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On February 9, 2006, a knife battle between four men occurred in the upper food court area of the mall. One man was fatally stabbed in the heart and died at the scene. Another was seriously injured, suffering a knife wound at the back. The two other men fled the scene amid horrified shoppers. Mall management kept the mall open, even as the corpse remained on the third floor. Film crews who came to report the incident were harassed and chased away by security guards. It was the first homicide of the year for the City of Richmond.<ref>[http://www.cknw.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=74281635912&rem=30268&red=801163523aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm CKNW News Talk 980 - CKNWAM - 2<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref> {{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed for the incident}} |
On February 9, 2006, a knife battle between four men occurred in the upper food court area of the mall. One man was fatally stabbed in the heart and died at the scene. Another was seriously injured, suffering a knife wound at the back. The two other men fled the scene amid horrified shoppers. Mall management kept the mall open, even as the corpse remained on the third floor. Film crews who came to report the incident were harassed and chased away by security guards. It was the first homicide of the year for the City of Richmond.<ref>[http://www.cknw.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=74281635912&rem=30268&red=801163523aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm CKNW News Talk 980 - CKNWAM - 2<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref> {{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed for the incident}} |
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On October 26, 2008, a middle aged Asian man committed suicide by jumping down from the third floor food court. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Richmond RCMP ruled out any foul play and believed it was an isolated suicide incident.<ref>http://www.canada.com/richmondnews/news/story.html?id=f329acbc-263c-4b6a-b086-b625e36300cb</ref> Similarly to what happened with the murder incident, Fairchild Television and Radio minimized the publicity by only doing a brief report. It is important to note that Fairchild Television and Aberdeen Centre are owned by the same company. |
On October 26, 2008, a middle aged Asian man committed suicide by jumping down from the third floor food court. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Richmond RCMP ruled out any foul play and believed it was an isolated suicide incident.<ref>http://www.canada.com/richmondnews/news/story.html?id=f329acbc-263c-4b6a-b086-b625e36300cb</ref> Similarly to what happened with the murder incident, Fairchild Television and Radio minimized the publicity by only doing a brief report. It is important to note that Fairchild Television and Aberdeen Centre are owned by the same company.{{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed for this comment}} |
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| Location | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Opening date | 1989 (original building) 2003 (current building) |
| Developer | Fairchild Development |
| Management | Fairchild Group |
| Owner | Fairchild Group |
| No. of stores and services | 150 |
| Total retail floor area | 380,000 sq ft (35,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | Yes, covered |
| Website | http://www.aberdeencentre.com |
Aberdeen Centre is a shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia. It is located in the Golden Village district on Hazelbridge Way, bordered by Cambie Road to the north. It primarily serves the Asian Canadian population in the Metro Vancouver area, but is striving towards an appeal to Western customers as well[citation needed]. It was named after the famous Aberdeen Harbour of Hong Kong. Aberdeen Centre is also in the process of constructing a condominium complex attached to the mall itself.
The mall is owned by the Fairchild Group, a company that also owns and operates many of the Chinese language television channels and radio stations in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.
Free wireless internet access is available in the mall primarily in the 3rd floor food court.[1]
History
The original Aberdeen Centre was built in 1989 and was one of the first Asian malls in Canada. It contained about 50 to 75 stores, including a bowling alley and a movie theatre that showed Chinese films. At that time, the Chinese name of the mall was also borrowed from the Aberdeen Harbour in Hong Kong: which literally means "Little Hong Kong". The mall was called "Little Hong Kong Centre" in Chinese. In fact, Aberdeen Centre is also a large-scale residential development situated on the shores of Aberdeen Harbour in Hong Kong.
As new Asian malls such as Yaohan Centre and President Plaza opened, it soon became apparent that the original Aberdeen was too small to compete. It was demolished in 2001, and it was rebuilt for approximately $130 million. Architect Bing Thom was hired to design the building.
The current Aberdeen Centre, opened in 2003, is about three times the original mall's size and has around 100 stores, making it one of the largest malls in Richmond. While the English name remains Aberdeen Centre, the Chinese name of mall was changed to "Era Street". The new mall's primary anchor store is Daiso, which is the company's first store outside of Asia. Other notable stores include a Lamborghini dealership and fashion boutique (replacing the Ferrari-Maserati dealership as of May 2010),[2][3] Starbucks (closed since 2009) and HSBC. There are also a notable number of restaurants located on its upper floors. An indoor musical fountain, similar to the one in front of Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas but smaller in scale, was built at the centre of the mall and performs shows every hour.[4]
In 2006, the mall became home to the operations of Fairchild Group's Chinese language TV and radio operations in Vancouver. Fairchild Radio (CJVB AM1470 and CHKG FM96.1) now has studios on the second floor, while Fairchild TV and Talentvision have their news studios on the third floor.[5]
On August 8, 2008, the largest viewing party in the Vancouver area for the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the mall, with thousands of spectators, some of whom had lined up since 3:30 in the morning.[6]
Transportation
Public transit buses, serviced by TransLink, have connections to the mall, with additional routes to Downtown Vancouver and New Westminster. It is also served by SkyTrain's Aberdeen Station along the Canada Line, which opened on August 2009.
Incidents
On February 9, 2006, a knife battle between four men occurred in the upper food court area of the mall. One man was fatally stabbed in the heart and died at the scene. Another was seriously injured, suffering a knife wound at the back. The two other men fled the scene amid horrified shoppers. Mall management kept the mall open, even as the corpse remained on the third floor. Film crews who came to report the incident were harassed and chased away by security guards. It was the first homicide of the year for the City of Richmond.[7] [citation needed]
On October 26, 2008, a middle aged Asian man committed suicide by jumping down from the third floor food court. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Richmond RCMP ruled out any foul play and believed it was an isolated suicide incident.[8] Similarly to what happened with the murder incident, Fairchild Television and Radio minimized the publicity by only doing a brief report. It is important to note that Fairchild Television and Aberdeen Centre are owned by the same company.[citation needed]
Gallery
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Exterior view of Aberdeen Centre -
Exterior view of Aberdeen Centre, at night -
Aberdeen Centre's entrance, at night -
Interior view of Aberdeen Centre -
Aberdeen Centre's exteriors
See also
References
- ^ "FREE Wireless Internet Connection @ Aberdeen Centre". Lynx Communications. Lynx Communications. Last modified August 2004. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/home_family/exotic-carmaker-lamborghini-opens-vancouver-clothes-boutique-only-3rd-in-world-93185604.html
- ^ http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2010/05/lamborghini-opens-second-north-american-merchandise-boutique-in-vancouver.html
- ^ Aberdeen Centre
- ^ "Fairchild Media Group" (in Chinese). Popular Lifestyle Entertainment Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "Thousands flock to Olympic party". Richmond Review. Retrieved 2008-08-08. [dead link]
- ^ CKNW News Talk 980 - CKNWAM - 2[dead link]
- ^ http://www.canada.com/richmondnews/news/story.html?id=f329acbc-263c-4b6a-b086-b625e36300cb