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Dufferin Mall 
South EntranceLocation 900 Dufferin St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6H 4B1 Opening date 1956 Developer Primaris REIT Management Primaris REIT Owner Primaris REIT No. of stores and services 130 No. of anchor tenants 4 Total retail floor area 567,000 ft² No. of floors 1 Website http://www.dufferinmall.ca Dufferin Mall is a shopping mall and office complex in Toronto, Canada. It is located on the west side of Dufferin Street, between Sylvan Avenue and Croatia Street (formerly Awde Street), south of the intersection of Bloor Street West, on the site of a former race track, in the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood.
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Description
Dufferin Mall is a well-established, 567,000-square-foot (52,700 m2) regional shopping centre, known for community collaboration in the densely populated west end of Toronto.
Anchored by H&M, Winners, Wal-Mart, Toys 'R' Us and a No Frills Supermarket, Dufferin Mall features over 140 shops and services, and has over 12 million shopper visits annually.
Dufferin Mall is owned and managed by Primaris REIT.
History
The location was previously occupied by the Dufferin Racetrack, a horse race track which operated from 1907 until 1955. The first shopping plaza on the site was established in 1956 and was named Dufferin Plaza Shopping Centre.[1] The shopping plaza was converted to enclosed mall space and renamed Dufferin Mall in the 1970s. In the 2000s, the mall underwent an interior facelift.
Transportation
The mall is served by the route 29 Dufferin Street bus, and is located one block south of the Dufferin subway station.
Mobile application
Dufferin Mall has a free downloadable app for iPhone iPad and iPod touch, available on iTunes at the Apple App Store. The new app was created to enhance shoppers’ experience by allowing users to easily find products and services through a single search function called “What are you looking for?” Personal Shopping and Virtual Guest Services features are also included.
In popular culture
The Dufferin Mall was used as a filming location for the Family Channel original series, Naturally, Sadie.
It was also featured in Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together.
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List of shopping malls in Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe City of Toronto Atrium on Bay • Bayview Village • Cedarbrae Mall • Centerpoint Mall • College Park • The Crossways • Dufferin Mall • Toronto Eaton Centre • Eglinton Square • Empress Walk • Fairview Mall • Hazelton Lanes • Honeydale Mall • Landmark* • Lawrence Plaza • Lawrence Square • Manulife Centre • Parkway Mall • PATH • Queen's Quay Terminal • Scarborough Town Centre • Sherway Gardens • Shoppers World Danforth • Shops at Don Mills • Splendid China Tower* • Woodbine Centre • YorkdalePeel Region York Region Hillcrest Mall • Market Village* • Markville Shopping Centre • Pacific Mall* • The Promenade • Upper Canada Mall • Vaughan MillsDurham Region Halton Region City of Hamilton Niagara Region Simcoe County Waterloo Region Wellington County The largest mall in each area is bolded. *Ethnic mallsCoordinates: 43°39′21″N 79°26′08″W / 43.655965°N 79.435658°W
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