By Michelle Zadikian The brick and mortar retail scene in Toronto is coming back to life. Commercial real estate services firm CBRE says there’s been a “huge” increase in retail leasing and sales activity over the past two months as retailers see light at the end of the tunnel and prepare for the post-COVID era…. View Article
By Craig Patterson UK-based JD Group is expanding its ’Size?’ sneaker and apparel-focused retail banner into Canada this year with plans for several locations in major markets. The first storefront will open this summer in Toronto and plans are already in place for Vancouver and possibly other cities. Canada’s first location for Size? will be… View Article
By Craig Patterson The beautiful Club Monaco flagship store in an historic building on Toronto’s Mink Mile will be closing permanently this week, leaving a vacancy at a prominent corner of the city. Club Monaco moved into part of the Lilian Massey building at 157 Bloor Street West in March of 1996 and has been… View Article
By Craig Patterson Upscale Australian skin care brand Aesop is continuing with its standalone store expansion in Canada this year with multiple locations in two major markets. The new stores will join the 12 other Canadian standalone locations that have opened since 2015, as well as concessions and stockists in multi-brand retailers. One Toronto storefront, spanning… View Article
by Mario Toneguzzi The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the retail industry is spurring developers and property managers to think differently as to what retail space in condo and office towers might look like in the future. Arlin Markowitz, executive vice-president/urban retail team with CBRE in Toronto, said COVID is making developers and other real estate… View Article
The CBRE Top Sales and Leasing Team for 2020 is Toronto Downtown’s Urban Retail Team. This past year was particularly challenging for the retail sector; however, the team persevered with true grit and passion and closed over 100 transactions and accelerated their market share. At the end of 2020, the team completed a 78,000 SF… View Article
by Craig Patterson The retail podium of the mixed-use 110 Bloor Street West building in Toronto will be seeing substantial changes that will include an impressively updated physical appearance as well as opportunities for new tenants. The retail podium spans more than 200 feet along Toronto’s prestigious ‘Mink Mile’ as well as frontage facing onto… View Article
By Craig Patterson of Retail Insider Nestlé-owned chocolate brand KitKat has opened a highly experiential retail concept at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre. It’s the first permanent location of its kind for the brand in North America, and represents a brilliant example of a brand engaging with consumers in an effort to create loyalty and gain… View Article