Today’s post will be covering a few well preserved Target stores that are still abandoned 5 years after the company left Canada. Some of these locations are still listed on Google Maps as closed if you look up Target. Many of those abandoned stores are located in dead malls or smaller community malls, which make them harder to re-tenant. Target: Cloverdale Mall-Toronto ON Credit: Google Maps You’re not fooling anyone. They only painted the store green in the last 2 years or so and the store never got a new tenant after Target left. This Target won’t get a new tenant anytime soon because there are plans to redevelop the mall and plus the former Target wing of the mall is dead. Target: Sherdan Centre- Mississauga ON Credit: Google Maps This Target hasn’t been touched since they left. It’s a nice treat to see if you are in the area. There are some noticeable label scars on the building. It’s one of the better preserved stores in the area.  Target: South Oakville Centre- Oakville ON Credit

Here are 5 fun facts about retail that you didn't know about. 1 . Sobeys' parent company , Empire Company, owned a movie theatre chain called Empire Theatres, which closed in June 2013. 2. Loblaws still operates a Dominion chain in Newfoundland and Labrador long after the brand officially went defunct.  This is due to them acquiring some Dominion stores when A&P divest most locations outside of Ontario when they acquired the chain. 3. The Hudson's Bay Company name is over 300 years old! It dates back to 1670. 4.Bi-Way is planned to make a comeback this month! Until the next one, DZ