Fairview Park opened in 1966 in the Parkway neighbourhood of the recently expanded City of Kitchener. A
Simpsons-Sears department store had opened in August 1965, predating the mall's opening by a year, with the rest of the mall being constructed around it. The initial anchors were Simpsons-Sears at the south end and a
Zehrs supermarket at the north. A new wing with
Woolco was added on the east in the early 1970s along with 20 stores, and
Simpsons on the west was added in the early 1980s along with 40 more stores. In the time since, Simpsons-Sears has become
Sears, Woolco was converted to a
Walmart, and Simpsons became
The Bay. The small Zehrs supermarket had been located facing Kingsway Drive but moved to an outdoor plaza on
Weber Street on the other side of Highway 8 (occupying the space of the former "HiWay Market" supermarket). Its area was redeveloped, partially into the current food court and partially into a
PharmaPlus location (which later closed). From early 2007 to that summer, the mall underwent a major $33.4-million redevelopment. This renovation included a new food court and interiors, including high ceilings. The parking lot was also refurbished. It was the first major renovation since 1986. On December 3, 2024,
Cadillac Fairview officially sold the property to Westcliff, a development company based in Montreal. The amount for the purchase was undisclosed. In March 2025,
Hudson's Bay Company began liquidating 80 of its 86
Hudson's Bay department stores.
Ruby Liu, a property investment manager announced a bid to purchase 25 former Hudson's Bay leases with intentions to launch her own chain of Ruby Liu department stores. Majority of landlords for 23 of those 25 properties the leases sits on have strongly opposed Liu's proposal. The Fairview Park location was one of those 25 listed and subject to court approval. On 24 October, the court sided with landlords and rejected Liu's bid to acquire the 23 disputed store leases. ==Retailers==