2010s
In January 2011, Yorkdale announced another expansion, adding another 145000 sqft, sufficient for 40 storefronts, and 800 underground parking spaces.[17] This new wing took the space of the southwest parking lot. The expansion also relocated and doubled the number of seats at the food court, improved public access, and landscaped portions of the property.[17] The expansion, costing $35 million, was opened in the summer of 2012, and completed in November 2012. The existing food court was relocated to a new location on the second and third levels of the former Eaton's department store. The new food court, named "Dine on 3", covers 45000 sqft over two floors and features 18 different eateries, including A&W, KFC, New York Fries, Subway, and the second Ontario location of Chick-fil-A[18] (after the first at One Bloor in downtown Toronto). The second level of the foot court had an Illy café, which was replaced with a Shake Shack restaurant in February 2025, the third such location in Toronto.[19] The area of the former food court was redeveloped into a new wing, which housed new stores including a Microsoft Store, DavidsTea, and a Tesla showroom, as well as a larger Apple Store. The new parking garage was built below the wing.
In 2012, Holt Renfrew expanded to the west by adding 18925 sqft to the existing 65047 sqft as part of another increase to the mall floor space.[20]
In April 2013, Yorkdale announced a CA$330 million expansion, which would add an additional 298000 sqft of retail, featuring a three-level 188000 sqft Nordstrom store and a Uniqlo store. This project involved the closure of the Rainforest Café (at Yorkdale since 1999), as well as the demolition of the multi-level parking garage at the southeast of the complex bordering Yorkdale Road. The project began in January 2014 and the new wing opened for business in late 2016.[21] Rainforest Café has since been replaced with an expansion of Sport Chek.
In June 2013, Sears Canada announced the closing of their store at Yorkdale.[22] The former Sears space was renovated to house Sporting Life and RH, both of which opened on October 19, 2017.[23] The wing also includes the Uncle Tetsu bakery, a CIBC branch, a relocated Starbucks, Landwer Café, a Johnnie Walker-branded Scottish whisky-tasting pop-up bar operated by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), a Miele appliance showroom, and high-end restaurants.[24] The Rest, which is an upscale mattress store owned by Sleep Country Canada
The Milestones Grill and Bar restaurant, located near Hudson's Bay, was closed in 2016. It was then announced that the American restaurant chain The Cheesecake Factory would open its first Canadian location in the mall.[25] The location was renovated and expanded to accommodate the new restaurant and it opened to the public in November 2017. From its opening until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the restaurant experienced wait times of up to three hours.
In 2017, mall owner Oxford Properties submitted an application to the City of Toronto for a block zoning plan to guide future development of the site. In the first phase, new buildings would be constructed along the Dufferin Street frontage, incorporating a boutique hotel, a cinema and new retail, with future phases being built on the north parking lot, to incorporate residential and office uses. In March 2019, the City launched a study on the re-development of the parking lots and other areas of the mall property to improve traffic as well as mixed-use for the site to include residential and retail use.[26] If approved, the re-development would result in parking being moved underground. However, some residents in the neighbourhood are opposed to the development.[26]
