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Square One Shopping Centre

Shopping mall in Mississauga, Ontario

Shopping mall in Mississauga, Ontario

FieldValue
nameSquare One Shopping Centre
logoSquare One Shopping Centre Logo.png
imageAerial view of Square One Shopping Centre 2022.jpg
image_captionAerial view of Square One Shopping Centre (2022)
coordinates
statusOpen
building_typeShopping mall
location100 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
opened_date
owner{{flat list
managementOxford Properties
floor_count2
floor_area200000 sqm of gross leasable area
number_of_stores360+
number_of_anchors4
public_transitCity Centre Transit Terminal
website
references
  • AIMCo
  • OMERS

Square One Shopping Centre, or simply Square One, is a large Canadian shopping mall located in Mississauga, Ontario. It is the largest shopping centre in Ontario and the second largest shopping centre in Canada, after West Edmonton Mall. It has over 2200000 sqft of retail space, with more than 360 stores and services. On average, the mall serves over 24 million customers each year. It operates on most holidays (the exceptions being Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day), making it the only shopping mall in the city and one of the few in the Greater Toronto Area that does so.

Square One is located in Mississauga City Centre 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; and has many condominium towers surrounding it. Located adjacent to the mall is the City Centre Transit Terminal; the central hub of MiWay; Mississauga's municipal transit system, Square One Bus Terminal (serving regional GO Transit buses), and a Peel Regional Police community station.

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 at the time Simpson-Sears, The Bay, and Dominion.

Some stores such as Ashbrook's and Mark & Spencer's 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 filed 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 in Fall 2013. Square One also expanded by adding its concept, Grand Centre Court, which added at least (220000 sqft) square feet extra.

Sears Canada announced on June 14, 2013 that it would be closing its store at Square One and Yorkdale as of March 9, 2014. On June 27, Empire Theatres announced that they would be selling their theatre at Square One to Landmark Cinemas, which closed one year later.

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

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

The South Expansion was completed on March 1, 2016 adding numerous retailers and a Holt Renfrew anchor store, along with removing the Dollarama and Home Outfitters stores.

In June 2018, Square One announced the West Expansion, which took place in the former Target location that closed in 2015. The expansion opened between Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 and added several brands like Uniqlo and The Rec Room, as well as a 34,000 sq. ft. local food emporium, The Food District.

The Uniqlo at Square One opened on November 2, 2018.

Chapters closed in January 2019 and reopened as Indigo in the West Expansion in February 2019.

After filing for bankruptcy, Hudson's Bay announced it would close all their stores, including their location at Square One, which would close on June 1, 2025.

Future Hurontario LRT connection

The Hurontario LRT is a light rail line under construction that will run along Hurontario Street from Port Credit GO Station in the south to Brampton in the north. The LRT will have an intermediate stop at City Centre and connect to the MiWay City Centre Bus Terminal, as well as the Square One GO Bus Terminal.

List of anchor stores

NameNo.
of floorsAreaYear
openedYear
closedNotes
Ashbrook'surl=http://mississauga.com/squareone/upperlevel.htmltitle=Wayback Machine- Square One Upper Level Floor Plan from 1997date=January 16, 2015access-date=January 16, 2015website=Internet Archiveurl-status=unfitarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970413020700/http://mississauga.com/squareone/upperlevel.htmlarchive-date=April 13, 1997 }}
Dominion19731986Demolished and replaced with mall expansion
Eaton's19881999
HMV
Holt Renfrew130000 sqft2016
Hudson's Bay19732025
Marks & Spencer
Sears145202 sqft19732014
Simons2016Replaced part of Sears
Sport Chek2016Replaced part of Sears
Target163733 sqft20132015Incorporated into mall space
Uniqlo2018Replaced Target
Walmart1994Replaced Woolco
Woolco19731994
Zellers20002012Replaced Eaton's

References

References

  1. "A Look Back at Square One 40 Years Ago | Mississauga". insauga.com.
  2. "About | Square One Shopping Centre". Shopsquareone.com.
  3. "Oxford Properties". Oxford Properties.
  4. Square One. "Square One".
  5. "New Condos in Square One | For Sale & Pre Construction".
  6. (December 7, 1999). "Bay acquires three Eaton's locations". [[National Post]].
  7. [http://www.newswire.ca/en/-story/1114621/square-one-shopping-centre-commences-84-million-redevelopment-project]{{dead link. (January 2018)
  8. Francine Kopun. (June 14, 2013). "Sears Canada closing two Toronto-area stores | Toronto Star". Thestar.com.
  9. "Landmark Cinemas of Canada Announces Acquisition of Twenty Empire Theatres".
  10. Khalil, Nouman. (October 1, 2014). "Square One's Landmark Cinema closing doors Friday".
  11. Square One Shopping Centre. "Simons to open first Ontario store at Square One Shopping Centre". Newswire.ca.
  12. "Development: South Expansion | Square One Shopping Centre".
  13. "Development: West Expansion | Square One Shopping Centre".
  14. Vertolli, Riziero. (November 5, 2018). "UNIQLO is now open in Square One in Mississauga".
  15. (2025-03-23). "Hudson’s Bay to liquidate all but these 6 stores starting Monday".
  16. (January 16, 2015). "Wayback Machine- Square One Upper Level Floor Plan from 1997".
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