Market Village Mall
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Market Village Mall is a Chinese themed mall in Markham, Ontario at the corner of Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road and is one of the largest Chinese malls in Toronto and in North America with 325,000 square feet of retail space and over 170 stores.
Built by Cedarland Properties Limited in 1990, it attempts to mirror and mimic a rural town, the northwest and southeast facades feature barn like and farm house designs. The mall was built as a retail addition to the Cullen Country Barns located to the west side of the new mall.
However, the new tenants of the mall were (an still are) mainly catering to Chinese clientle and attracted few non-Chinese shoppers in the early years. Some parts of the south side of the mall was enclosed in 1995. Many of the original tenants have left and in their place new stores reflecting the retail trends within the Chinese community in the Greater Toronto Area.
The mall was threatened with new competition by the newer Pacific Mall, but the two malls have co-existed as a joint retail mecca.
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[edit] Tenants
Most stores are family run stores, but there are a few non-Chinese retailers and some stores with links to Hong Kong. Some stores have been targetted by the RCMP for selling counterfeit DVDs and CDs. A list of current and major tenants at the mall:
- Bank of Montreal
- HSBC
- W.Y. Trading
- My Heart
- City Hollywood Cafe
- City Inn Chinese Cuisine
- Gui Hua Tang
- Sam's Congee Delight
- Wonton Time
- Yan Woo Soya Bean
- Curry's Art Store
- Market Bill Trading
- Food Fair Supermarket
- Goldfield Supermarket
- McDonald's
- Bell World
- One's Better Living
- JCY House
- LCBO
Former tenants:
- Just Desserts
- Pro Hardware
- Chinese theatre
[edit] Future Expansion
On June 15, 2006, Pacific Mall and Market Village announced plans for a major expansion to the south shopping complex in south Markham. An additional 400,000 square feet of retail space, a luxury hotel and a multi-level parking structure is to be built. The project is expected to begin in a year or two, and would bring the combined size of the two malls to about 1 million square feet. [1]
[edit] See also
- Toronto's Chinatowns
- List of Canadian Chinatowns
- Pacific Mall
- Markville Shopping Centre
- Splendid China Tower
- Evergold Centre
- Market Village Mall
- The Landmark (Toronto)
- Dynasty Centre
- Skyone
- New Century Plaza
- Metro Square
- Eastville Square
- Peachtree Centre
- New Kennedy Square
- Bank of China Centre or Oriental Centre
- First Markham Place
- International City Square
- Sun Square
- Causeway Bay Square
- Times Square (Richmond Hill)
- Commerce Gate
- Dragon Centre (Toronto)
- Dragon City
- Chinatown Centre
[edit] External links
Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery · Henderson Avenue Public School · IBM Canada Head Office Building · Market Village Mall · Markham Museum · Markham-Stouffville Hospital · Markville Shopping Centre · Pacific Mall · Shouldice Hernia Centre · St. Augustine Catholic High School · Thornhill Secondary School · Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport · Unionville High School
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ June 15, 2005 – Pacific Mall and Market Village. Corporate Markham In The News. Retrieved on December 7, 2006.
