Honeydale Mall
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Honeydale Mall was a community shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was located at the intersection of Dundas Street and The East Mall Crescent (the latter being a link connecting the grade-separated roads, The East Mall and Dundas Street). It served the Eatonville neighbourhood of Etobicoke district.
Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Coordinates | 43.62940°N 79.54679°W / 43.62940; -79.54679 |
Address | 5555 Dundas Street West |
Opening date | 1973 |
Closing date | June 28, 2013 |
Owner | Azuria Group - former Gagnon Law Bozzo Urban Planners - current |
No. of stores and services | 0 (originally 12) |
No. of anchor tenants | 0 (originally 2) |
Total retail floor area | 20,200 m2 (217,000 sq ft) |
No. of floors | 1 |
It opened in 1973 with a supermarket anchor, a Woolco department store, and a short enclosed mall. In 1994, Wal-Mart took over the Woolco location and remained in the mall until 2004.
The mall declined after Walmart's departure, and was described as being on "death row".[1] In February 2006, The Bay Furniture Outlet opened inside the mall, and just after that a flea market. But within the next 3-6 years, both stores were closed because of low traffic. After The Bay Furniture Outlet closed, a clearance warehouse would lease the vacant Wal-Mart space annually, but stopped after 2012.
In May 2009, it had two anchor stores (a No Frills supermarket and a flea market), a restaurant and dental office.[2] The mall's No Frills supermarket closed in June 2013, and the entire mall was shuttered and locked up later that year, ending its 40 years of operation. A portion of the parking lot beyond Paulart Drive and next to the old Walmart site is being used to store empty trailer units.
Azuria Group, the owner of Honeydale, allowed the property to decline and it attempted to pursue high density residential redevelopment options which may include land for a new subway station. However, the application has stalled as the city of Toronto has required Azuria to do studies on the project.[3]