With Lunar New Year on the horizon, Vancouverites are eagerly preparing for new beginnings and getting ready to ring in the Year of the Rat— the first of all zodiac animals that represents the beginning of a new day, signifying wealth and surplus.

To ring in the Lunar New Year, CF Pacific Centre and CF Richmond Centre are hosting cultural celebrations for all to enjoy, bringing family and friends together to celebrate the Lunar New Year in a spirited way.

New this year, CF Pacific Centre and CF Richmond Centre will host the traditional Lion Dance and Lion eye-dotting ceremony, a traditional Chinese dance performance, greetings and photo opportunity from the God of Fortune and a Lucky Red Pocket giveaway.

As part of an exclusive Cadillac Fairview and Alipay offer, Alipay users can receive an FX Rate only available through CF and a 50RMB discount when they spend 1200RMB for any purchase of a CF SHOP! Card, from January 10 to February 15, at participating CF shopping centres where Alipay is accepted. Furthermore, Alipay users at CF CF Pacific Centre and CF Richmond Centre will receive an exclusive bonus offer with the purchase of a CF SHOP! card.

CF Pacific Centre

What: Join in on the festivities with a traditional Lion Dance

Where: CF Pacific Centre (located in the Rotunda), 701 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC

When: Friday, January 31st at 3:30pm

• Lion Dance (eye dotting ceremony, Mystic Animal, Lion – Blessing)

About Cadillac Fairview

Cadillac Fairview is one of the largest owners, operators and developers of best-in-class office, retail and mixed-use properties in North America. The Cadillac Fairview portfolio is owned by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, a diversified global investor which administers the pensions of more than 323,000 active and retired school teachers. The real estate portfolio also includes investments in retail, mixed-use and industrial real estate in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.

Valued at around $29 billion, the Canadian portfolio includes over 37 million square feet of leasable space at 67 properties in Canada, including landmark developments, such as Toronto-Dominion Centre, CF Toronto Eaton Centre, CF Pacific Centre, CF Chinook Centre, Tour Deloitte and CF Carrefour Laval.

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