Yorkdale Shopping Centre’s swanky 145,000-square-foot expansion opens today, marking the next phase in the North Toronto mega-mall’s quest to corner the upscale market (a fancy food court already opened in June). Among the 30-odd new or expanded stores are the first Canadian installations of Loft (the younger, hipper label from Ann Taylor ), Ted Baker London and Kate Spade New York, as well as Microsoft’ s first-ever retail location outside the U.S. The suburban mall’s ability to draw buzzy retailers from abroad suggests its upmarket strategy is working.
Apart from the new stores, the estimated $185-million renovation also adds 800 new parking spots and 65,000 square feet of green rooftops. The main atrium of the new wing features two major installations by Toronto-based artist Ed Pien, as well as a massive skylight that floods the space with natural light (in case shoppers need a reminder of the outside world after they’ve been holed up in the mall for hours). See below for the full list of new and expanded retailers.
• Stores new to Canada: Kate Spade New York, Loft, Microsoft, Ted Baker London and Tesla Motors.
• Stores new to Yorkdale: Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, Best Buy Mobile, David’s Tea, Diesel, the North Face, L’Occitane, Papyrus, an exclusive Rolex boutique at Raffi Jewellers, Ta-ze, and Wilfred Boutique.
• Existing Yorkdale stores that have expanded: Apple, Bell, Bluenotes, Champs, Club Monaco, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Lululemon, Mappins, Starbucks and TELUS.
• Opening soon: Holt Renfrew (will be re-opening in a much larger space in 2013) and AllSaints (opening in 2013).
177146 (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-intro-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-intro.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-intro.jpg 656 420 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-intro/ nov12-yorkdale-intro 0 0
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177106 Ta-ze, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-28-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-28.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-28.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-28/ nov12-yorkdale-28 0 0
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177107 Ta-ze sells olive oils from the Aegean Sea region, representing 28,000 farmers in a fair-trade union (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-27-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-27.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-27.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-27/ nov12-yorkdale-27 0 0
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177100 David’s Tea, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-34-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-34.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-34.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-34/ nov12-yorkdale-34 0 0
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177101 David’s Tea, exterior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-33-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-33.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-33.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-33/ nov12-yorkdale-33 0 0
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177112 Hugo Boss, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-22-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-22.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-22.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-22/ nov12-yorkdale-22 0 0
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177113 The Hugo Boss store is focused on menswear, though there is a small women’s section at the front (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-21-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-21.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-21.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-21/ nov12-yorkdale-21 0 0
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177114 Lacoste, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-20-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-20.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-20.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-20/ nov12-yorkdale-20 0 0
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177115 Yorkdale now boasts the largest Lacoste store in Canada, which includes a polo bar with a bewildering array of styles and colours. The store has sections for kids’ clothing, dress shirts and the Lacoste Live collection (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-19-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-19.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-19.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-19/ nov12-yorkdale-19 0 0
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177118 Lululemon, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-16-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-16.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-16.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-16/ nov12-yorkdale-16 0 0
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177119 The exterior of the Lululemon store is made of 38,000 small pieces of wood. Over the cash register is a sculpture made of lights, which are segmented to represent the different chakras in the body (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-15-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-15.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-15.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-15/ nov12-yorkdale-15 0 0
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177126 Club Monaco, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-8-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-8.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-8.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-8/ nov12-yorkdale-8 0 0
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177127 The new Club Monaco digs are meant to evoke a European boutique. There are separate entrances for the men’s and women’s sections (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-7-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-7.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-7/ nov12-yorkdale-7 0 0
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177104 Papyrus, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-30-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-30.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-30.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-30/ nov12-yorkdale-30 0 0
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177105 The 1,725-square-foot Papyrus store is the brand’s fifth Toronto location (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-29-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-29.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-29.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-29/ nov12-yorkdale-29 0 0
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177128 The North Face, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-6.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-6/ nov12-yorkdale-6 0 0
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177129 The new North Face location (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-5.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-5/ nov12-yorkdale-5 0 0
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177116 Diesel, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-18-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-18.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-18.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-18/ nov12-yorkdale-18 0 0
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177117 The new Diesel store, which has several Foscarini by Diesel cage lamps suspended from the ceiling (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-17-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-17.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-17.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-17/ nov12-yorkdale-17 0 0
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177122 Anthropologie, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-12-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-12.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-12.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-12/ nov12-yorkdale-12 0 0
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177123 The new Anthropologie store carries clothes and accessories, plus a full range of bedding, bath products, bakeware and kitchen goods (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-11-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-11.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-11.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-11/ nov12-yorkdale-11 0 0
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177120 Wilfred, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-14-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-14.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-14.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-14/ nov12-yorkdale-14 0 0
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177121 Wilfred, Aritizia’s upmarket offshoot, has a relaxed vibe with basket chairs suspended from the ceiling near the change rooms (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-13-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-13.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-13.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-13/ nov12-yorkdale-13 0 0
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177132 L’Occitane, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-2.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-2/ nov12-yorkdale-2 0 0
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177133 L’Occitane en Provence. The skincare brand’s biggest store in Canada has a lotion bar where shoppers can get complimentary hand massages, and a men’s grooming section where guys can get a shave (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-1.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-1/ nov12-yorkdale-1 0 0
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177124 Ann Taylor, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-10-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-10.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-10.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-10/ nov12-yorkdale-10 0 0
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177125 The Ann Taylor store at Yorkdale is only the label’s second in Canada—the first <a href="http://www.torontolife.com/daily/style/shop-talk/2012/11/01/introducing-ann-taylor/'">opened in the Eaton Centre</a> earlier this fall (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-9.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-9/ nov12-yorkdale-9 0 0
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177130 Tesla Motors, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-4.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-4/ nov12-yorkdale-4 0 0
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177131 The first Canadian store for Tesla Motors, a California-based electric car dealership (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-3.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-3/ nov12-yorkdale-3 0 0
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177108 Kate Spade, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-26-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-26.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-26.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-26/ nov12-yorkdale-26 0 0
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177109 Yorkdale also now boasts the first Kate Spade New York store in the country (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-25-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-25.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-25.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-25/ nov12-yorkdale-25 0 0
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177110 Ted Baker London, interior (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-24-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-24.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-24.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-24/ nov12-yorkdale-24 0 0
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177111 This is the first Canadian retail store for Ted Baker London. The interior is supposed to evoke elements of the Canadian outdoors as well as the British countryside (Image: Erin Seaman) Yorkdale Mall expansion Yorkdale Mall expansion https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-23-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-23.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov12-yorkdale-23.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/style/yorkdale-mall-expansion/slide/nov12-yorkdale-23/ nov12-yorkdale-23 0 0
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May i say wow??!!
lol bluenotes??? stands out of the expansion
I think this Holt Renfrew renovation started about 5 years ago.
It looks amazing but i’m still waiting for Forever XXI (with a men’s section) and a better table-service dining selection. someone should’ve closed the pickle barrel years ago. cheesecake factory anyone? that said, the expansion is fantastic.
For sure the place to stay away from during the holiday season. This place just seem like a nightmare.. no amount of additional parking will cure this headache of a place but Welcome to Ted Baker. I should check out his price compared to what I have paid for them in London…
“i’m still waiting for Forever XXI (with a men’s section)” Ugh, are you serious? Like it’s not bad enough that there’s a Le Chateau and an Old Navy at Yorkdale, but you want to stink it up with a Forever 21? Please go to the Eaton Centre, because it seems to be more your speed.
^lol pretentious much? If that’s your thinking, you should take another look at the community surrounding yorkdale. old navy and le chateau would be better suited for them, whereas the upper-class snobby stores are the ones that don’t fit.
Yeah, this is the thing we need the most- more stores. I wonder how much Ted Baker is paying their employees and the percentage of markup on their products.
Is everything made in China? How exactly are these new stores helping the Canadian economy, aside from the sales tax?
“the upper-class snobby stores are the ones that don’t fit” If the so-called snobby stores are the ones that don’t fit, then why is Yorkdale adding so many of them? Did you not notice that a majority of the stores in the expansion are “snobby”? Additionally, the immediate neighbourhood around Yorkdale is of no concern, because I’m well aware that the bourgeoisie from Forest Hill are more than happy to make the drive. Why do you think parking is always an issue at Yorkdale?
The area needs a food market. It would have been nice if the planners thought a little outside the box and included one and decent places to eat (sit-down). These additions would make Yorkdale more relevant, IMHO.