All Posts Tagged With: "The Springer Group of Companies"
The State of… Williamsville’s Main Street (Part 3 of 3)
In our original three-part series that focused on upper and lower Princess Street, as well as neighbouring side streets, we took a snapshot of new development and also documented long-standing vacancies. Two years later, we revisited this topic of conversation, while it has proven to be as divisive as any other contested issue in the [...]
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The State of… Upper Princess (Part 3 of 3)
Late last December we launched a three-part series which documented vacant storefronts, recent relocations as well as new businesses in downtown Kingston. In part one we combed lower Princess Street from Ontario to Division, highlighting unfortunate closures such as S&R and Downtown Kingston Sports, as well as positive growth including Urban Outfitters and Sima Sushi. [...]
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The State of… Downtown Sidestreets (Part 2 of 3)
Last week we introduced the state of…Lower Princess Street, which sparked an unbelievable debate and received a record number of comments regarding the downtown business-scape. Kingstonist’s readers weighed in on the cost of rent, the normalcy of vacant storefronts, as well as who owns property downtown. In episode two, we focus on what’s new and [...]
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The State of… Lower Princess (Part 1 of 3)
With this week’s announcement that Downtown Kingston Sports is set to close up shop after 112 years of dutiful service, the Limestone City’s core is set to lose another iconic fixture. In this case, high taxes, the recession, as well as competition from big box outlets and online competitors, are to blame. While this sad [...]
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Tree-Gate
While listening to CBC Radio on my walk to work this morning, our local corresponded, JC Kenny, mentioned an interesting story, which has received little attention from Kingston-based media outlets. When I arrived at work, I mentioned the story on Twitter and humorously dubbed the affair, Tree-Gate. Within minutes, I received numerous queries from followers, [...]
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The DTZ Takeover
A noticeable amount of DTZ Barnicke signs have been spreading like an uncontrollable disease throughout Kingston in the past few months. These big, bright red billboards are being plastered on building facades, parking lots, and open fields, to peddle both land and office space that’s either for lease or sale. Although for lease signage is [...]
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