History of Scarborough Town Centre

Let’s take a step back and take a closer look at Scarborough Town Centres. The mall was first opened on May 2nd, 1973 with 130 stores and adjacent civic centre. However the mall did not stop there, Scarborough Town Centre has been growing ever since. Phase 2 took place on August 8th, 1979, with this they opened another 240,000sqft. , and this included a 2 level Bay along with other additional stores. In 1998-1999 Phase 3 took place, and again an additional 177,000sqft. of space was added and devoted to just entertainment. This incorporated 12 theatres, the Bay adding yet another floor, and Sears completes renovations to keep into par with the rest of the mall. At the end of Phase 3 Scarborough Town Centre now holds more than 220 stores. There has been no recent activity until in 2008, when they announced the new renovation and construction of the existing mall, this renovation took place and cost the mall over $60 million dollars. When we look at this mall today we see a lot of empty space, and a lot of unnecessary renovations and additions. The construction methods used on the Scarborough Town Centre is the problem. Shopping trends have been going through transition; merging to downtown core shopping and less consumption. In the near future we will be left with a building which was once worth over $60 million dollars and no use for it.