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Square One Shopping Centre

Coordinates: 43°35′35″N 79°38′34″W / 43.59306°N 79.64278°W / 43.59306; -79.64278
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This article is about the Ontario shopping mall. For the Massachusetts shopping mall, see Square One Mall. For the television series, see Square One Television.
Square One Shopping Centre
Aerial view of Square One Shopping Centre
Map
LocationMississauga, Ontario
Coordinates43°35′35″N 79°38′34″W / 43.59306°N 79.64278°W / 43.59306; -79.64278
Opening dateOctober 3, 1973; 51 years ago (October 3, 1973)[1]
OwnerAIMCo and OMERS
No. of stores and services360+
No. of anchor tenants5 (Walmart Supercentre,
Hudson's Bay, Simons, Holt Renfrew, Sport Chek)
Total retail floor area2,200,000 square feet (200,000 m2)[2]
No. of floors2
Public transit accessCity Centre Transit Terminal
WebsiteshopSQUAREONE.com

Square One Shopping Centre, or simply Square One, is a 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 2,200,000 square feet (200,000 m2) of retail space, with more than 360 stores and services.[citation needed] On average, the mall serves over 24 million customers each year.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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

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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.[6]

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.[citation needed]

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 (220,000 sq ft (20,439 m2)) square feet extra.[7]

Sears Canada announced on June 14, 2013 that it would be closing its store at Square One and Yorkdale as of March 9, 2014.[8] On June 27, Empire Theatres announced that they would be selling their theatre at Square One to Landmark Cinemas, which closed one year later.[9][10]

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.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

The Uniqlo at Square One opened on November 2, 2018.[14]

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

Future Hurontario LRT connection

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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

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Name No.
of floors 		Area Year
opened 		Year
closed 		Notes
Ashbrook's c. 1990 Currently part of Cityside Expansion[15]
Dominion 1973 1986 Demolished and replaced with mall expansion
Eaton's 1988 1999
HMV
Holt Renfrew 130,000 square feet (12,000 m2) 2016 —
Hudson's Bay 1973 2025 Closing June 15, 2025[16]
Marks & Spencer c. 1990 [15]
Sears 145,202 square feet (13,490 m2) 1973 2014
Simons 2016 — Replaced part of Sears
Sport Chek 2016 — Replaced part of Sears
Target 163,733 square feet (15,211.3 m2) 2013 2015 Incorporated into mall space
Uniqlo 2018 — Replaced Target
Walmart 1994 — Replaced Woolco
Woolco 1973 1994
Zellers 2000 2012 Replaced Eaton's
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  • Square One Chandelier
    Square One Chandelier
  • Square One Entrance 7
    Square One Entrance 7
  • Entrance lobby.
    Entrance lobby.
  • tThe Food District
    tThe Food District
  • The Food Central, part of the South Expansion.
    The Food Central, part of the South Expansion.
  • Shops
    Shops
  • The mall level 2 shops
    The mall level 2 shops
  • Square One Access
    Square One Access
  • Square One Simons
    Square One Simons

References

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  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. ^ Square One. "Square One". Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "New Condos in Square One | For Sale & Pre Construction".
  6. ^ "Bay acquires three Eaton's locations". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 7, 1999. p. 42.
  7. ^ [1][dead link]
  8. ^ Francine Kopun (June 14, 2013). "Sears Canada closing two Toronto-area stores | Toronto Star". Thestar.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  9. ^ "Landmark Cinemas of Canada Announces Acquisition of Twenty Empire Theatres". MMD Newswire. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013.
  10. ^ Khalil, Nouman (October 1, 2014). "Square One's Landmark Cinema closing doors Friday". Mississauga.com.
  11. ^ Square One Shopping Centre. "Simons to open first Ontario store at Square One Shopping Centre". Newswire.ca. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  12. ^ "Development: South Expansion | Square One Shopping Centre". shopsquareone.com.
  13. ^ "Development: West Expansion | Square One Shopping Centre". shopsquareone.com.
  14. ^ Vertolli, Riziero (November 5, 2018). "UNIQLO is now open in Square One in Mississauga". Mississauga.com.
  15. ^ a b "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.
  16. ^ "Hudson's Bay to liquidate all but these 6 stores starting Monday". CTVNews. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
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