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Looks like Royal De Versailles is renovating in a more omni-brand way - Omega and Tudor specific storefronts opening on Bloor.

How long until the line east of Laird is closed and Laird to Don Mills is rebuilt, so that Don Mills and everything west (including the Eglinton West extension) is fully grade separated and east of Don Mills becomes the genesis of the Eglinton East LRT? In theory if you had a maintenance...

So... Simons, Eately, Nike. 😂

It's so interesting to think about a very differently diffused old city of Toronto wherein large-ish corporations had HQs in "midtown" (am thinking about Rolex, Shell/Exxon on St Clair and Union Carbide on Eglinton. It's both a testament to a very different corporate world (more mid-sized...

1. It's a way smarter strategy to launch a test store in a mid-market mall that's probably somewhat representative of other malls in Canada, perfect merchandise mix, etc before doing a national roll-out. Already this is smarter than Target and Ruby Liu. I wish them well. The Target failure...

They’re opening a 12k sf store in the wing that used to have Michelle’s Baguette and Bikini Village which was repurposed for luxury (my how times have changed)!

Laderdach is opening on Bloor Street; I assume they're going into the 110 Bloor Street empty space. https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2025/08/laderach-expands-north-american-presence-with-cadillac-fairview-shopping-centres-and-bloor-street-chocolateries/ I also don't have evidence, but...

It's a department store of many departments, many of which happen to be brands owned by Simons ;) In theory it's not that different from department stores of yesterday - Sears and Eatons literally had their own appliance brands. One could argue that the death of department stores was actually...

This is just truly wild speculation on my part... but I wonder if they decided not to expand because they are moving to an even larger and more branded space.

Not to get too off topic but dear god is the Ted Rogers School building the ugliest building built in Toronto in the last 20 years (especially given it's prominence in downtown)? Hats off to anyone who can find the loose rendering of the raptors arena which was meant to built on the site.

That's the Harry Rosen expansion on Cumberland. Technically it's the same municipal address. The spot that was supposed to be Anne Fontaine at 110 Bloor has been leased.

Thoughts: 1. While I don't believe the current "cube" at the corner is original to the building (although maybe it is - I can't find any photos of it from when it was constructed), demolishing the cube, and creating a plaza on a street corner that's notoriously known for being windswept seems...

I don't know specifically - but that build-out was barely a build-out; it looked like they just opened shop one day with some tables and called it a day. I suspect they are on relatively sweetheart lease teams by Manulife to try and build a more curated tenant list and or the Cookery wanted a...

A hotel isn't paying the PSF that a retailer would; there's a reason you don't see hotels taking up major entrances on shopping arteries... 😬😬 I don't know the specifics but: You generally don't walk away from a done deal to try and renegotiate unless you think you can get a significantly...

Ooffff: As for the hotel component of The One, the previous agreement with Hyatt has been cancelled and JLL has been retained to serve as the advisor to find a new operator. That process is already underway and JLL is expected to return with proposals in a few months. This means the retail and...