Shoppers World Danforth

Shoppers World Danforth is a shopping centre in East York (Toronto), Ontario. With a opening date of 1962, it's one of the oldest enclosed shopping centres in Toronto. Shoppers World Danforth is mostly a open-air centre, but there is an enclosed part as well. The current anchors are Metro and Staples. Canadian Tire will be opening in 2025, replacing the former Lowe's which closed in February 2024. 
==History==
Before Shoppers World Danforth was on the property, there was a Ford assembly plant which opened in 1921. In 1954, the Ford assembly plant was closed and moved to a different location. For several years, the factory sat abandoned. Eventually, the factory and surrounding land was purchased by Elder Mines & Developments Ltd. Plans were made to make a shopping centre, which opened in 1962.
The factory was converted into an Eaton's department store and an enclosed mall section. A shopping plaza section was built attached to the former factory building which had Koffler Drugs and Dominion. 
In the early 1970s, the Koffler Drugs location at Shoppers World was renamed to Shoppers Drug Mart. This was the first Shoppers Drug Mart location. After this location was opened, the rest of the chain was renamed to Shoppers Drug Mart. 
In the early 1990s, Eaton's permanently closed. Soon after, a Zellers moved into the space. 
In 2008, Dominion, one of the original stores in the mall was closed and converted to Metro which continues to operate today. 
On July 18th, 2012, Zellers permanently closed its Shoppers World Danforth location. Target purchased the store and opened on March 28th, 2013. On April 4th, 2015, this location closed after Target left the Canadian market. 
By the end of 2015, a Lowe's moved into the former Target space, after the company 14 new locations in Canada at the time.https://www.toronto.com/news/lowe-s-store-coming-to-shoppers-world-danforth/article_8d10d205-c61e-5e19-9aec-80d02f248c39.html
In February of 2024, Lowe's permanently closed their store after they announced they were leaving the Canadian market. A few months later, RioCan, the owners of the mall, announced that Canadian Tire would be moving into the space, it will open sometime in 2025. 
Today, Shoppers World Danforth continues to be a very popular shopping centre in Toronto.
==Gallery==
File:Eatons shoppers world Danforth.jpg|The interior entrance to Eaton's in the 1960s
File:Shoppers World Danforth 1962.jpg|The exterior of the mall in the 1960s
File:Ford Plant.jpg|The original Ford Plant before the mall
File:Zellers Danforth.jpg|Zellers main entrance
File:Zellers shoppers world exterior closing.jpg|Zellers secondary entrance during closing
File:Zellers shoppers world closing.jpg|inside Zellers just before it closed
File:Shoppers World Target exterior.jpg|The exterior of Target
File:Shoppers World Target interior.jpg|The interior of Target
==See also==
*Shoppers World Brampton - Sister mall
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Enclosed Malls
Category:Malls with Shopping Center Sections
Category:RioCan REIT-owned properties
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Category:Former Target-anchored Malls
Category:Former Lowe's anchored-malls
Category:Former Eaton's anchored-malls
Category:Shoppers Drug Mart Locations
Category:GameStop Locations
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Category:Malls in Ontario
Category:Malls in Canada
Category:Malls that opened in 1962