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14-648: Opened in September 1976, the hotel featured 372 guest rooms, including 66 suites, and was connected to the Pacific Centre shopping mall, a major retail complex in the city. The hotel’s amenities included the YEW seafood + bar restaurant, Stittgen jewellery store, Blo Blow Dry bar hair salon, indoor-outdoor pool, massage suite, fitness centre,12 function rooms and the Park Ballroom. The hotel received numerous accolades, including

28-575: A 50 percent interest in its Vancouver properties, including Pacific Centre, to the Ontario Pension Board and Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board , each to hold a 25% stake. Cadillac Fairview, itself a subsidiary of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan , will retain the remaining 50% interest and continue to manage the properties. The rotunda glass dome at the northeast corner of the intersection of West Georgia Street and Howe Street

42-555: A 53,700-square-metre (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 August 2009 in conjunction with the opening of the Canada Line . On 20 January 2017, Cadillac Fairview announced an agreement to sell

56-662: A short walking distance of bus stops for bus services throughout Vancouver (especially the trolleybus services on Granville Mall ) and to the North Shore . There are underground connections between the station and both the Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre shopping malls. Passengers are able to reach Granville station (on the Expo Line ) during regular retail hours while remaining indoors by walking through Pacific Centre or Vancouver Centre and Hudson's Bay department store, although

70-467: Is an underground station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver 's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located on Granville Street , between West Georgia Street and Robson Street in Downtown Vancouver , and serves the shopping and entertainment districts along Granville and Robson streets, and the office and shopping complexes of Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre. The station

84-639: Is within walking distance of Robson Square (home of the Vancouver Art Gallery , the Provincial Court of British Columbia , and a UBC satellite campus), the Orpheum Theatre , Vancouver Library Square , TD Tower , Scotia Tower and the HSBC Canada Building . Vancouver City Centre station opened in 2009 and is named for its location in the centre of downtown Vancouver. VIA Architecture

98-620: The Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star designation and the AAA Five Diamond rating. The hotel was notable for being the last Four Seasons property to be both owned and operated by the company. All other Four Seasons properties had transitioned to third-party ownership. In May 2018, it was announced that the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver would close, following the end of its lease agreement with Cadillac Fairview ,

112-636: The Ontario Pension Board , and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board , and is managed by Cadillac Fairview. Based on the number of stores, most of which are underground, it is the largest mall in Downtown Vancouver , with over 100 stores and shops, and the seventh-busiest mall in Canada, with 22.1   million annual visitors as of 2018. The mall is directly connected to the Hudson's Bay department store, Vancouver Centre Mall, two SkyTrain subway stations, and

126-446: The former Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver . Built between 1971 and 1973, it was an unofficial Eaton Centre . It is a joint venture of Cemp Investments , Toronto Dominion Bank and T. Eaton Company Limited . The Pacific Centre was home to an Eaton's department store, succeeded by Sears Canada after 2002 and vacated in the fourth quarter of 2012. A Nordstrom store opened in its former space in 2015. The City of Vancouver approved

140-571: The guard was seen hitting the man, throwing him from his wheelchair, and yelling profanities at him. In January 2013, the Ministry of Justice ruled that the guard had used unnecessary force. He was fined $ 230 and had his security license suspended for two month with a condition requiring re-certification on use of force before he could receive his license. https://www.bcbusiness.ca/fear-factor-vancouver-crime-and-the-private-security-industry Vancouver City Centre station Vancouver City Centre

154-440: The mall, Granville and Vancouver City Centre station , respectively. In November 2012, BC attorney general Shirley Bond ordered an investigation into a Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) Genesis Security undercover security guard who physically assaulted a person with a disability whom he had accused of shoplifting. During the altercation, which was recorded on security cameras and witnesses' cellphones,

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168-475: The owner of the building. The hotel ceased operations on 20 January 2020. Cadillac Fairview indicated plans for a refurbishment and a new hotel brand to take over the space, but as of 2024, no new operator has been confirmed. Pacific Centre Pacific Centre (officially CF Pacific Centre since 2015) is a shopping mall located in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Cadillac Fairview ,

182-634: Was redeveloped in the early 2020s. Cadillac Fairview constructed a new two-storey pavilion building with 1,300 square metres (14,000 sq ft) of floor area that included a new Apple flagship store. Nordstrom's flagship store closed on 13 June 2023 as the company exited the Canadian market. Pacific Centre is located at the Granville Mall , which is a junction between the Expo and Canada Lines of Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. Two stations service

196-414: Was the architecture firm responsible for designing the station. In 2018, TransLink announced that Vancouver City Centre station, as well as two other Canada Line stations located in downtown Vancouver, would receive an accessibility upgrade which includes additional escalators. Construction is expected to begin in early 2019 with completion by the fourth quarter of 2019. The station is located within

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