Market Square Shopping Centre (Kitchener)
| Location | 25 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 1973 |
| No. of stores and services | ~6 (16 retail spaces mostly vacant or repurposed) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | None |
Market Square Shopping Centre (Kitchener) is a former mall located in downtown Kitchener, Ontario.
Built between 1971 to 1973 on the grounds of the original Kitchener City Hall it was home to a Eaton's (opened in 1973 and later became a Sears Canada retail store) and home to Kitchener Farmer's Market from 1973 to 2004. A glass clock tower at the corner of King and Frederick Streets pays homage to the former city hall clock tower, which is now located at Victoria Park, Kitchener.
The mall has since declined in the 1990s (with a half empty food court with long time McDonald's leaving in 2015) as shoppers have fled to larger malls in Waterloo Region like Conestoga Mall in Waterloo or Fairview Park Mall or Cambridge Centre to the south .
GoodLife Fitness and The Record are now the mall's largest tenant. There are no longer any retails stores as the mall mainly used as office space.
Sears Outlet store converted for space now used by The Record.
The mall has a multi-level indoor parking along Duke Street and a walkway across to Oxlea Tower (22 Frederick Street), a large office tower across Frederick Street.
The mall is now owned by Europro Real Estate, which owns a number of buildings in city's core.
Grand River Transit has a number of routes that have stops around the complex:
When ION comes on line in 2018 it will be walk distance to Frederick station (Kitchener).
Coordinates: 43°26′57.1″N 80°29′12.3″W / 43.449194°N 80.486750°W
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