Woodside Square is a shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the northwest corner of Finch Avenue East and McCowan Road at Sandhurst Circle.[2] The mall is located in the heart of Agincourt in the Scarborough district.
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
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| Coordinates | 43°48′32″N 79°16′12″W / 43.80889°N 79.27000°W |
| Address | 1571 Sandhurst Circle |
| Opening date | 1977 |
| Management | Triovest Reality Advisors Inc. |
| No. of stores and services | 90+[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 273,452 sq ft (25,405 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 1500 spaces |
| Public transit access |  129 39 939 |
| Website | woodsidesquare |
History
editThe mall opened in 1977. Notable anchors at one time included Dominion, J. Pascal's Hardware and Furniture (later as Zellers), and a Chinese cuisine named "Ruby Chinese Restaurant." The Scarborough Public Library Board also opened the Woodside Square branch in the mall during the mall's early years of operation.[citation needed]
The Zellers was closed down and the space divided into multiple retailers and includes a Food Basics.[3]
Near the mid-2000s, the McDonald's which had been located inside the mall was rebuilt as a freestanding tenant outside the mall to accommodate with the number of customers.[2]
In 2007, the library began to run out of room for its collection,[4] while coincidentally, the Dominion supermarket was closing down at the mall, as it was being acquired by Metro Inc. This supermarket location ended up not being converted into a Metro, and was renovated to include more retail space. The library was moved here, and a Shopper's Drug Mart was opened in the remaining space.[citation needed]
On 7 October 2009, Toronto Public Health closed the Ruby Chinese Cuisine after a man supposedly died after eating food from the cuisine. After investigations, an outbreak of salmonella was found in the restaurant.[5]
During 2012–2013, the mall redeveloped over 45,000 sq ft (4,181 m2) of land to add more stores and restaurants. They include many fast food restaurants, a Le Château Outlet, and another Chinese restaurant, named Congee Town.[6]
In 2019, the mall underwent interior renovations to modernize the mall. New ceramic flooring, smooth ceiling, LED lighting, restaurants, and an upgraded food court and washroom were part of the renovations.[7][8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Woodside Square". Triovest Reality Advisors Inc. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Woodside Square" (PDF). Arcestra. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Food Basics". Woodside Square. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Woodside Square". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "T.O. restaurant shut down after salmonella outbreak". CTV Toronto News. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Congee Town". Congee Town. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Adler, Mike (19 September 2019). "Woodside Square, home of Tai Chi and South Asian films, seeks makeover". Toronto.com. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "New Mall Renovations at Woodside Square". Woodside Square. Retrieved 20 April 2021.