Yorkdale Shopping Centre (also often shortened to simply Yorkdale) is one of Toronto's largest and most exclusive shopping centers. It contains over 250 stores and is located in the community of Downsview, in North York. It is the fifth largest shopping mall in Canada and also enjoys the second highest sales per unit area of any mall in Canada, after Vancouver's Pacific Centre, with current merchandise sales levels at over $1,100(CAD)/square foot. The centre draws in approximately 400,000 customers a week. It is currently owned by a joint venture between the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System through its subsidiary Oxford Properties Group Inc. and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
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