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Woodbine Mall

Field	Value
name	Woodbine Mall
logo	Woodbine Centre logo.png
image	Woodbine Centre Atrium 2023.JPG
caption	Woodbine Centre atrium in 2023
address	500 Rexdale Boulevard
Toronto, Ontario
M9W 6K5
location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
coordinates
opening_date
developer	Cadillac Fairview Corporation
manager	Woodbine Mall Holdings
owner	Woodbine Mall Holdings
architect	Crang and Boake Incorporated
number_of_stores	107
number_of_anchors	2
floor_area	750000 sqft
floors	2
website

Toronto, Ontario M9W 6K5

Woodbine Mall & Fantasy Fair is a shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Rexdale Boulevard and Highway 27 in the Rexdale area of Toronto, across Rexdale Boulevard from Woodbine Racetrack. The mall has over 130 stores and is home to Fantasy Fair, a year-round indoor amusement park. The fair houses a Charles I. D. Looff 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. The ferris wheel was closed in April 2024.

History

Woodbine Centre was opened in 1985 by developer Cadillac Fairview, Its design served as inspiration for property developer Sir John Hall when planning the MetroCentre, formerly the UK's largest shopping mall, in the 1980s. CF sold Woodbine Centre in 2005 to a numbered company.

In 2008, proposed development of an entertainment centre at Woodbine Racetrack and the closure of national stores like Shoppers Drug Mart fuelled rumours that the mall was closing. Instead, then-owners Darton Property planned renovations, starting with redesigned washrooms.

As of 2016, the assessed value of the property was $96,708,000. Woodbine Mall Holdings Inc. owed over a half-million in unpaid taxes that year.

On May 2, 2023, Woodbine Mall Holdings Inc. was placed in receivership by Romspen Investment Corporation. Ernst & Young was appointed receiver.

Woodbine Centre Fantasy Level 1 shops 2023.JPG |Level 1 Shops Woodbine Centre Food Court 2023.JPG|Level 2 Food Court Woodbine Centre Fantasy Level 2 2023.JPG|Skylight in the mall

Fantasy Fair Amusement Park

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

1911 Antique Looff Carousel
Crystal Kaleidoscope – indoor ferris wheel (CLOSED)
Ships Ahoy – spinning tea cups
Smash 'n Dash – bumper cars
Fantasy Flight – a 32' balloon tower ride (CLOSED)
JRB Express Train – mini replica steam engine
Airforce - plane ride
Spinners – roller coaster (CLOSED)
XD Simulator Theatre
Rock 'n Climb - climbing wall
Drop & Hop - tower (CLOSED)
Dreamer's Play Village - indoor playground/soft play area (5500 sq.ft)

Woodbine Centre Fantasy Fair Ferris Wheel 2023.JPG|Crystal Kaleidoscope – indoor Ferris Wheel Woodbine Centre Fantasy Fair Merry Go Round 2023.JPG|Merry Go Round Woodbine Centre Fantasy Fair attraction 2023.JPG|Ships Ahoy – spinning tea cups Woodbine Centre Fantasy Fair Play Village closure 2023.JPG |Play Village (indoor playground)

In popular culture

The mall was featured in the filming of Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, where David Spade is seen skateboarding through the mall and the Animorphs TV series (in a second season episode called "Changes, Part 2").

Various parts of the mall and Fantasy Fair were also featured in Shazam!, What We Do in the Shadows (season 5, episode 1), and filling in as the Mall of America in 8-Bit Christmas.

former Canadian pop/dance trio, Brattt Pack, shot the music video for their notable 2000 radio-hit "Carousel" at the mall

References

(24 February 2011). "Woodbine Shopping Centre Rexdale".
"Woodbine Centre: Project Overview". Marino.
"Rides and attractions".
"About Fantasy Fair".
Jackson, Chris. (13 October 2011). "A BOGOF offer from Inside Out you can't refuse". BBC News.
https://seanmarshall.ca/2024/11/09/woodbine-centre-the-end-of-a-fantasy/
"[https://www.toronto.com/news-story/28742-woodbine-centre-redevelopment-in-works/ Woodbine Centre redevelopment in works]", Toronto.com, 29 August 2008.
"[https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-102104.pdf Properties with arrears greater than $500,000, owned by a corporation]", City of Toronto, 2016.
"Court File No. CV-23-00696329-00CL".
"Fantasy Fair at Woodbine Shopping Centre".

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