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A classic shopping staple for Markham folks as this plaza has been around for easily 20 years with big box retailers like Home Depot and Staples. Fun fact, I used to work at the Chapters here in my early twenties!
The plaza has terrific parking and a decent assortment of retailers. There's even a Winners too! So it is a bit of everything you need.
The plaza has terrific parking and a decent assortment of retailers. There's even a Winners too! So it is a bit of everything you need.
A great place for lesser-known boba spots outside of Commerce Gate, and some excellent restaurants too! A lot of professional offices and also condos on top of them make this a consistently vibrant and busy plaza. The only issue is the very limited and tight parking spots - which in Markham is absolutely key. There is an underground parking too but for a plaza this small it's quite troublesome to do so. Big ding on their score due to this fact, other than that it's all good.
The Origin is the newly-given name to the whole shopping centre complex that houses the Cineplex, Goodlife, Good Catch, Kiu, etc. It was formerly simply known by locals as "the downtown Markham Cineplex building" which I guess got kinda awkward. Why developers Remington didn't bother giving this building a name when they first built it (instead choosing to retroactively name it close to a decade after the building went up) is beyond me.
Still, it doesn't change the fact that now I can properly do a review of this place. Many units have come and gone (there was once a Thai Express here!) But honestly the fact that it's got a Chatime, a Lucullus, a Good Catch, and the VIP Cineplex makes this place worth a visit. Underground parking can be a mess at times, but otherwise, it's a nice "mall" and definitely the centrepoint of Downtown Markham area.
Still, it doesn't change the fact that now I can properly do a review of this place. Many units have come and gone (there was once a Thai Express here!) But honestly the fact that it's got a Chatime, a Lucullus, a Good Catch, and the VIP Cineplex makes this place worth a visit. Underground parking can be a mess at times, but otherwise, it's a nice "mall" and definitely the centrepoint of Downtown Markham area.
The supermarket is great and is my fave part of this indoor mall. However the rest of the mall is abysmally bad. It's yet another "failed" mall from a customer's point of view unless you count that a mall full of random lawyer's offices, wholesale stores, realtor offices, and the occasional beauty salon to be something you really love.
It's a mall with no sense of purpose or direction, but I do love how spacious the main atrium is, the semi-decent food court, and the fact that yes, that supermarket (Seasons) is one of the best Asian supermarkets around. Parking is usually not a problem too.
It's a mall with no sense of purpose or direction, but I do love how spacious the main atrium is, the semi-decent food court, and the fact that yes, that supermarket (Seasons) is one of the best Asian supermarkets around. Parking is usually not a problem too.