Splendid China Mall (Traditional Chinese: 錦繡中華; Simplified Chinese: 锦绣中华) (formerly known as Splendid China Tower) is a Chinese-themed ethnic
shopping centre
A shopping center ( American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof.
The first known colle ...
located at the southeast corner of Redlea Avenue and
Steeles Avenue
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in the
Scarborough district of
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada. It is on the Scarborough side of Steeles Avenue (the other side is in
Markham, Ontario
Markham () is a city in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Downtown Toronto. In the 2021 Census, Markham had a population of 338,503, which ranked it the largest in York Region, fourth largest ...
). It is located adjacent to
Milliken GO Station
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Description
The station is located so ...
and across from the
Pacific Mall
Pacific Mall is an Asian shopping mall in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest indoor Asian shopping mall in North America and has been reported as the largest Asian shopping mall in the Western world. The mall is located on the northea ...
along with the now closed
Market Village
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. The structure was formerly occupied by
Canadian Tire
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.
Chinese language signs
Scarborough's local sign bylaws limit the size a business may post signs in one singular language. The signs the centre has (in Chinese characters) taken up the permitted total wall acreage, so permission had to be sought to add an English sign.
See also
*
Chinese Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area
The Chinese Canadian community in the Greater Toronto Area was first established around 1877, with an initial population of two laundry owners. While the Chinese Canadian population was initially small in size, it dramatically grew beginning in th ...
References
External links
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June 2007 Zoning Application to the City of Toronto* Darren Susilo,
Inside Splendid China Tower, ''BlogTO'', June 20, 2012.
Chinese-Canadian culture in Toronto
Shopping malls in Toronto
Buildings and structures in Scarborough, Toronto
Shopping malls established in 2007
2007 establishments in Ontario
Ethnic shopping centers
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