# Market Village

Markham, Canada · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-885eb6cc29` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/canada/markham-market-village/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-885eb6cc29.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-885eb6cc29.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-885eb6cc29

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail, hotel, housing | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1990 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2018 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 170 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Entitlement year | 2011 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | The proposed expansion would add condominiums (housing). | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Opened in 1990 and expanded in 1995” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Village
- **year_closed**: “Market Village announced in early 2017 that it would be hosting its final Chinese New Year celebration, and formally closed on March 1, 2018.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Village
- **status**: “In 2019, the whole mall has been demolished.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Village
- **strategy**: “the mall was redeveloped and units within the mall eventually leased to individual entrepreneurs” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Village

## Anchors

McDonald's, two Chinese supermarkets, Bank of Montreal, HSBC Bank

## Timeline

- 1990: Opened
- 1995: Expanded
- 2005: Proposed expansion announced
- 2011: Expansion plan endorsed by Markham City Council
- 2017: Announced final Chinese New Year celebration and impending closure
- 2018: Closed
- 2018: Demolition began
- 2018: West wing demolished
- 2019: Whole mall demolished

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

Market Village was a 325,000-square-foot (30,200 m2) shopping mall in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1990 and expanded in 1995, the mall closed on March 1, 2018.

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

## Sources

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

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Market Village, Markham, Canada." Record m-885eb6cc29, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/canada/markham-market-village/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_markhammarketvillage,
  title = {Market Village, Markham, Canada},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/canada/markham-market-village/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-885eb6cc29, 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.