Though C3’s website and social media has been filled with detail about their supposed purchase of the Geary location and their plans for it, the Rehearsal Factory’s owners, Chris Skinner and Evon Skinner, denied that a sale has closed. But they have confirmed the closure of
another downtown location at Richmond and Bathurst.
“Due to COVID lockdowns, the Rehearsal Factory location at 660 Richmond Street West will be closing its doors effective July 31st, 2021,” they wrote in a statement to NOW. “All tenants have been offered an opportunity to relocate to Front Street, Geary Avenue and other locations. The Geary Avenue location has not been sold. If and when it does sell, we will lease it back for as long as possible.”
The owners clarified that they own all the buildings they operate out of except the location on Front, which they already sold two and a half years ago. They’ve since been leasing it back.
Exclaim! looked into listings on realtor.ca and found that numerous other locations are currently on the market for sale:
1611 Finfar Crescent in Mississauga,
827 Gordon Street in Oshawa,
160 Islington Avenue in Etobicoke, and
747 King Street East in Hamilton.