East York Town Centre
East York Town Centre is a shopping centre located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The shopping centre is located in the former city of East York.
 East York Town Centre with Leaside Towers in the background | |
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| Coordinates | 43.7057°N 79.3461°W |
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| Address | 45 Overlea Boulevard Toronto, Ontario M4H 1C3 |
| Opening date | 1960 |
| Management | Morguard |
| Owner | Morguard |
| No. of stores and services | 100+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 (Food Basics and Shoppers Drug Mart) |
| Total retail floor area | 360,045 square feet (33,449.3 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 (Former Target has 2 floors, the mall has a ground floor for offices and an upper floor for a banquet hall) |
| Website | www |
History
The shopping centre was opened to the public in 1960 as the Thorncliffe Market Place in the Town of Leaside. Before 1954 the area was the northeast corner of racetrack and grassy area south of the where the stables of the old Thorncliffe Park Raceway. It began with two anchors, Sayvette[2] and Steinberg's (supermarket).[2] The Sayvette department store dissolved in 1977. Woolco opened in the space where Sayvette previously occupied.[2] Woolco was bought by Walmart in 1994. This location was unionized and eventually was sold to Zellers.
Zellers went in liquidation and closed in June 2012, making way for Target's entry into the Canadian market. Construction began in December 2012 to convert the Zellers store into a Target store, which opened March 25, 2013. Target Canada announced its closure of all its 133 stores in Canada (including the East York Town Centre location). In mid-2016, Thorncliffe Bowlerama closed down and was replaced with Fit4Less.
References
- "Leasing". East York Town Centre. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- "Department Stores then and now". UrbanToronto.ca. March 8, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
