Cadillac Fairview says a plan from a B.C. billionaire hoping to take over 25 former Hudson’s Bay leases “defies commercial common sense” and thus, she should not be allowed to move in.

In filings made with the Ontario Superior Court on Saturday, Cadillac Fairview says it is “resolutely opposed” to Ruby Liu becoming a tenant at some of its malls because she has no detailed or credible business plan.

The mall owner also says Liu, who owns three B.C. shopping centres herself, has no brand, experienced staff or track record in retail.

Her business is “an empty shell without any guarantee of financial means beyond Ms. Liu’s bare assertion that she will keep it afloat,” said Rory MacLeod, Cadillac Fairview’s executive vice-president of operations, in an affidavit. “All of the indications ar

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