Lime Ridge Mall Explained

Lime Ridge Mall
Address:
Hamilton, Ontario
L9A 4X5
Coordinates:43.218°N -79.862°W
Owner:Cadillac Fairview
Number Of Stores:213
Number Of Anchors:2
Floor Area:815000square feet
Floors:2

Lime Ridge Mall (corporately styled as "CF Lime Ridge") is a two-level indoor shopping mall in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Opened on September 13, 1981, it is the largest mall complex in the city, an 815000square feet super-regional shopping centre with over 213 stores including department stores and big box stores such as Hudson's Bay. Sears closed in 2017.[1] It is located on 999 Upper Wentworth Street.

The mall, which includes an office building, is managed by Cadillac Fairview and has four floors of office space.[2] Bell Media radio stations in Hamilton are tenants of the building.

In 1981 the Government of Ontario offered to build an elevated rapid transit line from the Lloyd D. Jackson Square in downtown Hamilton, to the mall.[3] Hamilton turned the proposal down.

Lime Ridge Terminal

Lime Ridge Terminal
Address:999 Upper Wentworth Street
Coordinates:43.2181°N -79.8633°W
Bus Stands:5
Bus Operators:Hamilton Street Railway
Bus Routes:6
Structure:Outdoor bus shelters
Accessible:Yes

The Hamilton Street Railway bus terminal is located on the west side of the mall at Upper Wentworth Street. A total of four routes and two shuttles loop or pass through this terminal.[4]

References

CF Limeridge Mall Website (July 2020): https://www.cfshops.com/lime-ridge.html [5]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/lime-ridge-mall-sears-hamilton-closing-1.4317161
  2. Web site: Lime Ridge Mall Web site. December 5, 2007.
  3. News: LRT and lessons to be learned from Hamilton's first flirtation with urban trains: In 1981, Council turned down elevated train line, despite province's vow to foot most of the bill. CBC News. Cory Ruf. May 27, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528012358/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/lrt-and-lessons-to-be-learned-from-hamilton-s-first-flirtation-with-urban-trains-1.2652259. May 28, 2014. live. On the night of Dec. 15, 1981, Hamilton rejected a proposal to build a $111-million elevated train line from Jackson Square in the city’s core to Lime Ridge Mall, the hub for what was then the southern fringe of the Mountain’s blooming suburbs..
  4. Web site: Limeridge Transit Terminal . Hamilton Transit Blog . June 29, 2015.
  5. Website