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Shopping malls top city’s tax rolls in 2013 Daniel Palmer News staff
Victoria’s three shopping centres are once again among the highest-paying taxpayers in the city, according to the city’s 2013 municipal report. Mayfair Shopping Centre boosted city coffers with nearly $4.2 million last year, while Hillside Centre and The Bay Centre paid a combined $5.2 million in property taxes. Rounding out the top Top five corporate five were the Atrium and taxpayers in Victoria other properties owned ■ Mayfair Shopping Centre: by Jawl Properties and its affiliated businesses. $4.2 million Most of the top 10 prop■ Jawl Properties: erties saw little to no $3.3 million movement from the previ■ Hillside Centre: ous year. $3.06 million The Fairmont Empress ■ The Bay Centre: Hotel had the most expen$2.17 million sive piece of real estate ■ Empress Title Corp: in the Inner Harbour with $1.24 million about $1.3 million in corporate taxes, the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort paid half a million dollars for its Vic West waterfront space and the Grand Pacific Hotel was levied about $644,000. The CIBC/Standard Life building was taxed $854,000 for its expansive portion of the 1100-block of Douglas St. Other significant taxpayers include the B.C. Transit bus depot, Canada Safeway stores (now Save-onFoods) and the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority. The top 30 corporate taxpayers netted $27.3 million for the city in 2013. Schools accounted for $51.6 million in property tax revenues. See the complete list by searching “annual report” on the City of Victoria’s website at victoria.ca.
Paddling for men’s health
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Canadian Olympian and Victoria resident Simon Whitfield and 10 other athletes paddled into the Inner Harbour Saturday after three days and 140 kilometres of stand up paddle boarding across the Salish Sea. The paddle was organized by Whitfield and the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation to coincide with Canadian Men’s Health Week and draw attention to men’s health issues. The CMHF recently launched a national campaign called Don’t Change Much to inspire men to make small changes to feel better and live healthier. For more information, please go online to todontchangemuch.ca. Arnold Lim/News staff
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