Woodside Square
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| Location |
1571 Sandhurst Circle Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°48′32″N 79°16′12″W / 43.80889°N 79.27000°WCoordinates: 43°48′32″N 79°16′12″W / 43.80889°N 79.27000°W |
| 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 | 1 |
| Parking | 1500 spaces |
| Website | Official Website |
Woodside Square is a shopping mall in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, at the northwest corner of Finch Avenue East and McCowan Road at Sandhurst Circle.[2] The mall is located in the heart of Agincourt, and is one of the well known malls along with the Dragon Centre Mall and Agincourt Mall to be noted as part of "Scarborough's Chinatown."
History
The mall opened around the 1970s to 1980s with many anchors. Notable ones at the time included Winners, 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.
The Zellers was closed down and a Dominion store was opened up in its place. It later moved to the other side of the mall as a "Dominion Save-A-Centre" and the old space was converted into a Food Basics.[3]
Near the mid-2000s, the McDonald's which was previously located inside the mall was rebuilt as a freestanding tenant outside the mall to accommodate with the high level 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 attached to the mall.
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]
On 9 August 2010, a 74 year-old man was taken into custody after an altercation broke out between him and a man in his 60s, whom he stabbed in the lower back around 11:33 am. The victim was taken to Sunnybrook Hospital, where he made a full recovery.[6]
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."[7]
Anchors and major retailers
Notable anchors located inside the mall are Food Basics,[3] Shopper's Drug Mart, Le Château, SVP Sports, KFC, the library, and the LCBO.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Woodside Square". Triovest Reality Advisors Inc. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Woodside Square". Arcestra. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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.
- ↑ Palamarchuk, Andrew (9 August 2010). "Man, 74, stabs man at Scarborough mall". Inside Toronto. Scarborough Mirror. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ "Congee Town". Congee Town. Retrieved 7 September 2014.