![]() ![]() With support from the Ontario and municipal governments, the T. It was the second major shopping centre to open in Downtown Hamilton it followed the construction of the massive city-led Jackson Square development in the 1970s and 1980s in which entire city blocks were cleared to make way for urban renewal. Hamilton Eaton Centre, fully opened in October 1990, was one of several downtown malls built in Ontario through a partnership between Eaton’s and commercial developer Cadillac Fairview, hoping to replicate the success of the Toronto Eaton Centre, which opened in phases between 19. Early in the new year, demolition will begin on the failed downtown mall, making way for a new residential development. On December 26, 2022, Hamilton’s former Eaton Centre, opened just 32 years ago, will close for good. Note the awkward spacing of “City” over the entrance it originally read “Eaton.” Main entrance to Hamilton City Centre, on James Street North. ![]()
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