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Splendid China Mall is a Chinese-themed ethnic shopping centre located at the southeast corner of Redlea Avenue and Steeles Avenue
in the former Toronto municipality
of Scarborough, Ontario
, Canada. Visar Realty Inc. Brokerage is responsible for turning the former Canadian Tire
building, into a 2-storey ethnic indoor shopping mall in the well known Kennedy Road and Steeles Avenue area of Scarborough and Markham, Ontario, despite its "tower" name. Due to its proximity to the popular Asian-oriented Pacific Mall
and Market Village
plus its own initial success, Phase II of Splendid China Mall calls for a 3-storey addition on the existing parking lot and a four-level underground parking facility. When Phase II is completed, the development will have a total gross floor area of 31,900 square metre (343,400 square feet) of retail, food court, restaurant and banquet hall. Splendid China Mall first opened its doors for business on February 17, 2007. The mini-mall also features a food court and a weekly Saturday night "fair" located at the parking lot, with Chinese food for sale.
Steeles Avenue
Steeles Avenue is an east-west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of York Region, Ontario, Canada. It stretches across the western Greater Toronto Area from Milborough Townline in Halton Region east to the Scarborough-Pickering limit. It runs for within...
in the former Toronto municipality
Metropolitan Toronto
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was a senior level of municipal government in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area from 1954 to 1998. It was created out of York County and was a precursor to the later concept of a regional municipality, being formed of smaller municipalities but having more...
of Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
, Canada. Visar Realty Inc. Brokerage is responsible for turning the former Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is one of Canada's 60 largest publicly traded companies. The firm operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing hardgoods, apparel and petroleum as well as financial and automotive services, employing more than 58,000 people across Canada...
building, into a 2-storey ethnic indoor shopping mall in the well known Kennedy Road and Steeles Avenue area of Scarborough and Markham, Ontario, despite its "tower" name. Due to its proximity to the popular Asian-oriented Pacific Mall
Pacific Mall
Pacific Mall is an Asian shopping centre located in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the northeast side of Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road, right across the municipal border from the City of Toronto, on the site formerly occupied by Cullen Country Barns. The two entrance roads of the mall...
and Market Village
Market Village
Market Village is a mall in Markham, Ontario and is one of the largest Chinese malls in Toronto and in North America. Located at the corner of Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road, it dominates approximately 325,000 square feet of retail space and consists of over 170 stores.Built by Cedarland...
plus its own initial success, Phase II of Splendid China Mall calls for a 3-storey addition on the existing parking lot and a four-level underground parking facility. When Phase II is completed, the development will have a total gross floor area of 31,900 square metre (343,400 square feet) of retail, food court, restaurant and banquet hall. Splendid China Mall first opened its doors for business on February 17, 2007. The mini-mall also features a food court and a weekly Saturday night "fair" located at the parking lot, with Chinese food for sale.
Chinese language signs
Scarborough's local sign bylaws limit the size a business may post signs in one singular language. The signs the centre currently has (in Chinese characters) taken up the permitted total wall acreage, so permission had to be sought to add an English sign.See also
- Toronto's ChinatownsChinatown, TorontoChinatown is an ethnic enclave in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a high concentration of ethnic Chinese residents and businesses extending along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue. First developed in the late 19th century, it is now one of the largest Chinatowns in North America and...
- List of Canadian Chinatowns