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FW36 is right! I'm baffled as to how Woodbine is still welcoming in new tenants with all of their current legal debacles.

Outside of Amazon, Woodbine's Fantasy Fair also made headlines after being put up for auction. If I recall, it was the same auction house responsible for selling off partitions of Imagine Cinema's movie equipment, along with furniture and kitchen equipment from the upper level food...

Hinn also notes that “operating a mall with an amusement park is a very niche industry that not many people have experience managing.” He says that he has the requisite experience to manage the unique property because he has already been doing it for eight years, and that if new management is...

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I always loved the classic cinema look. Red curtains, subtle lighting. Adds to the charm of seeing movies on the big screen. At the same time, I can't help but appreciate Albion Cinema's sleek, new look. Still, the inner kid in me longs for the days of seeing...

A toy store opened up in the Fantasy Fair (next to where McDonald's used to be). The store is advertising a 50% off sale. Unfortunately, the stuff offered is mostly junk. Most of which, seems to have been moved around from other liquidations in the mall.

.Albion Cinemas is currently undergoing exterior renovations. This modernized look marks the first major update to the longstanding Albion Mall anchor since the movie previews (to the left of this photo) were replaced with additional stores in the late 90's - early 2000's. To answer the...

The piping issue that affected Freedom Mobile on the first floor is now noticeable with shops on the upper level Yesterday, I went to Fruugo and noticed a bucket next to the checkout. The water was brown - the same rust problem Woodbine experienced several years ago when dealing with the pipes...

I don' recall an Abercrombie, but notable stores Woodbine once had included: Sears Zellers Cinnabon Garage Clothing Music World Sunrise Records Bulk Barn McDonald's JJ Muggs The General Store Party Hut Sportchek Abacus Laura Secord Cineplex Odeon Rainbow Cinemas Imagine Cinemas etc...

An original flyer for Loblaws Grand Opening in The Albion Mall circa 1964. Originally, Loblaws served as one of Albion Mall's primary anchors. Following the mall's enclosure in 1970, Loblaws would move to the opposite end of Albion; while K-Mart would preside over Loblaw's original location...

The frame of the Loof Carousel is roughly 100 years old, but one attraction alone wouldn't meet the criteria needed to conserve Woodbine as a heritage site. Plus, the carousel was imported into Canada in the 1980's, so, not technically part of the area's history until Woodbine's grand opening...

Copied over from the Woodbine Centre thread. With $333 million dollars in unpaid loans, plus another $30 million in unpaid taxes, the fate of the Rexdale Mall is now in question. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-romspen-private-mortgage-courts/ After nearly 70 years in the...

Seems the City considers the tenants of the Woodbine a viable (and desperate) source of income. My question is will the tenants turn around and sue the Woodbine owner for paying these taxes on his behalf? The tenants of the Woodbine Centre have had unpaid money issues with the owner in the...

The Zellers popups are using property already owned by The Bay. If the Woodbine does get sold against the current owner's will, I hope the Loof Carousel and other older rides find a new home in the city. Preferably a location like Exhibition Place, where the rides can remain local and in use...

The Zellers pop-ups were intended as a pilot project that encompassed a handful of Bay locations. I would assume the locations chosen for the project contained decent amounts of foot traffic. A few weeks ago, I visited the Zellers pop-up at Scarborough Town Centre. For a mall like STC, the idea...

53 pages of photos and responses curated over a fifteen year span is hard to miss. As a weekly shopper of the Woodbine, I really wish the owner would close down the Shop A Lot. Most of the items for sale are broken, sold in tattered packaging, or just missing pieces altogether. It's...

If you guys want actual deals, take a drive out to Rockwood Mall in Mississauga. Not far from the Woodbine and has a great store called Maximum Deals. Name brand graphic t's for 3 bucks. We're talking Toronto Raptors shirts, WWE shirts, Batman, Mortal Kombat, Walking Dead, etc. Plus, the...

Guys, I think I figured out the Woodbine's business plan: 1) Acquire Woodbine for peanuts. 2) Add ugly floor and wall tiles to scare off tenants. 3) If pointer #2 doesn't work, raise rent of stores substantially. 4) Use vacated stores to sell your liquidated goodies. 5) Sell enough liquidated...

The mall looks ready to fold any minute. I've never seen more closed down stores than right now. Something's gotta be up.

A friend and I visited Hudson's Bay about two weeks ago and asked ourselves the same question. Sunday afternoon and next to no shoppers to be found. Perhaps Hudson is banking on Woodbine Racetrack's soon-to-open 'vegas-style' resort in hopes of bringing in customers. Otherwise, it seems like...

Across the street from Woodbine: Does this spell the end for the Woodbine Centre?