Three new franchises to open in Toronto’s Regent Park

Wendy’s, Subway and Yogen Früz are opening this summer as part of the area’s revitalization project.

Newest tenants slated to open this summer will include a 2,045 square foot Wendy’s restaurant located at Dundas Street and Sumach Street, and a combined 1,321 square foot Subway/Yogen Fruz outlet on Regent Park Blvd., which is an active hub that runs through the award-winning neighbourhood. These leading retailers will join the recently opened 10,000 square foot Shoppers Drug Mart located along Dundas Street, St. Michael’s Hospital Sumac Creek Health Centre occupying 26,000 square feet on Regent Park Blvd., as well as national brand retailers Tim Hortons, Rogers retail store, and the FreshCo by Sobeys, which opened early on in the revitalization.  The RBC branch located on Dundas Street was the first financial institution to open in Regent Park since the 1940s.

Other notable services and commercial retailers that have opened their doors in Regent Park include Daniels Spectrum, Paintbox Bistro, Dundas Dental, and the Toronto Birth Centre.

To complement this retail resurgence, George Brown College has also launched a fashion hub in the neighbourhood to provide a collaborative space for community, education and industry to connect. The George Brown College Fashion Exchange is a place where immigrants and at-risk youth can receive specialized training to prepare them for entry-level positions in the fashion industry. The Apparel Fit Technician and Industrial Power Sewing programs were developed with George Brown College’s School of Fashion, Community Partnerships Office and the Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure.

“These new commercial outlets will offer residents quick access to services they have not had previously,” said Daniels Vice President Martin Blake. “The fact that our commercial partners are also drawing talent from the local community underscores the success of a robust retail sector that contributes to the continued vitality of Regent Park.”

The Daniels Corporation is Toronto Community Housing’s private sector developer partner for the Regent Park revitalization. Daniels Commercial Leasing team is actively seeking commercial tenants to occupy approximately 2,700 square feet of Dundas Street East storefront & 2,000 square feet of Regent Park Blvd. storefront in remaining flagship commercial space. Learn more about leasing opportunities including retail, restaurant, convenience and service spaces in Toronto’s thriving downtown east by visiting www.danielshomes.ca

THE DANIELS CORPORATION:

The Daniels Corporation is one of Canada’s pre-eminent builder/developers, building more than 26,000 new homes across the Greater Toronto Area for over 34 years. Daniels has been named Tarion Warranty Corporation’s ‘Ontario High Rise Builder of the Year’, and a recipient of the Toronto Arts and Business Award presented by the Toronto Arts Foundation.  Among its many initiatives, Daniels was chosen to partner with Toronto Community Housing to revitalize Regent Park – 69 acres in the heart of Toronto’s Downtown East. Daniels’ newest mixed-use community, Daniels Waterfront – City of the Arts, at the corner of Lower Jarvis and Queens Quay in Toronto’s East Bayfront community.  This innovative development will offer over 1.3 million square feet of space to live, work, learn, play and create, including unique office, retail, commercial, academic and residential opportunities that will change Toronto’s waterfront forever. Committed to community, Daniels offers innovative programs that help people achieve homeownership, champions investments in the arts, social programs and innovation-focused projects, and supports numerous charities and non-profit organizations. www.danielshomes.ca