Some big changes to Yonge & Bloor. Hudson's Bay is shutting its store in May and landlord Brookfield said there are redevelopment plans for the site: https://retail-insider.com/bulletin/2022/02/hudsons-bay-to-close-bloor-yonge-department-store-in-downtown-toronto-exclusive/

Disney is shutting all of its remaining 16 Canadian stores after shutting Square One and CrossIron Mills last month. GTA locations include CF Toronto Eaton Centre, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Scarborough Town Centre, Vaughan Mils, Upper Canada Mall...

Edgy and pricey NYC-based streetwear brand 'ALYX' has opened its first standalone storefront on Bellair Street in Yorkville. Multi-brand retailer CNTRBND (with its own storefront at 135 Yorkville Ave.) launched it on Saturday. Some details...

You are correct. Stone Island is opening its Canadian flagship in the space Jimmy Choo ended up not taking. Great location between Chanel and Versace: https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2019/2/luxury-sportswear-brand-stone-island-secures-canadian-flagship-retail-space Up next, a new...

A rather unfortunate location that once again was subject to flooding.

Here are some photos and videos of the new Toronto flagship: https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2018/11/inside-mujis-largest-flagship-outside-of-asia-in-downtown-toronto Sat down this afternoon with Masaaki Kanai, Chairman and Representative Director of Ryohin Keikaku (parent company...

Final pieces of the puzzle for 102-108 Yorkville Avenue. Versace will open its Canadian flagship between the new Jimmy Choo and Brunello Cucinelli stores: https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2018/7/versace-canada-flagship-toronto-yorkville As well, a high-end Japanese restaurant will...

We'll repost what we had up here earlier, my apologies. The landlord requested it be delayed by a day. And yes ADRM, we can confirm the speculation is correct at that corner. The discussion on this forum, relating to that retailer, has been pretty bang-on recently.

A few photos from Ladurée which opened Thursday at noon: https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/12/ladure-opens-1st-toronto-location Yorkdale is coming together quite nicely, and is unlike any mall in North America in terms of its retail mix. Buscemi has opened its 3rd store in the...

Yorkdale strikes again -- Moose Knuckles is opening its first permanent standalone store this fall, and it's opening a pop-up next week to test a customization app: http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/8/moose-knuckles-first-store

This is interesting. Hunter Boots to open 3rd store in the world, 1st in North America, in the new Nordstrom wing: http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/8/hunter-boots-store-yorkdale

Nordstrom Rack will occupy most of the 2nd level from our floor plans, so the signage might include the Hayden St. corner. McEwan's entrance might actually be mid-block on Yonge (not sure if if the plan I have is the final version) and there would be other retail on the Hayden St. corner. I've...

Yorkdale scores again! Ladurée to open this fall in the former ECCO space: http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/6/laduree-toronto

H-Mart just did a lease deal for the former American Apparel space at 338 Yonge Street. Like the H-Mart at Yonge and Charles, it will be a fairly small store.

Close... SEE is opening on the Cumberland Street side of the building, we snapped a photo for this article: http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/6/see SEE is carving out 812 sq ft from the Nicolas store that occupies part of the Cumberland Street side of 130 Bloor. Hermes is still...

Genesis Motors has launched its Canadian brick-and-mortar retail operations with a 4k sq ft store on Toronto's Queen St. East. A Mississauga Square One store will follow in the fall (as well as Laval and Montreal locations) -- http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/5/genesis-motors

It will be named 'Palm Lane', and it sounds like it will be a terrific addition to the neighbourhood. It will include a casual area and a more formal dining area, and the ceiling will have a unique treatment like in the food hall (not identical). New upscale boutiques (eg Belstaff, Eleventy, JP...

Drake's 'OVO October's Very Own' will be opening in Yorkdale this summer: http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/5/drake-ovo Watch for some significant announcements for the mall in the coming weeks/months. There's really nothing like it in North America.

Sears Canada is changing its strategy by launching an off-price retail concept/shop-in-store: http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/3/sears-the-cut It'l play in the same space as Winners/Marshalls/HomeSense/Saks Off 5th/Nordstrom Rack. It'l also have a lot of private label Sears...

Yorkville Avenue update -- Jimmy Choo will take one of three retail spaces in the FCR redevelopment at 102-108 Yorkville Avenue: http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/3/jimmy-choo