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Bloor-Yorkville Scene

vatche said:
With tod's opening maybe some of these brands can start moving into yorkville proper. They don't all need to be on bloor, like Kate spade and kiton did. Maybe we're seeing a trend.
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Yorkville has always been constrained by adequate space, and the buildings on Cumberland and Yorkville typically have stairs up and/or down - something retailers don't particularly care for. Yorkdale was able to build the right space for all these brands, which has allowed them to get a foothold in Toronto before something became available in Yorkville. Many, if not all of the brands you see in Yorkdale will most definitely end up in Yorkville at some point. The market has proven in pretty much every case that multiple luxury brand locations can thrive quite easily in the GTA.
 
pw20 said:
Todds is opening a store on Cumberland Street.
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Where on Cumberland? Too lazy to go look since it's been so cold.
 
ACT7 said:
Yorkville has always been constrained by adequate space, and the buildings on Cumberland and Yorkville typically have stairs up and/or down - something retailers don't particularly care for. Yorkdale was able to build the right space for all these brands, which has allowed them to get a foothold in Toronto before something became available in Yorkville. Many, if not all of the brands you see in Yorkdale will most definitely end up in Yorkville at some point. The market has proven in pretty much every case that multiple luxury brand locations can thrive quite easily in the GTA.
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Interesting u say that. I went to college in Chicago a while back and they had an upscale mall called Oakbrook mall in the burbs. They had tiffanys and such at the time. I'm no longer in Chicago so I went to check out that mall's directory and I noticed that they haven't added much to their roster like yorkdale has. All of the brands in Chicago pretty much went to Michigan ave and especially lately to oak street, which has a Yorkville feel to it.
 
Not that the lettieri building or the cafe were beautiful, but I just hope that with the building going up there they don't ruin the streetscape. I just love walking in front of sassafraz. Hope they open a nice cafe or restaurant with a European feel to it.
 
vatche said:
Interesting u say that. I went to college in Chicago a while back and they had an upscale mall called Oakbrook mall in the burbs. They had tiffanys and such at the time. I'm no longer in Chicago so I went to check out that mall's directory and I noticed that they haven't added much to their roster like yorkdale has. All of the brands in Chicago pretty much went to Michigan ave and especially lately to oak street, which has a Yorkville feel to it.
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Right, because given the choice these luxury brands would prefer street front retail. But with the type of space that there is on Bloor, it's not always a good option. Case in point, both Cucinelli and Zegna looked at the Benetton space and didn't care for the street frontage. So either they wait until something else on the street comes up or they most likely look to Yorkdale to start.
 
Black Goat?
 
Application: Building Additions/Alterations Status: Not Started

Location: 110 BLOOR ST W
TORONTO M5S 2W7

Ward 27: Toronto Centre-Rosedale

Application#: 15 125194 BLD 00 BA Accepted Date: Mar 9, 2015

Project: Retail Store Interior Alterations

Description: Proposal for interior alterations to combine 3 existing retail units in 1 unit and renovate existing office located on the lower concourse level.
 
vatche said:
Which one is 100 bloor. Is it the William Sonoma store???
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The application says 110 Bloor. I imagine this to mean combining Calvin Klein Underwear/Guerlain/Winners spaces, or Browns/Winners/Guerlain. Interesting- I wonder if this is speculative development or purpose built for a tenant (no tenant is named here, unfortunately).

Speaking of Pottery Barn/Williams Sonoma, are they vacating soon?
 
ardwold1 said:
The application says 110 Bloor. I imagine this to mean combining Calvin Klein Underwear/Guerlain/Winners spaces, or Browns/Winners/Guerlain. Interesting- I wonder if this is speculative development or purpose built for a tenant (no tenant is named here, unfortunately).

Speaking of Pottery Barn/Williams Sonoma, are they vacating soon?
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That's interesting. Prowinko bought the retail portion of that building, they are a European high-end landlord.

The Winners space is pretty big - probably around 30,000 square feet.
 
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