Ruby Liu has said she wants to turn the Bay stores she is hoping to buy into her own department store named after herself. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

Several of Canada’s most prominent real estate companies are slamming an attempt from a B.C. billionaire to take over 25 former Hudson’s Bay leases, saying her plan for their spaces “defies commercial common sense” and is “entirely unrealistic.”

The landlords, including Cadillac Fairview, Oxford Properties, Ivanhoé Cambridge, KingSett Capital Inc., Morguard Investments Ltd. and Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust, made filings Saturday that ask the Ontario Superior Court to stop Weihong (Ruby) Liu from moving in.

Most said they are opposed to Ms. Liu becomi

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