East York Town Centre


East York Town Centre is a shopping centre located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The shopping centre is located in the former city of East York.

History

The shopping centre was opened to the public in 1960. Before 1954 the area was the northeast corner of racetrack and grassy area south of the where the stables of the old Thorncliffe Park Raceway. It began with two anchors, Sayvette and Shoppers Drug Mart. The Sayvette department store dissolved in 1977. Woolco opened in the space where Sayvette previously occupied. Woolco was bought by Walmart in 1994. This location was unionized and eventually was sold to Zellers.
Zellers went in liquidation and closed in June 2012, making way for Target's entry into the Canadian market. Construction began in December 2012 to convert the Zellers store into a Target store, which opened March 25, 2013. Target Canada announced its closure of all its 133 stores in Canada. In mid-2016, Thorncliffe Bowlerama closed down and was replaced with Fit4Less.