The shopping centre was opened to the public in 1960 as the
Thorncliffe Market Place in the town of
Leaside. Before 1954 the area was the northeast corner of racetrack and grassy area south of where the stables of the old
Thorncliffe Park Raceway were. It began with two anchors,
Sayvette and
Steinberg's. The Sayvette department store dissolved in 1977.
Woolco opened in the space where Sayvette previously occupied. Woolco was bought by
Walmart in 1994. This location was unionized and eventually was sold to
Zellers. Zellers went in liquidation and closed in June 2012, making way for
Target's entry into the
Canadian market. Construction began in December 2012 to convert the Zellers store into a Target store, which opened March 25, 2013. Target Canada announced its closure of all its 133 stores in Canada (including the East York Town Centre location). In mid-2016, Thorncliffe Bowlerama closed down and was replaced with
Fit4Less. In 2021, the former Target location was used as a pop-up vaccine clinic during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto. East York Town Centre Atrium 2023.JPG|Atrium East York Town Centre Food Court 2023.JPG |Food Court East York Town Centre Inside1 2023.jpg|Mall Access East York Town Centre area after renovation 2023.JPG|Former Target location divided into several shops, main focus on community ==References==