the mall; part of the Steinbergs chain, it was co-located with a Miracle Mart, a discount department store. It was designed to serve as part of the civic and commercial centre of what was then the Borough of Scarborough. Scarborough Town Centre opened with 130 stores adjacent to the borough's administration buildings. It provided a central landmark in an otherwise newer suburban area of Toronto. Originally Y-shaped, with its stem towards the Civic Centre, a second phase of construction added the northern department store (former The Bay store) and two wings. The construction added of retail space, and was opened on August 8, 1979. It made STC the second shopping mall in history (after Quebec's Promenades Saint-Bruno) to simultaneously have Eaton's, Simpson's and The Bay. In 1991, Simpson's rebranded as The Bay. The former The Bay store was emptied and extensively refurbished before reopening on September 25, 1991 as a Sears with essentially the same staff as the previous occupant. It was the largest of the eight locations that Sears acquired from the dismantling of the Simpsons chain. In 1998-1999, the mall was expanded once again to allow more anchor stores and retail space. After Eaton's closed, Sears relocated on July 17, 2000 to the space, becoming one of the company's largest stores nationwide. Walmart opened its 160,000 square foot store on July 26, 2001. The mall's latest renovation in 2010, branded "Lighten Up," gave retailers such as Victoria's Secret interests in retail space. Victoria's Secret have opened one of Canada's first Pink stores in the former Disney Store in July 2010. Other major retailers, Forever 21 and Aritzia, have replaced Sport Chek and Birks. The mall has the largest Zara store in the east GTA at . On August 4, 2016, the new food court opened below the existing food court and was branded as TASTE MRKT. The upper level of the food court is now closed and has reopened as a mall space with unique dining atmosphere for shoppers by offering more upscale, interior-patio style seating underneath the existing skylight. The Sears store closed in late 2017 as part of the liquidation of Canadian operations. The Sears store is expected to be redeveloped by the mall in the future, though they have not yet said what is planned. The 1st floor has been remodeled into Urban Behavior. In 2018, the mall opened a Muji store near the Centre