 Inside of Lime Ridge Mall in 2014 | |
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| Coordinates | 43°13′05″N 79°51′43″W / 43.218°N 79.862°W / 43.218; -79.862 |
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| Address | 999 Upper Wentworth Street Hamilton, Ontario L9A 4X5 |
| Opened | September 13, 1981 (1981-09-13) |
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| Management | Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust |
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| Stores | 180[1] |
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| Floor area | 815,000 square feet (75,700 m2) |
| Floors | 2 |
| Website | limeridgemall |
Lime Ridge Mall 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 815,000-square-foot (75,700 m2) super-regional shopping centre with 180 stores including department stores and big box stores.
History
Lime Ridge Mall was opened on September 13, 1981, and today has 180 stores and kiosks. Sears and the Hudson's Bay were Lime Ridge Mall's two anchor tenants. Sears Canada closed in 2017 and Hudson's Bay closed in 2025.[2]
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.
The mall, which includes an office building, was managed by Cadillac Fairview and has four floors of office space.[4] Bell Media radio stations in Hamilton are tenants of the building.
On June 17, 2025, Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) acquired a 100 percent interest in the mall from an entity managed by Cadillac Fairview for $416 million.[5][6]
In late 2025, it was announced that Walmart Canada would be opening a store in Lime Ridge Mall in 2027.[7] The new store is expected to make Walmart a new anchor tenant, replacing Sears.
Lime Ridge Terminal
Lime Ridge Terminal | |||||
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| Location | 999 Upper Wentworth Street Hamilton, Ontario L9A 4X5 Canada | ||||
| Coordinates | 43°13′05″N 79°51′48″W / 43.21806°N 79.86333°W / 43.21806; -79.86333 | ||||
| Bus routes | 6 | ||||
| Bus stands | 5 | ||||
| Bus operators | Hamilton Street Railway | ||||
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| Structure type | Outdoor bus shelters | ||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||
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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.[8]
References
- Primaris. "Home | Lime Ridge". limeridgemall.ca. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
- "Lime Ridge Mall Sears location is closing, among 11 others". CBC News. October 2, 2017.
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Cory Ruf (May 27, 2014). "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. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014.
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.
- "Lime Ridge Mall Web site". Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- "New ownership for Hamilton's Lime Ridge Mall in $416M sale". CHCH. June 17, 2025. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
- Hewitt, Fallon (June 17, 2025). "Hamilton's Lime Ridge Mall sold to new owner". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
- To, Michael (November 27, 2025). "New Walmart Supercentre set to open at Hamilton's Lime Ridge Mall in 2027". CHCH. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
- "Limeridge Transit Terminal". Hamilton Transit Blog. Retrieved June 29, 2015.