Bloor-Yorkville Scene

[AlbertC]

New York-based Eyewear store, Moscot, has opened at 153 Cumberland Street:

100-year-old eyewear store from New York just opened its first Toronto location

A New York eyewear store with over 107 years of history and five generations behind it just opened its first Canadian store right here in Toronto. Mo…

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[JasonParis]

Just in time for me to finally need glasses!

 

[AlbertC]

Alo Yoga are opening a Toronto flagship store at the northeast corner of Bay & Bloor, formerly where GAP used to be.

Alo Yoga to Enter Canadian Market with Multiple Stores Including Bloor Street Flagship in Former Gap Retail Space

The upscale brand will go after Lululemon’s home market including a massive flagship store at an important corner.

retail-insider.com

 

[Bayer]

Alo Yoga are opening a Toronto flagship store at the northeast corner of Bay & Bloor, formerly where GAP used to be.

Alo Yoga to Enter Canadian Market with Multiple Stores Including Bloor Street Flagship in Former Gap Retail Space

The upscale brand will go after Lululemon’s home market including a massive flagship store at an important corner.

retail-insider.com

$150+ for men's sweatpants, of course. I'll keep my $45 Jed Norths, thank you.

 

[pw20]

Recent openings in Bloor-Yorkville (Moscot, Webster, Alo) are actually good signs for the area offering something distinctive vis-a-vis yorkdale. Interested to see where Lululemon winds up moving to (3 most likely options are 100 Bloor, 110 Bloor or the old Club Monaco space).

 

[ardwold1]

Speaking of 100 Bloor, odd to see that Ermenegildo Zegna has shut.

 

[zang]

Speaking of 100 Bloor, odd to see that Ermenegildo Zegna has shut.

You're pranking us. That's just a made up name, right?

 

[pw20]

Speaking of 100 Bloor, odd to see that Ermenegildo Zegna has shut.

It was Harry Rosen co-owned, I believe. If combined with the rest of 100 Bloor you're looking at 20k square feet, which is the size of New York and Chicago's Lululemon flagships.

 

[pw20]

The Pottery Barn space at 100 Bloor is under contract (Zegna will hopefully be the only empty space ).

 

[AlbertC]

A Rolex flagship store will replacing Cole Haan at 101 Bloor West:

Rolex Flagship Store to Replace Cole Haan on Bloor Street in Toronto

The store will occupy a prominent corner near many of the world’s top luxury brands.

retail-insider.com

 

[pw20]

New rendering of 2 Bloor West. I believe Lululemon is taking the majority of space as there's only 3.5k square feet for lease. The original floorplans had about 20k square feet over 3 floor contiguous. So I believe we're looking at either an 8.5k square foot Lululemon (ground and second only) or 16k (concourse, ground and second).

 

[officedweller]

Ugh. The random setbacks look even worse on that rendering.

 

[pw20]

Interesting tid-bit in the article re. Apple Store... looks like Alexander Wang has leased space on Bloor.

 

[AlbertC]

Zara closing their store at 50 Bloor West at the end of this month:

Zara to Shutter Bloor Street Store in Toronto After 22 Years

The Holt Renfrew Centre Zara store was the first in Toronto, replacing a Marks & Spencer location that operated for years.

retail-insider.com

 

[pw20]

Alexander Wang is opening a 2,600 square foot store at 110 Bloor West in the spaces furthest west.