How Bramalea Mall Punches Above Its Weight
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Operations manager Bao Lu realizes Bramalea City Centre can’t compete with Square One, Yorkdale, or the Eaton Centre in shoppers’ minds. “But we’re still the fourth-largest shopping centre in Ontario,” Bao, with Morguard Investments, tells Bisnow. “We want to punch above our weight class.” If recent accolades are any indication, it's succeeding: newly expanded BCC just snagged BOMA Canada’s award for Outstanding Building of the Year in the Super Regional Shopping Centre category. (It won the BOMA Toronto equivalent earlier this year.)
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Handed out in Winnipeg last week, the BOMA award cites BCC’s leadership in energy conservation. The mall has new LED lighting, automated climate control and lighting systems, an electric-car charging station, rainwater harvesting, and a recycling program that diverts 70% of waste from landfill. BOMA also noted BCC's tenant and community relations and emergency preparedness. A 1.5M SF shopping centre with 350 stores, BCC will now compete for an international BOMA award in Los Angeles next June. The mall just signed Vancouver-based women's fashion boutique Aritzia, a 5,000 SF location slated to open by Christmas.