  • Smash 'n Dash - bumper cars
  • Fantasy Flight - A 32' Balloon Tower Ride
  • Fantasy Fair Express Train - mini replica steam engine (driver sits in tender unit) with 3 open air passenger cars (each carrying 8 passengers)
  • Airforce (plane ride)
  • Spinner – roller coaster
  • Simulator
  • Climbing Wall
  • Drop Tower
  • Connections

    TTC Routes 37 and 191 and YRT Route 7 run just outside the mall's borders. MiWay Route 30 operates a small terminal near the entrance, but it only consists of one bus shelter, just like most minor terminals. Two other MiWay routes, 11 and 12, operates outside the mall just like the TTC and YRT.

    References

    Woodbine Centre Wikipedia


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