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Mayfair Shopping Centre
Use: commercial
Address: 3147 Douglas Street
Municipality: Victoria
Region: Urban core
Storeys: 3
Mayfair Shopping Centre in the City of Victoria was expanded by 100,000 square feet in 2018 as part of a high-... (view full profile)
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[Victoria] Mayfair Shopping Centre | Built in 1963 | Expansion completed in 2018


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#21 Nparker

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Posted 24 June 2014 - 05:25 PM

So does this mean that "The Bay Centre" will be re-branded (again) as the "The Hudson Bay" Centre?  :confused:


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#22 Mike K.

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Posted 24 June 2014 - 05:47 PM

Ooh, interesting question.

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Posted 24 June 2014 - 10:09 PM

If you look carefully you can still see the ghost of the "Woodward's" script behind the exterior Bay sign at Mayfair.

 

So does this mean that "The Bay Centre" will be re-branded (again) as the "The Hudson Bay" Centre? 

 

Montreal and Toronto still have "Eaton Centre"s. But I will predict The Bay Centre will be rebranded.


Edited by Holden West, 24 June 2014 - 10:11 PM.

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#24 G-Man

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 05:49 AM

I like it.

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It has a whole new look!

 


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Posted 25 June 2014 - 06:30 AM

Maybe even rebranded to something other the the "Hudson's Bay Centre"?
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#26 Holden West

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 06:58 AM

That's a good question--they're the only mall here named after the anchor tenant. Do they pay for that? Maybe it will be Sport Chek Centre.


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Posted 25 June 2014 - 07:19 AM

I like the classier look of the new name and signage.

 

Edit: Maybe Hudson's Bay will fix up the interior of that shabby store! The one downtown is quite nice, but the one at Mayfair is terrible with awful lighting and filthy old flooring.


Edited by jonny, 25 June 2014 - 07:20 AM.

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#28 Nparker

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 09:11 AM

I like the classier look of the new name and signage.

 

Edit: Maybe Hudson's Bay will fix up the interior of that shabby store! The one downtown is quite nice, but the one at Mayfair is terrible with awful lighting and filthy old flooring.

Little has been done to the interior of the Mayfair location since the mid-1980s when it was Woodwards.



#29 AllseeingEye

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 09:20 AM

Little has been done to the interior of the Mayfair location since the mid-1980s when it was Woodwards.

I worked at Woodward's starting in 1978 and from '80-82 part time while attending UVic and chuckle each time I venture into Mayfair and see the old escalators and certain aspects of the interior that literally have not changed in 30 years if you know what to look for. Even after all this time I still think of the The Bay (Mayfair) as "Woodward's", lol.



#30 Nparker

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 09:24 AM

Even after all this time I still think of the The Bay (Mayfair) as "Woodward's", lol.

Ditto.



#31 jonny

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 10:11 AM

Little has been done to the interior of the Mayfair location since the mid-1980s when it was Woodwards.

 

It certainly looks like it!



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Posted 25 June 2014 - 11:02 AM

They did a big update of the menswear department recently, no?


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#33 sdwright.vic

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 11:13 AM

They moved men's upstairs and made it smaller.
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#34 Nparker

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 11:17 AM

Call me an old futz (or perhaps just sentimental) but I miss the old Woodward's restaurant that used to be on the 2nd floor at Mayfair.  :(



#35 Mike K.

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 11:54 AM

Mayfair did a huge upgrade to their food court about a decade a go. That was a big change. But now that Hillside has invested into major updates and Uptown is all swanky and new Mayfair will be forced to follow suit. Expect some big news in the coming years.


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Posted 25 June 2014 - 12:34 PM

^Sounds like a "I know something" comment...
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#37 Mr Cook Street

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 01:40 PM

Mayfair did a huge upgrade to their food court about a decade a go. That was a big change. But now that Hillside has invested into major updates and Uptown is all swanky and new Mayfair will be forced to follow suit. Expect some big news in the coming years.

 

How about some condo towers??! That would show up Hillside.


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#38 Mike K.

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 01:50 PM

^Sounds like a "I know something" comment...

 

No no, not this time. Just thinking with my business hat on.


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Posted 28 June 2014 - 10:29 AM

Shot of the install and Finlayson side. I like it too, back to a classic look. Suits their more upscale offerings now.

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 11:45 PM

It was announced by the bay back in March that they are retiring the B



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