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Behind the
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The podium of the complex is a three-storey retail mall. It covers 240,000 square feet (22,000 m) topped with a 95 feet (29 m) dome, that highlights one of the longest unsupported escalators in North
America to give access to the movie theatre from the ground floor. There is a 3,035-seat
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wanted to turn central North York into a second downtown for
Toronto. Until 1998, a separate city from Toronto with the regional government of Metropolitan Toronto. Lastman began a wave of development proposals that eventually led to a large number of high-rise and government buildings being
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and other developments were already underway in North York at the time. In the mid-1990s, Menkes put forward a proposal for a mall and residential complex in the center of North York Centre. This move coincided with the
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Empress Walk and other major developments in the nearby area meant North York Centre became a second central business district for the City of
Toronto from the 1990s onwards. The plans for Empress Walk meant that the
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Menkes
Developments Ltd. constructed many of the condominium complexes in North York Centre including, Gibson Square, Ultima, Broadway. It initially proposed the development in the early 1990s,
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Above the retail complex are two 34-storey residential towers, known as the
Pinnacle and Royal Pinnacle, with a total of 745 units between them. Major retail anchors inside Empress Walk include
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district It was developed by
Canadian-developers Menkes Developments Ltd. Phase 1 was completed in 1997 and Phase 2 was completed in 2000. It became an important retail complex in
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reacquired and renovated the
Empress Walk location, while the Cineplex Sheppard Grande was demolished in 2016 as part of a major redevelopment Yonge Sheppard Centre.
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Theatre. The lowest level has underground access to the
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The largest mall in each area is bolded. Ethnic malls
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115:Menkes Developments Ltd.
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907:Toronto Premium Outlets
760:Shoppers World Brampton
682:Shoppers World Danforth
672:Scarborough Town Centre
431:Petit Potato (formerly
368:List of current tenants
285:North York Civic Centre
136:and retail complex in
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750:Erin Mills Town Centre
426:Indigo Books and Music
406:Indigo Books and Music
361:Loblaws Empress Market
351:Indigo Books and Music
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860:Pickering Town Centre
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667:Queen's Quay Terminal
642:Lawrence Allen Centre
615:East York Town Centre
438:Real Fruit Bubble Tea
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697:Stock Yards Village
692:Splendid China Mall
647:Malvern Town Centre
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450:Future Shop
408:originally)
304:RioCan REIT
213:Mel Lastman
134:condominium
99:Floor count
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966:Pen Centre
766:Square One
464:References
454:Sport Chek
444:(formerly
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386:(formerly
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222:Willowdale
158:North York
154:North York
983:Horseshoe
825:Promenade
815:Markville
384:Dollarama
201:Dollarama
112:Developer
84:Completed
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341:Cineplex
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1116:Toronto
1106:Toronto
1096:Toronto
557:Toronto
402:Staples
379:Wendy's
310:Tenants
293:Novotel
245:Toronto
238:borough
207:History
181:Loblaws
142:Ontario
138:Toronto
71:M2N 6Y7
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64:Toronto
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