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Developers are pouring billions of dollars into projects across the region that will reinvent the enclosed mall experience with dramatic spaces and a focus on consumers over goods, otherwise known as Leisure 2.0.

Whatever you have heard about the death of the shopping mall, well, that may have been greatly exaggerated.

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The $2-billion Amazing Brentwood development will be first out of the gate this spring at the heart of a glossy reimagining of the retail experience with 250 shops totalling 1.1 million square feet and 11 towers of offices and condominiums to replace an aging Brentwood Mall.

Rather than a department store or two to anchor the retail space, Cineplex is building a massive entertainment complex in Brentwood with cinemas, restaurants, sports bars and a huge array of cutting-edge games, simulators and virtual reality systems.

Mall landlords across Canada are focused on attracting “experience and entertainment-type tenants,” according to a recent market report from the International Council of Shopping Centers.