# Kingston Shopping Centre

Kingston, Canada · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-39ae62e9e7` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/canada/kingston-kingston-shopping-centre/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-39ae62e9e7.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-39ae62e9e7.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-39ae62e9e7

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | campus-style open-air shopping centre | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1955 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2004 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “originally built in 1955” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Centre
- **year_closed**: “demolished in 2004” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Centre
- **after_notes**: “The Kingston Centre is a 223,327 sq ft (20,747.8 m2). campus-style open-air shopping centre” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Centre
- **status**: “The Kingston Centre is a 223,327 sq ft (20,747.8 m2). campus-style open-air shopping centre” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Centre
- **strategy**: “before being redeveloped in its current iteration.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Centre

## Timeline

- 1955: Opened as indoor mall
- 2004: Demolished

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Kingston Centre is a 223,327 sq ft (20,747.8 m2). campus-style open-air shopping centre located in the centre of Kingston, Ontario. It began as an indoor mall originally built in 1955 and demolished in 2004 called Kingston Shopping Centre and was renamed at one point to the current name before being redeveloped in its current iteration.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Centre

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Centre

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Kingston Shopping Centre, Kingston, Canada." Record m-39ae62e9e7, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/canada/kingston-kingston-shopping-centre/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_kingstonkingstonshoppingcentre,
  title = {Kingston Shopping Centre, Kingston, Canada},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/canada/kingston-kingston-shopping-centre/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-39ae62e9e7, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.