The Galleria Shopping Centre (also known as Galleria Mall) is a shopping centre located at Dufferin and Dupont streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The shopping centre is a single storey, enclosed (one of only three enclosed shopping centres in the Old City of Toronto), and has approximately 50 tenants. It was opened in 1972 and has an area of 21,124 m2 (227,380 sq ft). In August 2015 the mall was reported to have been sold to Freed Developments, with strong indications that the site will be redeveloped.
The shopping centre's largest tenant is a FreshCo supermarket (formerly Price Chopper), with the remainder a mix of various retail stores and services. For about two decades the mall was home to a Zellers discount department store. The standalone McDonald's immediately adjacent to the street corner is actually an outparcel tenant of the centre. Planet Fitness announced the opening of a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) gym and fitness centre at the mall in December 2014. It is their first Canadian location.
The mall has faced concerns over store closures, depressed footfall, and outdated decor with questions raised over its viability.These concerns are unconsequential now that plans for development are underway.
Video Galleria Shopping Centre (Toronto)
Location and site
The shopping centre is located on Dufferin Street, a major Toronto north/south artery and Dupont Street halfway between the Annex neighbourhood and the Junction in the Wallace Emerson neighbourhood of west-central Toronto. The shopping centre sits on about 12 acres (4.9 ha) of land. Areas to the east and west include high rise residential. The mall has served as an important community hub.
The mall's site has been termed a "greyfield"--a large, developed urban site that is ripe for redevelopment. Extensive discussion was undertaken in the early 2000s about demolishing the mall to make way for as many as six residential condo towers. Approvals were granted in 2004. However, a mixture of tenancy issues and resident concerns brought a halt to the plans.
In 2015 the property was sold to Elad Canada and Freed Developments.[1]
Maps Galleria Shopping Centre (Toronto)
Anchors
- Planet Fitness - some of its space was formerly occupied by Zellers
- FreshCo - formerly Price Chopper and Food City respectively
- Dollarama
Former anchors
- Zellers - previously Towers; closed 2012
- Towers - closed 1991
- Price Chopper - rebranded as FreshCo in 2010
- Food City - now Price Chopper (FreshCo)
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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