Lime Ridge Mall
Lime Ridge Mall (corporately styled as "CF Lime Ridge") is a two-level indoor shopping mall in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Opened on September 13, 1981, it is the largest mall complex in the city, an 815,000-square-foot (75,700 m2) super-regional shopping centre with over 213 stores including department stores and big box stores such as Hudson's Bay and the former Sears. It is located on Upper Wentworth Street.
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| Coordinates | 43.218°N 79.862°W |
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| Address | 999 Upper Wentworth Street Hamilton, Ontario L9A 4X5 |
| Opening date | September 13, 1981 |
| Management | Cadillac Fairview |
| Owner | Cadillac Fairview |
| No. of stores and services | 213 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 815,000 square feet (75,700 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
The mall, which includes an office building, is managed by Cadillac Fairview and has four floors of office space.[1] Bell Media radio stations in Hamilton are tenants of the building.
In 1981 the Government of Ontario offered to build an elevated rapid transit line from the Lloyd D. Jackson Square in downtown Hamilton, to the mall.[2] Hamilton turned the proposal down.
Lime Ridge Terminal
Lime Ridge Terminal | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 999 Upper Wentworth Street |
| Coordinates | 43°13′05″N 79°51′48″W |
| Bus routes | 6 |
| Bus stands | 5 |
| Bus operators | Hamilton Street Railway |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Outdoor bus shelters |
| Accessible | Yes |
The Hamilton Street Railway bus terminal is located on the west side of the mall at Upper Wentworth Street. A total of four routes and two shuttles loop or pass through this terminal.[3]
References
- "Lime Ridge Mall Web site". Retrieved December 5, 2007.
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Cory Ruf (May 27, 2014). "LRT and lessons to be learned from Hamilton's first flirtation with urban trains: In 1981, Council turned down elevated train line, despite province's vow to foot most of the bill". CBC News. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014.
On the night of Dec. 15, 1981, Hamilton rejected a proposal to build a $111-million elevated train line from Jackson Square in the city's core to Lime Ridge Mall, the hub for what was then the southern fringe of the Mountain's blooming suburbs.
- "Limeridge Transit Terminal". Hamilton Transit Blog. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
CF Limeridge Mall Website (July 2020): https://www.cfshops.com/lime-ridge.html [1]
External links
- Website