Fort York

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I noticed that the bank in the condo at Bathurst & Lakeshore has now closed, so all those retail spaces can now hopefully attract something more interesting and animated!

Roll on the nail salons, dry cleaners and small barber Shops!

 

[W. K. Lis]

The trouble is that those shops or stores are leased. Subject to rent increases, which as commercial are not protected by rent controls. Many of the stores along streets in the older parts of the city are owned by the store owner (IE. Honest Ed). While property taxes, utilities, wages, etc. go up, eventually (25 years?) the mortgage would be paid off.

More likely, the landlords would prefer to lease the stores to chain or franchises, than a new mom n' pop store.

 

[Towered]

Roll on the nail salons, dry cleaners and small barber Shops!

Or Tim Horton's. The best we can probably hope for is yet another Starbucks...

 

[PinkLucy]

There's already both a Starbucks and a Tim's

 

[Towered]

That hasn't ever stopped them before.

 

[Torontovibe]

 

[Torontovibe]

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