Beginnings Masonville Place was constructed by the
Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited and opened in 1985.
Expansion In 1991, Masonville expanded with 75 new stores and services, including an indoor miniature golf course, which has since been removed and replaced with more stores. A
Zellers store was built in 1994. It was replaced by
Target in 2013. Target later closed all of its Canadian stores, leaving a vacancy in Masonville that Marshalls and HomeSense have since filled in 2017. In April 2018, the vacant upper floor of Target was filled by
The Rec Room. In October 1998, the Loblaws store closed, and a new standalone Loblaws was opened on the northeast corner of Fanshawe Park Road and Richmond Street. Eaton's store was closed in 1999 due to bankruptcy and was replaced in 2000 with The Bay which relocated from the Galleria Mall in the same city.
Renovations On October 29, 2013, Sears Canada announced that it would close its store at the mall and several other locations throughout Canada to reduce costs. There were rumours that
Nordstrom, an American retailer, was seeking to fill the space Sears had left, but these were dispelled in 2013 when Cadillac Fairview announced its plans. On March 29, 2016, Cadillac Fairview announced that Masonville Place would receive significant renovations during 2016. The $77 million renovations included a two-level mall expansion into the former Sears store, which had occupied an area of approximately 127,000 square feet. The renovations and mall expansion were completed by November 2016 and includes London's first
Disney Store,
Zara,
Hot Topic and
Aroma Espresso Bar along with
H&M and Atmosphere/Sport Chek.
The Keg moved from Richmond Row in downtown London to occupy a portion of the space in the new renovation. In 2020, it was announced that
Urban Planet would replace the former
Forever 21 store. The Disney Store, Nando's,
NYX Professional Makeup,
Aroma Espresso Bar, and
Hudson's Bay later closed. Currently, the mall's tenants include
Lululemon,
Michael Kors,
Lush,
Shoppers Drug Mart,
American Eagle Outfitters, an
Apple Store,
Tesla,
Sephora,
Bath & Body Works,
JD Sports,
Miniso,
Nike, and
Roots.
2026 openings Through 2026, new store openings include an expanded Aritzia (taking over old Gap, Roots, Mac), Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister and Knix. There are also rumours of a Uniqlo to open in Hudson Bay space. ==See also==