Pacific Centre

For the LGBT community center in California, see Pacific Center for Human Growth.
Pacific Centre
Location Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Opening date 1971
Management Cadillac Fairview
Owner Cadillac Fairview
No. of stores and services 83
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 1,037,518 ft²
No. of floors 3
Parking 1758
Website Pacific Centre

Pacific Centre is a shopping mall located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by Cadillac Fairview Corporation. Based on the number of stores, most of which are underground, it is the largest mall in Downtown Vancouver with over 100 stores and shoppes. Anchor stores include Holt Renfrew, Apple Store, Harry Rosen, H&M, Sport Chek and Atmosphere. In 2015, Nordstrom will open a new flagship store.

The mall is directly connected to The Bay department store, Vancouver Centre Mall, two SkyTrain subway stations, and the Four Seasons Hotel - a 5-star 385-room luxury hotel.

The City of Vancouver approved an 578,000 sq ft. expansion of Pacific Centre, including retail premises that will extend to the street on both sides of West Georgia Street, and a direct link connecting the shopping centre with the new Vancouver City Centre SkyTrain station on Granville Street. The link opened in the summer of 2009 in conjunction with the opening of the Canada Line.

Incident

In 2012, an incident at Pacific Centre Mall sparked an investigation by the Ministry of Justice and the Vancouver police.[1] A security guard was shown on videotape striking a disabled man suspected of shoplifting, throwing him from his wheelchair on the floor and yelling profane language.[2] The guard in question — Ali Rahnumah, 30, an employee of Genesis Security — was fired over the incident and criminally charged.[3][4] He is suing Genesis Security for wrongful dismissal.[3] The investigation itself ultimately concluded that the guard acted with unnecessary force and had used profanity contrary to the Security Services Regulation of that province.[5]

Anchor tenants

(square footage is approximate)

Former Anchors

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wheelchair-bound man’s handling by mall guards investigated. UPI.com (2012-11-02). Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
  2. ↑ B.C. Wheelchair Takedown Under Investigation. Huffingtonpost.ca. Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vancouver mall cop allegedly knocked wheelchair-bound man to ground. UPI.com (2013-03-29). Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
  4. ↑ B.C. wheelchair takedown under investigation - British Columbia - CBC News. Cbc.ca (2012-11-01). Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
  5. ↑ Crawford, Tiffany. (2013-01-18) Vancouver security guard used ‘unnecessary force’ on man in wheelchair. Vancouversun.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-26.

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Coordinates: 49°17′00″N 123°07′04″W / 49.28339°N 123.117911°W