My first rent chq to West Edmonton MALL (yes, Don Ghermezian, the cheque was endorsed to the word MALL that you forbid people in your company to use) in May 1999 for $6156.78.  I was forced to close my shop in 2014 when they wanted to raise my rent from $30,000 to approx $45,000 per month
Business license was $60 in 2000 and now its $235









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