Editing Victoria, British Columbia (section)

===Retail===
[[File:The Bay Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 004.jpg|thumb|The [[Bay Centre]] is one of three [[shopping mall]]s in Victoria.]]

There are three major shopping malls in the City of Victoria, including the [[Bay Centre]], [[Hillside Shopping Centre]], and Mayfair Shopping Centre. Mayfair, one of the first major shopping centres in Victoria, first opened as an outdoor strip mall on 16 October 1963 with 27 stores.<ref name="1963 opening">{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=6ae41066-94c2-4953-9764-9323ab2072c1|title=Oct. 16, 1963: $6,000,000 Mayfair mall open to public|access-date=2014-06-11|date=16 October 2008|publisher=Victoria Times Colonist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930180440/http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=6ae41066-94c2-4953-9764-9323ab2072c1|archive-date=30 September 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Mayfair">{{cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/business/brickyard-to-boutiques-mayfair-mall-marks-50th-birthday-this-month-1.657809|title=Brickyard to boutiques: Mayfair mall marks 50th birthday this month|access-date=2014-06-11|date=11 October 2013|publisher=Victoria Times Colonist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810150855/http://www.timescolonist.com/business/brickyard-to-boutiques-mayfair-mall-marks-50th-birthday-this-month-1.657809|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> It was built on the site of a former brickyard in the Maywood district, a then-semi-rural area in the northern part of Victoria.<ref name="Mayfair"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6T5Pp9rh2O4C&q=%22Mayfair+Shopping+Centre&pg=PT8|title=Victoria|isbn=9781412243926|last1=Kersey|first1=Morris|date=2001|publisher=Trafford }}</ref> [[Woodward's]] was Mayfair's original department store anchor upon the mall's opening.<ref name="Mayfair"/><ref>{{cite AV media|url=http://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.657808.1381554885!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_563/b1-bw-1012-mayfair4-jpg.jpg|title=Woodward's store at Mayfair Shopping Centre, 16 October 1963|access-date=21 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723111829/http://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.657808.1381554885!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_563/b1-bw-1012-mayfair4-jpg.jpg|archive-date=23 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mayfair was enclosed and renovated into an indoor mall in 1974.<ref name="Mayfair 50th">{{cite web|url=http://www.vicnews.com/business/228268651.html|title=Victoria's Mayfair set to sparkle on its 50th birthday|access-date=2014-06-11|date=17 October 2013|publisher=Victoria News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408063419/http://www.vicnews.com/business/228268651.html|archive-date=8 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.shopinvictoria.com/Mayfair-Shopping-Centre---Shopping-Centres-Victoria/433583.htm Mayfair Shopping Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722181302/http://www.shopinvictoria.com/Mayfair-Shopping-Centre---Shopping-Centres-Victoria/433583.htm |date=22 July 2014 }} at Shop in Victoria.com</ref> The mall underwent three later expansions in 1984 (with the addition of [[Consumers Distributing]]), 1985 (expansion of the mall food court) and a major expansion in 1990 that saw the addition of more retail space.<ref name="Mayfair 50th"/> The Bay (now [[Hudson's Bay (retailer)|Hudson's Bay]]) replaced Woodward's as Mayfair's department store anchor in 1993 following [[Hudson's Bay Company]]'s acquisition of the Woodward's chain.<ref>[http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/acquisitions/retail/woodwards.asp Woodward's Stores Limited] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012213934/http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/acquisitions/retail/woodwards.asp |date=12 October 2014 }} at HBC Heritage</ref> The mall was more recently renovated in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-28 |title=New Mayfair mall owner unveils redevelopment plan that includes housing |url=https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/new-mayfair-mall-owner-unveils-redevelopment-plan-that-includes-housing-1.5643281 |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Vancouver Island |language=en}}</ref> Mayfair now offers over 100 stores and services including Hudson's Bay.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayfair Shopping Centre {{!}} Victoria's Leading Fashion Mall |url=https://www.mayfairshoppingcentre.com/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en-CA}}</ref> It has {{cvt|454213|sqft|order=flip}} of retail space and it also provides customers with rooftop parking.<ref name="Mayfair Info">{{cite web |title=Mayfair Shopping Centre |url=http://www.ivanhoecambridge.com/en/shopping-centres/properties/mayfair-shopping-centre |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100340/http://www.ivanhoecambridge.com/en/shopping-centres/properties/mayfair-shopping-centre |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=2014-06-15 |publisher=Ivanhoe Cambridge}}</ref> Early in 2025, Canada-wide, Hudson's Bay Company entered Bankruptcy Protection. Only 4 stores, in Toronto, are expected to continue to operate.