Modern Golf, Canada’s largest custom club fitter, academy and golf entertainment facility, continues to expand across the country announcing it will be opening a new location in the new year in the iconic First Canadian Place in downtown Toronto. Taylor Borg, Director of Leasing and Development at Beauleigh Retail Consultants, represented the landlord Brookfield as part of the First Canadian Place negotiations.

The best in cannabis retail has arrived to the country's busiest building. Today, FIKA brings its renowned cannabis experience to Toronto's Union Station with the opening of a brand-new flagship location. Union Station is a National Historic Site that attracts more than 100 million visitors annually, making the opening of FIKA at Union Station a significant milestone in the emerging global cannabis industry. The location is the first retail cannabis store in the world to open in a major transportation hub.

French Sporting goods retailer Decathlon has opened a new concept store at Union Station in the heart of Downtown Toronto as part of its ongoing Canadian expansion. The 3500 sq. ft. “Decathlon City” location features a smaller footprint than a traditional Decathlon storefront and offers a ‘top-seller selection’ that draws from the 7,000 total products offered by the retailer.

Union Station in downtown Toronto continues to expand the roster of offerings as the transit hub transforms into a community destination for food and entertainment. The latest tenant to be announced is a restaurant concept by the Liberty Entertainment Group called Blue Bovine, which will open in Union Station’s East Wing. “This group is the perfect group to select to execute on this heritage location,” shared Marcelle Rademeyer, Founding Partner & CEO of Beauleigh Retail Consultants. “They have been active on the restaurant and entertainment scene in Toronto for over three decades, customizing concepts for the locations and buildings they’re in.”

The LCBO has opened a 6,944 square foot storefront in the new Bay Street Promenade section of Toronto’s Union Station. Servicing over 75,000 community members and 300,000 daily visitors, the location has 4,840 square feet of display space and features 144 linear feet of refrigerated space. Union Station LCBO also features over 1000 wines, spirits, beers, ready-to-drink cocktails and coolers. The store offers Same-Day Pickup service: orders placed on lcbo.com will be ready for pickup at the store’s express counter within two hours (if in stock).

Sephora Canada has opened its first retail store inside a Canadian transit hub – the Toronto Union Station. The new location offers Sephora’s full assortment of makeup, skincare, haircare, and fragrances. Customers will be able to find Sephora’s Collection along with more than 340 other beauty brands such as Tatcha, Olaplex, and Rare Beauty. Customers will also have access to makeup and skincare services.

The iconic steakhouse brand Black+Blue, based in Vancouver and owned by the Glowbal Restaurant Group, will be opening its first Toronto establishment later this year, in a prime location at the Exchange Tower, in the First Canadian Place complex, in the heart of the city. “This year marks Glowbal Restaurant Group’s 20th anniversary, and what better way to mark this milestone than by returning home to Toronto where it all started. I am thrilled to be bringing our flagship restaurant and premier steakhouse, Black+Blue, to my hometown and to one of the city’s most iconic buildings – just steps away from where I started my career at the King Edward Hotel. I look forward to bringing old and new friends together at Black+Blue Toronto,” said Emad Yacoub, owner of the Glowbal Restaurant Group.

“We had a vision of growing % Arabica across unique lands and cultures of the world, so that everyone can “See the World Through Coffee”,” shared a spokesperson. “We are so thrilled to be coming to Canada with one of our locations landing inside Toronto’s iconic Union Station. We are excited to share our love for coffee and design with the Canadian market and offer a truly unique coffee experience.”

Toronto’s Union Station is in the process of seeing a transformation that will turn Canada’s busiest and most iconic transit hub into a destination with a mix of retailers and food concepts. A key tenant to the development will be LVMH-owned beauty retailer Sephora which will open at Union Station in 2022.

“Montréal has developed into a culinary hotspot and is one of the world’s foodie capitals — this is a food-loving city that is home to incredibly creative chefs, and an excellent and diverse restaurant scene. As if this wasn’t enough, Montréal also has a buzzing cultural scene — Time Out Market is a food and cultural market so this is key to us.”

Upscale French bakery and sweets maker Ladurée has opened its second Toronto location in the heart of the city’s Financial District. It is the fourth Ladurée location in Canada after the company opened its first storefront almost four years ago in Vancouver.

The highly anticipated Hargrave St. Market at True North Square in downtown Winnipeg opened last month to much fanfare. It is already seeing crowds and adding much needed foot traffic to the city’s downtown core.

Construction is set to begin on the project in the spring, which will include a new exterior façade for Manulife Place which the landlord says will include multi-level transparent glazing, as well as large digital signage on the podium exterior…

FOLLOWING months of buildup and anticipation, Eataly—the fast-growing authentic Italian marketplace—opened the doors of its Manulife Centre location in November 2019.

An innovative new market at True North Square is set to open Friday afternoon, bringing locally based food, drinks and more to the heart of downtown Winnipeg.

A menu of new dining and drinking options will soon open in downtown Winnipeg as part of True North Square.

Local vendor and restaurateur Bobby Mottola is thrilled the market, which was years in the making, is opening this Friday to the public.

“It is so unique. Every operator in the building is bringing something they are really, really good at,” said Mottola. “When you take a look around and see the fit and finish and the attention to detail that the landlord and other partners have put into place here, it is really quite something.”

Tous les restaurateurs de la nouvelle foire gastronomique, ouverte au public depuis le vendredi 15 novembre, ont été pris de court par l’engouement extrême autour du projet et par l’énorme volume de commandes. Au comptoir du Marusan, justement, on estime avoir servi environ 700 personnes les jours de fin de semaine et entre 400 et 500 en semaine.

Time Out Market is an imported concept, and has been tried and tested in other global locations. A creation of British-based arts and culture magazine Time Out, the first Market opened in Lisbon, Portugal in 2014. After this proved to be a major success, Time Out planned several more markets for North American cities including New York, Miami and now, Montreal.

Get your stretchy pants on, Toronto, because it’s finally happening: after three long years of waiting, we’re getting our very own Eataly. On November 13, the brand’s 40th location will open inside the Manulife Centre at Bay and Bloor. The store spans three floors of the building, filling 50,000 square feet with…

The food hall in downtown Montreal just announced its second batch of restaurants, with a variety of notable local names…