Posted Apr 13, 2023, 6:49 PM
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The Locke St building has had issues attracting tenants as it's not good retail space.
Ceiling height is absolutely important in retail, but yea, it can get almost too big some times too. A lot of buildings in Toronto have 6 metre ground floors these days to accommodate loading space clear heights, which is too big. The 4.5-5 metre clear height is the sweet spot for retail I think. The Locke St building looks like it's 4 metres maximum.
Core Urban's new Augusta buildings look like they have 4.5 metre ground floors, which I think is the sweet spot. shorter ~3.5m ground floor heights typically result in crappy retail spaces.
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