Cart Program
Retail Merchandising Cart Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in Yorkdale’s Retail Merchandising Cart Program.
The material within this site will answer many of your questions regarding the temporary cart program at Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Temporary leasing is a wonderful opportunity for you to start a small business or to test the waters for a future as a permanent in-line tenant.
If you are just starting out, or if you are a small retailer who is looking for greater exposure to expand, a cart at Yorkdale may be a great solution for you. They offer minimum overhead with a low start up cost in a highly successful location. The carts have high visibility; they are attractive and offer you and your product exposure to over 1.5 million potential customers per month.
In order to participate in this program, you must download the attached pdf and submit the following:
- Application form (download application)
- Picture(s) of previous set-ups
- Sketches of your merchandising plan.
- Picture(s) or catalogue of your merchandise and percentage breakdown.
- A copy of your price list, product guarantee, returns policy and packaging.
- Sales forecasts
- Marketing Strategy
We are always looking for new and original concepts that compliment the Yorkdale brand to join our retailer team and we look forward to your proposal.
Yorkdale at a Glance
Opening Date: 1964
Description: 1,600,324 square feet with over 240 stores and services
Anchors: The Bay, Sears, Holt Renfrew
Number of Retail Levels: 1
Parking: 7,200 parking spaces
Hours of Operation:
Mon – Fri: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Sat: 9:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Sun: 11 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Access
Located in the heart of Toronto adjacent to one of Toronto’s main traffic intersections – Highway 401 & Allen Expressway. Direct connection to the Toronto Transit Subway and GO Transit.
Number of Carts: 12
Size of Carts: 10 feet wide by 6 feet high
Power & Phone: 15 AMPS service. Phone and internet hook up (including WiFi) is responsibility of Tenant
Insurance Required: $5,000,000 General Liability naming Yorkdale Shopping Centre Holdings Inc. as additionally insured.
Security Deposit: $3,200 + GST
Lease Term: Minimum 1 month
Rental Rates: January to December $6,500/mth + GST + 15% of sales over the break even point.
Hours of Operation: Shopping Centre Hours (see above)
Send your proposal to:
Yorkdale Management Office
1 Yorkdale Rd., Suite 500,
Toronto, Ontario,
M6A 3A1
Attention: Rashmi Sudan, Specialty Leasing Manager
Does Your Brand Fit Our Brand
Yorkdale Shopping Centre is Toronto's premiere regional shopping centre.
The Yorkdale Brand is synonymous with fashion and style, and is successful for a number of reasons:
- Attracts over 18 million shoppers per year, or approximately 350,000 shoppers per week.
- Draws shoppers from an extensive trading area: Barrie (North), Bowmanville (East), Oakville (West), and all over the City of Toronto (South to Lake Ontario).
- Sells 13.93 times more fashionable goods than the national average.
- Attracts an extensive consumer mix with the primary shoppers being women. (core consumer - women 25 - 54 years of age; secondary - women 20 - 34 with a high discretionary income)
- Attracts more professional and executive women consumers; 54% with a household income of $75,000 or greater.
- One half of shoppers plan to spend over 160 minutes at Yorkdale, versus an industry benchmark of approximately 76 minutes.
- Two in five shoppers have visited Yorkdale more than 8 times in a 3 month period
- One in four shoppers claim unaided awareness/recall of Yorkdale advertising - the highest position of recall in the Greater Toronto Area
What we are looking for in a Cart Tenant
- Is professionally merchandised
- Carries a product line that fits within the Yorkdale image of fashion and style
- Has a good sales track record
