Ruby Liu
Ruby Liu is the chairwoman of Central Walk, a real estate investment company based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Recently, she has garnered attention for her plans to acquire leases for former Hudson's Bay department stores, but has faced criticism for lacking a comprehensive business plan and the necessary retail management experience to operate them effectively.
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Billionaire Ruby Liu won the bidding last spring for 28 store leases across the country.
Hudson’s Bay landlords seek $2.4-million in costs for court battle over store leases
Canada· 2026-01-23B.C.-based real estate executive Weihong (Ruby) Liu held meetings with some of Canada’s largest mall owners to share her plan to take over the leases of more than two dozen former Hudson’s Bay locations.
Carney’s new projects, Saab’s talks with Ottawa and Ruby Liu’s contentious play for Hudson’s Bay stores: Business and investing stories for the week of Nov. 16Canada· 2025-11-16
Billionaire Ruby Liu poses with her staff while holding a set of keys to a former Hudson's Bay-owned Saks off 5th department store during a handover ceremony.
Court decision on Hudson’s Bay lease deal with B.C. retailer Liu coming this weekCanada· 2025-10-20
Ruby Liu is a billionaire trying to purchase 25 former Hudson's Bay store leases.
Ruby Liu’s plan for former Hudson’s Bay stores is ‘doomed to fail,’ lawyer saysCanada· 2025-08-30
The court recommended rejecting a proposed purchase by billionaire Ruby Liu.
Business Brief: A young Canadian crypto thief strikes againCanada· 2025-08-23
Ruby Liu has said she wants to turn the Bay stores she is hoping to buy into her own department store named after herself.
Landlords say Ruby Liu’s plan to take over 25 Hudson’s Bay properties ‘defies commercial common sense’Canada· 2025-08-11
Ruby Liu is a B.C. billionaire vying to buy more than two dozen Hudson’s Bay Co. leases.
Ontario chief justice rebukes B.C. billionaire seeking Bay leases for ‘inappropriate’ correspondence with judgeCanada· 2025-07-30
Ruby Liu is a B.C. billionaire who has been involved in multiple lease deals with Hudson’s Bay Co.
Hudson’s Bay reaches more lease deals across Canada for its locationsCanada· 2025-07-26B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu is set on buying 28 of those leases – but nearly every landlord involved is trying to stop her.
The B.C. billionaire fighting to take over Hudson’s Bay storesCanada· 2025-07-09
Billionaire Ruby Liu has received the keys to a store taken over from Hudson’s Bay, the first of more than two dozen that she has her eyes on.
Ruby Liu gets keys to former Hudson’s Bay-owned store as she looks to acquire more leasesCanada· 2025-06-27Ruby Liu is the chairwoman of Central Walk and is attempting to acquire leases for former Hudson’s Bay stores.
Ruby Liu lacks ‘foundational’ experience to run former HBC stores, Cadillac Fairview CEO saysCanada· 2025-06-26