Montreal-based leather and fashion brand Rudsak has announced three more Canadian locations, all scheduled to open between now and this fall. The new stores will be in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.
The Ottawa store is a first for the city, located at CF Rideau Centre. Today, landlord Cadillac Fairview will reveal a $360 million, 230,000 square foot four level expansion of the downtown Ottawa mall, anchored by a 100,000 La Maison Simons location as well as 27 other retailers. The highly productive centre ranks among Canada’s top-10 malls with sales in excess of $1,000 per square foot.
The Toronto Rudsak store, opening at the end of August, will be at Scarborough Town Centre — Rudsak’s eighth store in the region. Landlord Oxford Properties continues to improve Scarborough Town Centre — this morning, for example, it will reveal a new $37 million food court called TASTE MRKT, providing a diverse dining experience complete with dishes and cutlery. The east Toronto mall recently saw sales surpass $800 per square foot, making it one of Canada’s most productive centres.
Rudsak (PHOTO: LABRIEDAIGLE.COM
The new Montreal Rudsak store, opening this fall, will be located at 4879 Sherbrooke Street West in the fashionable Westmount shopping area. The intimate ‘niche boutique’ will feature a premium selection of pieces from the brand’s seasonal collection. That particular stretch of Sherbrooke Street West is becoming increasingly more upscale and diverse, boasting neighbouring retailers that include WANT Apothecary, Sarah Pacini, James Perse, UGG, m0851, and a recently opened Bois & Cuir.
Rudsak currently operates 30 Canadian store locations, with over half of those in the province of Quebec. The brand is expanding nationwide and now has two Vancouver stores and one in Calgary, with more expected to follow. Last year, the company said that it was looking at eventually operating in excess of 50 Canadian locations coast-to-coast. Founded in 1994, Rudsak specializes in outerwear, footwear, bags and accessories, with a focus on products made of leather.
Vancouver-based women’s fashion retailer Aritzia continues to open larger and larger stores, with its newest location set to become the company’s largest location in Ontario. The new 10,400 square foot Aritzia at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre opens August 18, replacing a location for retailer Laura which shuttered that location several months ago.
The Toronto replacement store will become Aritzia’s second-largest Canadian location, following the recent expansion of Aritzia’s Vancouver Robson Street flagship which now spans in excess of 13,000 square feet.
When Aritzia’s Montreal flagship opened in May of 2015, the 9,800 square foot store was considered to be the largest Canadian location in the chain (two New York City stores are larger) and before that, a 7,900 square foot West Edmonton Mall store became the chain’s largest when it opened in December of 2014.
Visitors to the new Yorkdale store will be greeted by a dynamic, large basket-arch storefront. The store will feature an eclectic selection of floor fixtures, curated works of art and sculptures, a reading lounge area, and plants. Materials and finishes will include marble merchandising tables and cash desk, wire-wheeled grey oak tables and architectural wall panels, build-in millwork, custom graphic wall murals, steel & glass interior partitions, custom raked stucco, concrete and marble floors, according to Aritzia.
Northwest Atlantic Principal/Broker Dianne Lemm represented Aritzia in the Yorkdale lease deal, also representing the retailer nationwide.
Aritzia’s popularity and resultant larger stores are of no surprise to retail expert Farla Efros, President of leading retail consultancy HRC Advisory. She explained how Aritzia “bridges the gap between upscale boutique and fast fashion, with the retailer catering “to the highly desirable market of females aged 15 to 45”. With such a broad demographic, Aritzia has been able to grow and open stores “in even the most turbulent of times”, showcasing the importance of building a strong relationship connection with consumers to gain loyalty. While some other retailers are experiencing the “middle squeeze”, Aritzia’s fashion-forward positioning focuses more on quality than price, and its diversity of styles (from casual to dressy) and mixture of private label and designer brands resonates with consumers, differentiating Aritzia from the competition, Ms. Efros noted.
Aritzia is placing a particular focus on the Greater Toronto Area this fall, with the opening of the retailer’s first Babaton location at CF Toronto Eaton Centre later this year. Babaton is one of Aritzia’s in-house labels, and is the latest brand to see its own stores after in-house Aritzia brands TNA and Wilfred saw their own first freestanding locations open several years ago.
Aritzia was founded in 1984 as a shop-in-store at Vancouver retailer Hill’s of Kerrisdale, and will have 80 North American locations by the end of the year. Aritzia’s target market is women aged 14 to 30. Much of the clothing sold in its stores are its own exclusive brands, including Auxiliary, Babaton, 1-01 Babaton, Community, Wilfred, Le Fou by Wilfred, Wilfred Free, TNA, Golden by TNA, Parklife, and Talula. Stores also carry clothing from brands such as Mackage, J Brand, Citizens of Humanity, A Gold E, Frame, Levi’s, Rag & Bone, Adidas, One Teaspoon, and Herschel.
French luxury footwear brand Christian Louboutin has opened its Canadian flagship in Toronto. Located at 99 Yorkville Avenue, the two-level store features extensive collections for both women and men. Because each store is designed individually, Toronto’s Louboutin is unlike any in the world.
The store’s design concept and fixture design were by London/Los Angeles-based Household, while Toronto-based Quadrangle acted as the local architects in collaboration with Louboutin and Household. The store spans 2,625 square feet with women’s collections downstairs, and men’s upstairs. Drawing from the character of the Victorian building, the store’s design is inspired by an ‘enchanted forest’ with floor-to-ceiling off-white ‘trees’ lining the space on both floors. Silver birch wallpaper sets the woodland scene while arched niches present shoes artistically.
The downstairs space features products on mirrored-top fretwork display plinths, inspired by “fruits of the forest nestled amongst the trees”, according to Louboutin. A central “forest clearing” presents products in illuminated niches, with antique brass ‘branches’ extending to the ceiling. Antique brass fretwork screens encircle the plinths, segmenting the space to create the feeling of a woodland glade. In the back of the store, double-height forest trees reach up through the atrium, wrapping around the stairs to lead upstairs to the men’s floor.
Christian Louboutin (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Christian Louboutin (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
The second-floor men’s space is inspired by “a cabin-in-the-woods” feel, featuring darker colours and casual vintage furniture. Among the white ‘trees’ the product plinths are angled and geometric, with hero plinths in walnut or nickel, and wall panels covered in birch bark wallpaper. A feature wall housing men’s bags is designed to create a canopy effect, with masculine dark walnut wood.
Christian Louboutin (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Christian Louboutin (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Jordan Karp of Paracom Realty represented Christian Louboutin in partnership with Jeffrey Paisner of Ripco Real Estate in New York City. Louboutin studied the market carefully for over two years before settling on the “truly unique and special freestanding building”, said Mr. Karp.
“The 60,000-square-foot retail/office complex on Yorkville Avenue, located in the heart of the most upscale neighbourhood in Toronto, was the perfect fit for Christian Louboutin. The brand will be the first international luxury fashion retailer to take up space there, right across from the upcoming Chanel store and close to the many residential condos being developed in the area,” said Steven Alikakos, president, Canada at RKF and exclusive leasing agent for the property on behalf of the owner Cumberland Private Wealth Management. “We are working to bring other fashion retailers to the complex ideally situated in the Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood which offers a unique blend of design boutiques, fashionable restaurants, five-star hotels and world-class galleries.”
As Mr. Alikakos mentioned above, Louboutin is directly across the street from the future location of Chanel, which will open an 8,700 square foot store in early 2017 in space formerly occupied by Teatro Verde at 100 Yorkville Avenue. Other luxury brands are in talks for retail space in the immediate area.
Christian Louboutin (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)Christian Louboutin (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Christian Louboutin also operates three Canadian shop-in-store concessions. Its first Canadian concession for women opened in Toronto late 2013 inside Yorkdale Shopping Centre‘s Holt Renfrew, followed by a separate men’s concession in the same store several months ago. In September of 2015, Louboutin opened a concession within Vancouver’s new Nordstrom flagship.
A source at Louboutin confirms that the brand will further expand its Canadian presence in Vancouver. Two separate Louboutin concessions, one for women and a separate one for men, will open as part of the expansion of Vancouver’s Holt Renfrew flagship at CF Pacific Centre. The existing Nordstrom concession will also remain open.
The Christian Louboutin brand was founded by its namesake designer in 1991 in Paris. Known for its red soled shoes, Louboutin has since expanded to include handbags, men’s footwear, and a range of nail lacquers. The brand operates freestanding stores in nine U.S. regions, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles (Costa Mesa, Santa Monica, West Hollywood), Las Vegas, Miami, New York City and San Francisco.
First Capital Realty has entered into a binding agreement to purchase the 85,000 square foot One Bloor Street East retail podium in Toronto for $189.2 million in cash. The deal also includes 52 commercial parking spaces on-site.
The property features three levels of retail space with 220 feet of frontage along Bloor Street East, and 270 feet of frontage along Yonge Street towards Hayden Street. The retail podium is located at the base of Great Gulf‘s 844 foot, 76-storey One Bloor East residential tower, which will contain about 760 units when finished. The tower is expected to see its first residential tenants in the fall of 2016, while the retail podium will see its first tenants towards the end of 2017.
The retail podium will house Canada’s first Nordstrom Rack store, which will measure about 38,600 square feet over two floors. About 10,000 square feet will be on street level, with the remainder to be on the second level. Neither Great Gulf nor First Capital Realty have released details on tenants in the remaining 46,000 square feet of retail space.
The retail podium will also boast a direct connection to the busy Bloor-Yonge subway station which is utilized by over 400,000 passengers daily.
Directly across the street is Sam Mizrahi’s proposed ‘The One‘ at 1 Bloor Street West, on the site of the former Stollery’s store and several smaller adjacent retailers. The One could see a tower soar to almost 1,000 feet in height with over 500 residential units, as well as a multi-level commercial podium with soaring ceiling heights.
First Capital Realty is a major landlord in the Yorkville area, owning the Yorkville Village shopping centre (formerly called ‘Hazelton Lanes’) as well as several freestanding buildings on nearby Yorkville Avenue. Chanel will relocate to First Capital Realty-owned 100 Yorkville Avenue from Bloor Street in early 2017, and will be one of several luxury retailers to open on the street over the next several years. First Capital Realty also recently purchased 50% of 101 Yorkville Avenue (with a non-managing partner) which houses a number of retailers including iconic denim retailer Over The Rainbow. The half-acre site is expected to be redeveloped in the future.
FIRST CAPITAL REALTY NOW OWNS 50% OF 101 YORKVILLE AVENUE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY BE REDEVELOPED.
First Capital Realty has also entered into an agreement to purchase a property in midtown Toronto featuring Pusateri’s Fine Foods’ flagship, which will re-open after a devastating fire last year. First Capital Realty paid about $63.2 million for a 2.2 acre property assembly which includes Pusateri’s. Pusateri’s will reopen “bigger and better” after a major renovation that will see the addition of new departments and services, including a full-service restaurant.
Welcome to Montreal Friday. Every Friday this summer, I will show you what’s new in Montreal, because Montreal is a fun and wonderful city to discover. Here are my two discoveries of the week. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram for previews and as well, let’s engage on Twitter with hashtag: #FRIDAYMTL.
OTH (Off The Hook) Opens 2nd Location, and Café Olimpico
OTH (Off The Hook) PHOTO: MAXIME FRECHETTE
One of the most iconic stores on Ste-Catherine Street West in downtown Montreal, OTH (Off The Hook), has opened ‘a little brother’ in old Montreal within the updated William Gray Hotel. The 1,200 square foot OTH store is very modern, and the look of the store is well integrated into the decor of the hotel in which the store is contained. The product selection at OTH focuses on showcasing mostly Canadian or Quebec-based brands and products. OTH developed an exclusive clothing brand for the store called William Gray Collection, as well as other articles of clothing that are streetwear inspired. OTH offers a selection of more than 30 brands, as well as accessories and shoes.
OTH (Off The Hook) PHOTO: MAXIME FRECHETTE
Since 1999, The OTH shop on Ste-Catherine Street West has developed partnerships with brands such as Vans, Adidas, Impact and others. OTH also now boasts the biggest selection of Vans in Canada.
OTH (Off The Hook) PHOTO: MAXIME FRECHETTE
The store is connected with another Montreal institution, Cafe Olimpico, located in the historic Maison Cherrier. The Original Café Olimpico has been on St-Viateur street in the trendy Mile End neighbourhood since 1970, and is said to offer the best coffee in the city.
Both are exciting expansions and terrific additions to the city.
Last week, I received an invitation to discover the Maggie Oakes restaurant at the William Gray Hotel. What resulted was the perfect lunch.
The experience began in the main hotel lobby where you will find a small, but cozy bar, just in front the OTH boutique. The room has the prefect balance between modern and classic styles, including massive wood pieces, three-floor marble stairs and a bar with very attentive personnel. The communal space feels alive and warm.
The hotel is composed of two historic buildings: the Maison Cherrier which hosts the Café Olympico, and the Maison William Gray (which will soon boast a luxurious spa and gym) which is located in an eight storey building housing 127 hotel rooms and suites.
On the second and third floor, the spacious 10,000 square foot conference room is perfect for weddings and private parties. On the roof, you will find the panoramic Terrasse William Gray, focused on sea food and featuring a panoramic view of the old Port. It is arguably the best place in Montreal to see the International Feux Loto Quebec fireworks in July.
I’ll discuss the hotel again in late September after it officially opens. An indoor garden, pool, gym and luxury spa will all be part of the hotel.
Maggie Oakes Restaurant
Maggie Oakes was the name of Edward William Gray’s wife, and now it’s also the name of the hotel’s restaurant, offering refinement in an area otherwise characterized by tourist traps and cheap fast food. The new high end grill restaurant offers a breath of fresh air on Place Jaques Cartier in old Montreal, with an ambiance matching that of the hotel, as well as a really tasty menu.
PHOTO: MAXIME FRECHETTE
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The chef is Derreck Bocking, a former contestant on Top Chef Canada in 2011. Inspired by the garden and the green wall in the dining space, Mr. Bocking has created a high end menu featuring fresh vegetables and meat.
Several large pieces of 28-day-aged beef are displayed in a glass room at the back of the restaurant, on the corner of the hallway that leads to the hotel. The restaurant seats 150, excluding the Terrasse in front of Jaques Cartier Place. A spacious bar covers nearly the whole length of the restaurant with efficient, friendly servers, which makes for a very relaxing and comforting space.
During my visit I opted for the Roasted Marrow Bones as an appetizer, which was served with a grilled green tomato and taro chips. I never tasted it before and I was really surprised at how good it was.
For the Main course I chose the Lac Brome Duck breast covered with Montreal style spices (in Maggie Oake’s twist styled) grilled to perfection, with a serving of celery root purée, market vegetables and cassis demi-glace.
For dessert, I couldn’t resist trying the Paris Brest, with light scoops of praline, a home-made Gianduja chocolate ice cream, served with caramelized almonds.
Maggie Oakes is not just a great addition to old Montreal, it’s a wonderful new attraction for the city.
A considerable amount of work goes into creating a beautiful retail store. Often, there are multiple challenges faced at various stages of construction, which can range from unexpected delays to massive urban floods. Pace Construction‘s owner, Alison Eden, provides a brief overview of her challenges and successes in doing general contracting work on two Canadian Eileen Fisher stores.
Ms Eden explained how Pace Construction’s relationship with Eileen Fisher began a few years ago, when she received a call to tender for the Calgary store at CF Chinook Centre. She recognized how it was a great opportunity for her company, not to mention an honour, to build the retailer’s second Canadian store — and she wanted to do it right. A major incident happened during construction however, unrelated to the companies themselves — the Bow River flooded much of the city, making it almost impossible to get trucks through. Not only that, CF Chinook Centre became a flood ‘command post’ and all the while, time was ticking for Eileen Fisher’s scheduled July 2013 opening date.
Ms. Eden explained how hard work and cooperation, along with some begging of truck drivers and suppliers, allowed her team to complete construction of the store space despite much of Calgary being shut down for two weeks during the initial cleanup. Pace Construction’s goal was to see the project through and to make sure that Eileen Fisher opened as close to its originally intended schedule as possible. Hard work and good people made it happen, she said, with the store opening successfully to much fanfare.
The client was obviously impressed, and again contacted Pace Construction to build Eileen Fisher’s third Canadian store at Toronto’s CF Sherway Gardens. Although Toronto didn’t experience any floods, the project wasn’t without its challenges, she explained. With a considerable amount of help and support from Eileen Fisher’s New York office, the store was able to open in March of this year. Ms. Eden explained how Eileen Fisher knows its brand, and how each space is individually designed to cater to local shopper demographics. What resulted in Toronto was an airy store (see photos in this article) allowing customers to feel at home while they shop. Ms. Eden thanked her team as well as sub contractors, supers, project managers and others who made this possible, and she said “we can’t wait to sink our teeth into the next venture”.
Footwear News recently reported its picks for the world’s top nine footwear retailers. Remarkably, two of those are located in Canada and as well, a third store has a strong Canadian connection.
The publication sought out “luxury women’s boutiques that have transcended the typical retail experience to create something unprecedented” while setting a high bar for brick-and-mortar retail with “their elevated merchandising and visionary designs”. The two Canadian retailers profiled include Toronto’s 119 Corbo, and Vancouver’s Secret Location. A Los Angeles-based footwear retailer, formerly operating in Montreal, was also included among the nine stores profiled.
119 Corbo, located at 119 Yorkville Avenue, opened in 2007 and carries a variety of fashion and luxury brands within its multi-level heritage premises. Retail veteran Linda Perisa listed the store’s core brands, which include names such as Celine, Givenchy, Balenciaga, Dries Van Noten, Rick Owens, Haider Ackermann, Ann Demeulemeester, Martin Margiela and Stella McCartney, among others. Ms. Perisa describes the store as being “the rebirth of cool”. The store is located in a heritage building alongside soon-to-open Christian Louboutin and Chanel (which opens in early 2017), as well as a number of other premium retailers that will be announced in the coming months.
Secret Location, at 1 Water Street in Vancouver’s Gastown, was also featured in the Footwear News piece. The 7,500 square foot store was founded by Carey Melnichuk in June of 2012, and it recently opened a second location, called ‘SL’, at the McArthurGlen Designer Outlets beside Vancouver International Airport. The Gastown store will be expanding soon with the recent closure of its adjacent ‘Tasting Room’ restaurant component. “Our space effortlessly blends whimsical and colourful design elements against a white-on-white backdrop,” said Ms. Melnichuk to Footwear News. “Our aesthetic is an exploration of old and new, symmetry and chaos, structure and playfulness. We want people to feel like they’ve escaped into a new world, to live in the moment and be inspired.”
The article also mentions footwear retailer Mona Moore, which operates a store in Venice Beach California. There’s a Canadian connection to the company – between 2002 and 2010, Mona Moore operated a luxury footwear location on prestigious Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal. The Venice Beach store opened in 2009 and the Montreal store was shuttered when Ms. Moore’s family made the decision to relocate from Montreal to Los Angeles.
These Canadian retailers are among some good company – Footwear News also praised Colette in Paris, considered to be one of the world’s most innovative lifestyle retailers. Other top retailers mentioned included London’s LN-CC, Fivestory in New York City, Just One Eye in Los Angeles, Antonia in Milan, Italy, and Miss Louise in Melbourne, Australia.
New York City-based eyewear retailer Warby Parker has opened its first international store location in Toronto. It could be the first of several locations, as the retailer tests out the Canadian market following the launch of its Canadian e-commerce site in 2012.
Located at 684 Queen Street West (on Canada’s ‘coolest street‘), the store’s interior is designed with “classic libraries in mind”, according to the company. The store features terrazzo-tiled floors, custom-made brass library lamps, suspended globe lighting, books displayed in custom shelving (and even more reading materials available for purchase) selected from some of Warby Parker’s favourite Canadian authors. The 1,048 square foot store was designed by Partners & Spade, in conjunction with The Lawrence Group.
To celebrate the Toronto opening, Warby Parker is releasing an exclusive set of frames for its Canadian customers only, that can be purchased in store and online. These include the ‘Durand‘ in Moss, and ‘Chamberlain‘ in Jet Black. They’re available for a limited time in those hues, both as sunglasses and optical.
RENDERING: WARBY PARKER
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BOOKS BELOW EYEWEAR IN THE NEW TORONTO STORE. PHOTO: RETAIL INSIDER
A 'LIBRARY THEME' IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE STORE, INCLUDING A 'REFERENCE DESK' WHERE SHOPPERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS. PHOTO: RETAIL INSIDER
THE STORE GIVES OUT NOVEL MAPS SUGGESTING PLACES TO READ IN TORONTO. PHOTO: RETAIL INSIDER
TORONTO EXCLUSIVES, AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE QUEEN STREET WEST STORE. PHOTO: RETAIL INSIDER
As well, Toronto-based artist, Micah Lexier (recipient of the 2015 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts) has created a series of three newsprint books called Free For the Taking, made in collaboration with fellow Canadian artists Maggie Groat, Mark Laliberte, and artist collective VSVSVS. The books will be on display throughout the store, and are free to take.
Warby Parker is an innovative, value-priced prescription eyewear retailer, which was founded in 2010 as a pure play online retailer with a $2,500 seed investment by students in the Venture Initiation Program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Shortly after its launch, the company was featured on Vogue.com andGQ, referred to as ‘the Netflix of eyewear’.
The company has grown substantially and now boasts 30 brick-and-mortar stores in the United States. Last year, the company was reportedly valued at US $1.2 billion. Warby Parker designs its glasses in-house and sells directly to customers — prices are therefore generally lower than regular optical stores, which may mark up product substantially.
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Saks Fifth Avenue‘s off-price retail concept Saks OFF 5TH has revealed the opening date of its next three Canadian stores, located in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton. All three stores will open on September 1 of this year, and each will mark ‘firsts’ in their respective markets. Saks says it plans to operate up to 25 Canadian OFF 5TH locations by the year 2018.
A 27,000 square foot Toronto OFF 5TH will open at 1950 Queensway at The West Mall in Toronto. The property is owned and operated by Fima Developments. Saks OFF 5TH will compliment the nearby full-priced 143,200 Saks Fifth Avenue store at CF Sherway Gardens, which opened in February of this year. The Toronto OFF 5TH will be the first within Toronto’s city boundaries, and the second for the Greater Toronto Area — the region’s first OFF 5TH opened in March of this year at Vaughan Mills. Analysts predict that the GTA will eventually house as many as eight OFF 5TH stores.
A 31,900 square foot Edmonton store will open at South Edmonton Common next month — the first of two confirmed for Alberta’s capital city. South Edmonton Common is one of North America’s largest open-air retail developments, and is owned and operated by Cameron Development Group. The centre is anchored by a number of large retailers, including a massive Ikea store as well as an innovative new format Canadian Tire Store, also the largest in Canada. Saks OFF 5TH also recently announced a second Edmonton store which will open in the spring of 2017 at Skyview Power Centre.
The Calgary Saks OFF 5TH will be located at Ivanhoé Cambridge‘s CrossIron Mills, and will measure about 30,000 square feet. CrossIron Mills is Calgary’s only outlet concept — the 1.2 million square foot centre sees about 9 million visitors annually and has yearly sales in excess of $300 million. Analysts predict that at least one more OFF 5TH location will open in or near Calgary.
Saks OFF 5TH has also announced plans for fall 2016 store openings at Tsawwassen Mills in South Delta, BC, as well as within the Hudson’s Bay building in downtown Ottawa. Saks OFF 5TH launched in March of this year with four locations in Ontario.
We’ll follow up this article with a summary of recently announced Canadian Saks OFF 5TH stores.
