The Glove Box | 6 fl | U/C

[cherrypark]

I know that Uptown Waterloo went through a rapid change over the last ten years.  Someone once told me that they used to be able to do all of their Christmas shopping along King St between William St and Bridgeport Road.  Now, the majority of the commercial space is filled by restaurants, bars or services (eg banks).  I can think of maybe five that are not restaurants or bars: Ontario Seed Home Hardware (they own their building); Words Worth Books; the Running Room; Orange Monkey Records; and Channer's Clothing.

I'm not sure if the high commercial rents every really allow a business to begin a slow build towards enough sales to allow them to continue long-term.  While restaurants and bars have very low margins, they rely on heavy customer turnover each night.  Have any of the new towers in Kitchener managed to attract and keep any commercial tenants that weren't a restaurant or bar?

Only one that immediately comes to mind is Mark Nunes in the bottom of the Bauer Lofts? Though to be fair, a lot of the comparable towers that have ground floor retail are a lot newer and I have no idea if they were there from the start.