Centerpoint Mall (Toronto)
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{{infobox shopping mall
| name = Centerpoint Mall
| image = Centerpoint Mall Aerial view 2023.jpg
| caption =
| address = 6464 Yonge Street
| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| coordinates = {{Coord|43.796|N|79.422|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = {{start date|1966|06|01|df=yes}}
| manager = Morguard
| owner = Revenue Properties Company Limited
| number_of_anchors = 4 (1 vacant)
| floor_area = {{cvt|625000|sqft|m2|order=flip}}
| floors = 1 (2 floors in The Bay)
| website = {{url|centerpointshops.com|Centerpoint Mall}}
| parking = 2,258
}}
File:Centerpoint Mall Interior 2023.jpg
Centerpoint Mall (formerly Towne and Countrye Square) is a shopping mall located in Newtonbrook, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the southwest corner of Steeles Avenue and Yonge Street at the boundary of Toronto.{{cite web|title=Centerpoint Mall - Home|url=http://www.centerpointshops.com/index.php?menu=Home|website=Centerpoint Mall|accessdate=9 November 2014}} It contains {{convert|635121|sqft|m2|order=flip}} of retail space.
The mall has a layout similar to a cross. Customers enter the Congee Queen from an exterior entrance only, as a doorway to the interior of the mall is only for staff and deliveries, allowing the Congee Queen to remain open separately from the rest of the mall. The supermarket is connected to the mall interior but shopping carts are blocked off from the rest of the mall.
History
It was originally known as Towne and Countrye Square at its grand opening in the 1960s as an enclosed mall.{{cite web|url=https://torontoist.com/2013/01/historicist-living-the-towne-countrye-square-life/ |title=Historicist: Living the Towne & Countrye Square Life |date=19 January 2013 |accessdate=2018-04-22}} In 1966, the mall began operation with anchors Sayvette and Super City Discount Foods, later adding the Miracle Mart department store. Miracle Mart was converted to Canadian Tire. The Super City (later Loblaws) store was torn down and rebuilt as a two-storey Zellers. The Bay was added adjacent to Yonge Street in April 1974. The Sayvette chain went defunct in 1975 and was converted to Woolco. Woolco closed and the store was converted to a supermarket under the Loblaw Companies, first as a Super Centre, then to Loblaws, now it is a No Frills. The mall changed its name to Centerpoint Mall in 1990, note that its current name uses the American spelling for "center".https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2011/05/toronto_malls_in_need_of_makeovers_centerpoint_mall/
The Zellers was closed in 2012 when the Zellers leasehold was purchased by Target; the location was closed for about a year before reopening as Target on 19 March 2013. In early 2015, all Target stores across Canada closed. A Lowe's home improvement store opened in the former Target store in late November 2016,{{cite web|url=http://www.towersdepartmentstores.info/pages/stores.htm |title=Towers Department Stores: Stores |accessdate=2013-03-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820182601/http://www.towersdepartmentstores.info/pages/stores.htm |archivedate=2012-08-20 }} but it had closed by the end of February 2019.{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Pete |title=Lowe's closing 31 locations in Canada, mainly Rona stores |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lowes-rona-closures-1.4892055 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=CBC |date=5 November 2018}} Replacing the Lowe's, Canada Computers store has now been open since December 14, 2019, but only using the first floor of the anchor space.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blogto.com/events/canada-computers-north-york-grand-opening-toronto/|title = Canada Computers North York Grand Opening}}
On 9 December 2021, an application was submitted to the city to permit the re-development of the property. It is planned to demolish the mall over several years, with the aim of replacing it with "[a] network of new public and private streets and development blocks containing a mix of uses including residential, retail, office, a central public park, and privately-owned publicly accessible spaces".{{cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/clock-ticking-on-centerpoint-mall |title=Toronto Sun: Clock ticking on Centerpoint Mall? |date=6 January 2022 |accessdate=2022-04-14}}
Centerpoint Mall Food Court 2023.jpg|Food Court
Centerpoint Mall Entrance 1 2023.jpg|Entrance 1 void
CenterpointMall.jpg|Closeup facade of Centerpoint Mall
File:TargetCenterpointMall.JPG|Target at Centerpoint, opened in 2013 and closed in 2015
See also
References
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Category:Shopping malls in Toronto