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The Promenade mall is one of 3 shopping centres in the Thornhill, Vaughn and nearby Richmondhill areas. Vaughn mills (in the area of vaughn) specializes in outlet stores, and Hillcrest mall does not garner as much traffic as the promenade experiences. The Promenade successfully attracts shoppers from the area and its outskirts with its access to both high and low end retail spots. The Promenade delivers a great variety through its retail occupants, between clothing stores, beauty salons, department stores, restaurants and more. What makes the Promenade a desirable place to shop at is its access to designer clothing and popular retail chains without needing to travel the distance to an overly populated mall. Because it is a smaller mall in comparison to other Toronto based shopping centres like Yorkdale or the Eaton Centre, many individuals vacate to these bigger shopping centres because they believe there is more variety of retail stores to offer. However, the Promenade delivers the quality of retailers that many neighbourhood shoppers value, so those that do shop there can truly enjoy a shopping experience that is not overwhelming by the heavy traffic of other shoppers.

Several green initiatives are put in effect to emphasize their care for the community and its citizens. Managed by Cadillac Fairview, the Promenade is always seeking out new advances in green building designs and operations. Its five main environmental goals relate to: Energy, Waste Management, Environmental Protection, Sustainable Procurement and Communication. To establish goals, the GREEN AT WORK program thrives upon the ideology that sustainability is both the right thing and the smart thing to do. By maximizing sustainability, operation costs are reduced, and client loyalty and respect continue to flourish.

Food

The promenade mall has seen many transformations over the years by introducing new food options both in the newly designed food court and by it's restaurants. Four years ago the food court located on the first level of the mall near Rainbow Cinemas was completely renovated, adding new alternatives for shoppers. Fast food restaurants like Mcdonalds, Tim Hortans, Subway, Teriyaki Experience, Bourbon St Grill and Thai Express to name a few remained at the mall, while there were two larger contributions made. Aroma Espresso Bar was added to the central part of the mall located beside the food court and easily accessible with a large area for seating. Richtree was another great asset to the food court because this buffet style restaurant offers shoppers gourmet fast good that ranges from a simple croissant and freshly squeezed orange juice, to custom wood oven pizzas, pastas and more. The Promenade Shopping centre has an extremely diverse amount of restaurants to offer and in addition to the variety made available by the food court restaurants like the Pickle Barrel and other cuisine options are made available through the TNT supermarket. Additionally, Second Cup, Bulk Barn, Kernels, Yogen Fruz, Baskin Robins and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory allow shoppers with a sweet tooth to indulge in a smaller snack. In additional to TNT supermarket there is a smaller grocery store, Nortown Food which specializes in premium meats and fine foods.

Exercise

Women's Fitness is located on the second level of the shopping centre. The Promenade Shopping Centre is home to one of two Women's Fitness locations which is a women's based gym that offers access to work out equipment and classes. Yoga, Pilates, and Zumba are just a few of the many classes available to members of the gym.

Shop

The Promenade Shopping Centre's most notable retailers are, Aritzia, H&M, American Eagle Outfitters, Honey, Capezio, Browns, Town Shoes, Lululemon, and Club Monaco. The second level of the shopping centre is where shoppers will find access to more clothing, shoes and accessory retailers of a higher price point. The lower level of the mall includes businesses such as Telus, Rogers, Fido, Carlton Cards, Rexall Pharma Plus and BMO.

Entertain

Rainbow Cinemas is located on the first level of the mall beside the food court and just downstairs from the Bathurst St entrance. It houses about five movies at a time and listings are made available online. There is a full arcade and access to food within the theatre. Outside food and drinks are not permitted.

Centre Information

The Promenade Shopping Centre will now also be open for most statiory holidays. The mall will remain open on Thanksgiving and Family Day.

Centre Hours are as follows: Mon - Fri 10:00 am - 9:00pm Sat 9:30 - 6:00 pm Sun 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Located at 1 Promenade Circle, Thornhill, ON L4J4P8

The mall is located just off of Bathurst street, north of Steeles Avenue West and South of Centre Street. It can also be accessed North of Clarke Street behind the Thornhill Public Library.

Local attractions include: - Black Creek Pioneer Village - Canada's Wonderland - G.Ross Lord Park - McMichael Canadian Art Collection - Vaughan City Playhouse