Upper Canada Mall

Upper Canada Mall
Location 17600 Yonge Street Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Opening date 1974
Management Oxford Properties Group
Owner Oxford Properties Group
No. of stores and services 200
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 820,000 square feet (80,000 m2)
No. of floors 2
Website

Upper Canada Mall, or Upper Canada, is a shopping mall located in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, on the northwest corner of the Davis Drive West and Yonge Street intersection. The mall is owned and operated by Oxford Properties, one of the largest shopping centre development companies in Canada. It opened in 1974, at which time its layout was a north-south arrangement with two sunken sitting areas surrounded by brick planters on the lower level.

History

Construction of the mall began in 1973. It opened in 1974 with 55 stores, two of which were the department store anchors Eaton's and Sears.[1][2]

A $60 million renovation was completed in 2008 adding 148,000 square feet to include a new 950 seat food court and 25 new fashion retailers including Victoria Secret, Browns, Michael Kors, Apple and Disney.

In November 2012, Upper Canada Mall rebranded themselves as Gorgeous. Their new logo reads Upper Canada Mall surrounded by the word Gorgeous.

Anchors and majors

Sears at the Upper Canada Mall

Expansion and redevelopment

Expansion Phase 1: new stores opened November 8, 2007

During the expansion and redevelopment, the Toys "R" Us store expanded, and will eventually become the largest Toys "R" Us store in Canada.[3]

Expansion Phase 2: new stores opened Spring 2008[4]

See also

Notes

  1. Carter 1996, p. 96.
  2. Carter 1996, p. 94.
  3. "Upper Canada Mall Breaks The Ice on a Retail Revolution". CNW Group. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  4. "Upper Canada Mall: What's New: Coming Soon!". Ivanhoe Cambridge. Retrieved 2008-01-25.

References

  • Carter, Robert Terence (1996). Newmarket: The Heart of York Region. Dundurn Press. ISBN 1554882427.

External links

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Coordinates: 44°03′22″N 79°29′02″W / 44.056073°N 79.48396°W