09-04-2020, 07:15 PM
(09-04-2020, 02:44 PM)westwardloo Wrote: I am by no means saying landlords are refusing to rent to independent businesses, but it does seem to be a trend that the only retail tenants in newly built condos or offices tend to be banks, drug stores or dentist offices. This is completely anecdotal observations i have no references to back this up. When i lived in Toronto it seemed to be the case 9 times out of ten.
I've read that the big chains tend to overpay and crowd out the market from the indies. I don't have any references at the moment.