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Shops are open, grand opening was covered a short bit ago..........
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Shops are open, grand opening was covered a short bit ago..........
GenerationLee
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Apologies, I'm out of the loop. I'm not downtown much.
Northern Light
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No worries. Good pics. And we all get caught off guard from time to time by stuff moving along when we were looking the other way. Happens to me too.
shortbranch
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All that's left of the old Starbucks island
Northern Light
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One of the tenants for the Nordstrom Box is publicly confirmed. Eataly arrives early in 2025.
www.grocerybusiness.ca
This is Toronto's 3rd full-sized outpost, and 4th overall, only behind Tokyo globally.
Edit to add, here is Retail-Insider's piece:
retail-insider.com
Eataly to open 4th Toronto area store - Grocery Business Magazine
Eataly plans to open a fourth store in Toronto at the Eaton Centre early in 2025. Only Toronto and New York have at least three Eataly locations. Toronto will be […]
www.grocerybusiness.ca
This is Toronto's 3rd full-sized outpost, and 4th overall, only behind Tokyo globally.
Edit to add, here is Retail-Insider's piece:
Eataly to Open in Former Nordstrom Space at CF Toronto Eaton Centre
It will be the fourth location for the Italian food concept in Toronto, making it the city with the highest density of stores in North America.
retail-insider.com
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rdaner
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OMG!!! So I reread the article and Eataly is taking part of the main floor so that leaves another main floor section plus a section of a higher level for Simon’s? Splitting the Nordstrom space vertically?
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Dan416
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Eataly isn't afraid of over saturating the market? Does Toronto really need that many? Eaton Centre is a good place for it though I think
PL1
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I suspect Eataly did their research and decided that TEC and area and Bay/Bloor clientele are not-overlapping, or at least not much. We'll see in a couple of years!
Amare
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This is interesting I wonder how they're going to split that upper level space, especially is Eataly might only take part of the 2nd floor and not the full thing.
Which also leads me to the question of how the heck any customer would get to the 3rd floor for any tenant who would like to lease that space. There's going to have to be a substantial amount of work to redo the entire space. That's unless Eataly doesnt mind having the space interact with whomever would lease the 3rd floor.
Which also leads me to the question of how the heck any customer would get to the 3rd floor for any tenant who would like to lease that space. There's going to have to be a substantial amount of work to redo the entire space. That's unless Eataly doesnt mind having the space interact with whomever would lease the 3rd floor.
Northern Light
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Don't worry, there's a plan, LOL
The layout of the 3 levels will be different than it is today.........
Northern Light
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I can now reveal..............
The new anchor tenant in the former Nordstrom box at TEC is Simons.
In addition to Simons and Eataly, Nike will also be taking space here.
The new Simons is 110,000 ft2
While Nike is taking 18,000 ft2
Rendering of the new facade of the TEC (former) Nordstrom box:
More on all this from Retail-Insider, here:
retail-insider.com
And on Nike, here:
retail-insider.com
The new anchor tenant in the former Nordstrom box at TEC is Simons.
In addition to Simons and Eataly, Nike will also be taking space here.
The new Simons is 110,000 ft2
While Nike is taking 18,000 ft2
Rendering of the new facade of the TEC (former) Nordstrom box:
More on all this from Retail-Insider, here:
La Maison Simons to Open Stores at CF Toronto Eaton Centre and Yorkdale in Former Nordstrom Spaces
The Quebec-based retailer will open large stores in part of the former Nordstrom boxes in Canada’s top two most productive malls, as part of an ongoing expansion.
retail-insider.com
And on Nike, here:
Nike Flagship to Open at CF Toronto Eaton Centre as Cadillac Fairview Fully Tenants Former Nordstrom Space
It will be the second Nike flagship for Toronto’s downtown core, with the former Nordstrom space in the mall to be fully tenanted with Nike, Eataly and La Maison Simons.
retail-insider.com
Amare
Senior Member
It's officialI can now reveal..............
The new anchor tenant in the former Nordstrom box at TEC is Simons.
In addition to Simons and Eataly, Nike will also be taking space here.
The new Simons is 110,000 ft2
While Nike is taking 18,000 ft2
Rendering of the new facade of the TEC (former) Nordstrom box:
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More on all this from Retail-Insider, here:
La Maison Simons to Open Stores at CF Toronto Eaton Centre and Yorkdale in Former Nordstrom Spaces
The Quebec-based retailer will open large stores in part of the former Nordstrom boxes in Canada’s top two most productive malls, as part of an ongoing expansion.
And on Nike, here:
Nike Flagship to Open at CF Toronto Eaton Centre as Cadillac Fairview Fully Tenants Former Nordstrom Space
It will be the second Nike flagship for Toronto’s downtown core, with the former Nordstrom space in the mall to be fully tenanted with Nike, Eataly and La Maison Simons.
Simon's should do great business here, it fits the market almost perfectly.
Looking forward to seeing how the Eataly will work here, the location at Bay/Bloor does great and it fits their target market but I really dont know how well that's going to translate at this particular location. The name will definitely draw for the first couple years, but after that I have my doubts on how viable it will be.
As for Nike, it's going to be popular I have no doubts on that. Personally I hate the concept that their stores have evolved to compared to the early-mid 2000's, but I know they're pretty much just licensing the name at this point.
Reading into how Cadillac Fairview and the tenants plan on dividing the space (without going off of any floor plans), i'm not optimistic that it's going to mesh well. How the heck are 3 tenants going to divide the 2nd floor into anything that's even remotely coherent is beyond me. Obviously looking at the floor plans would help on this, but just going on what i've seen on that level (both from behind house and store space) it's going to be wacky.
Northern Light
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This location is about 1/2 the size of the one on Bloor, so I think it should be able to hold its own. I haven't seen a break down on resto space vs 'grocery' but TEC is light on resto space so I think there's a reasonable prospect for them to do quite well here.
I am given to understand that:
Simons will be almost non-existent on the second floor, its just an escalator landing and a bit extra. The second floor is mostly Eataly and Nike.
Simons is mainly on the 1st and 3rd floors.
Eataly is mostly on two, but with a street level presence as well.
There's still a lot of design work left to do on the interior spaces........ but the basic shape is workable.
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The Yonge St. facade on the other hand.............I wish the proposed treatment were different.
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rdaner
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It will do swell as TEC is very busy and there are several chain restos (Earl’s, Milestones, Joey) that do well. The other thing is the burgeoning residential population around Dundas Square, especially to the southeast.
Now that this is sorted they can work on the new space at Yonge/Queen and perhaps something at Bay\Dundas!
Now that this is sorted they can work on the new space at Yonge/Queen and perhaps something at Bay\Dundas!