Square One Shopping Centre

Coordinates: 43°35′35″N 79°38′34″W / 43.59306°N 79.64278°W / 43.59306; -79.64278

Square One Shopping Centre
Location Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Opening date October 3, 1973[1]
Owner AIMCo and OMERS
No. of stores and services 360+
No. of anchor tenants 5 (Walmart Supercentre,
Hudson's Bay, Simons, Holt Renfrew, Sport Chek
Total retail floor area 2,200,000 square feet (200,000 m2)[2]
No. of floors 2
Public transit access City Centre Transit Terminal
Website shopSQUAREONE.com

Square One Shopping Centre (commonly referred to as Square One) is a shopping mall located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest shopping centre in Ontario and the second largest shopping centre in Canada, after the West Edmonton Mall. It has over 2,200,000 square feet (200,000 m2) of retail space, with more than 360 stores and services. On average, the mall serves over 24 million customers each year.[3]

Square One is located adjacent to the interchange of Highway 403 and Hurontario Street, near the Mississauga Civic Centre, the Mississauga Living Arts Centre and the Mississauga Central Library. Located within the mall grounds is the main terminal of MiWay (formerly Mississauga Transit) bus network, which opened in 1997, and a Peel Regional Police station, which opened in 2002.

Square One Shopping Centre, Mississauga.
Square One Shopping Centre, Mississauga. Main entrance.
Square One Shopping Centre, Mississauga.View of entrance lobby from inside-out.
Square One Shopping Centre, Mississauga. Entrance lobby.

History

Excavation of the Square One site began in 1969. Construction was finished in 1973, where the mall was first opened to the public. The four original anchors included Woolco, Sears, The Bay, and Dominion.

Some stores such as Ashbrook's and Mark & Spencer were closed in the late 1990s order to make way for the Cityside expansion, which was completed in the early 2000s.

In 1999, Eaton's filled for bankruptcy, closing their location at Square One. Zellers took over the space in 2000.

During January 2011, Target acquired the leases of most Zellers stores, including their location at Square One. Zellers closed in June 2012 and the store was renovated into a Target, which opened to the public on March 30, 2013.

In January 2013, Square One started a major renovation on the main corridor from the Target store to the centre court/food court. Burger King and Bowring were forced to close down due to the expansion of the food court across from the existing food court. The scenic elevator, along with the fountain, were removed and replaced with two escalators. This renovation was completed during the Fall of 2013. Square One also expanded by adding its concept, Grand Centre Court, which added at least (220,000 sq ft (20,439 m2)) square feet extra.[4]

Sears Canada announced on June 14, 2013 that it will be closing its store at Square One and Yorkdale as of March 9, 2014.[5] On June 27, Empire Theatres announced that they will be selling their theatre at Square One to Landmark Cinemas.[6]

It was announced on December 6, 2013 that La Maison Simons will take over most of the space occupied by Sears, with a flagship store which opened in Spring 2016.[7]

In January 2015, Target announced that it would close all their stores, including their location at Square One. Target's location at Square One closed April 2015.

The South Expansion was completed in the summer of 2016, adding numerous retailers and a Holt Renfrew anchor store, and removing the Dollarama and Home Outfitters stores.[8]

At June 2018, Square One Shopping Centre announced the West Expansion, which takes place in the former Target location that closed in 2015, the expansion adds several stores like Uniqlo and The Rec Room. The expansion is slated to Fall 2018. It is unknown if the Starbucks at Chapter’s will close.

Chapters is also planning to move to the South Expansion along with Indigo but Indigo already operates a store in Square One as a Indigo Spirit location. The Chapters location is slated to close by early 2019, most likely in January.

Square One has had many anchor stores throughout its history.

  • Eaton's (closed 1999; replaced with Zellers the following year.)
  • Zellers (2000–2012) (took over Eaton's; replaced with Target the following year after its closure.)
  • Sears (145,202 sq ft (13,490 m2)) (1973 as Simpsons Sears – March 9, 2014; replaced with Simons.)
  • Ashbrook's[9] (Closed around the late 1990s; currently part of Cityside Expansion)
  • Marks & Spencer[9] (Closed late 1990s)
  • Dominion (original anchor; closed and demolished during the 1980s. Now mall space.)
  • Target (2013–2015) (163,733 sq ft (15,211 m2)) (replaced Zellers; closed April 2015, to be occupied by The Rec Room)
  • Woolco (1973–1994) Woolco was acquired by Walmart, thus closing this location.

References

  1. ↑ "A Look Back at Square One 40 Years Ago | Mississauga". insauga.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ "About | Square One Shopping Centre". Shopsquareone.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Oxford Properties". Oxford Properties. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Francine Kopun (June 14, 2013). "Sears Canada closing two Toronto-area stores | Toronto Star". Thestar.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ Square One Shopping Centre. "Simons to open first Ontario store at Square One Shopping Centre". Newswire.ca. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ Retail Insider. "Square One Opens 'Luxury Wing' Expansion [Photos]". Retail-insider.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Wayback Machine- Square One Upper Level Floor Plan from 1997". Internet Archive. January 16, 2015. Archived from the original on April 13, 1997. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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