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171 EAST LIBERTY STREET Toronto, on Highlights Retail For Lease 171 EAST LIBERTY STREET Toronto, ON Highlights • Renovated mixed-use campus in the heart of Liberty Village Property Summary • Total complex comprised of over 295,000 SF of office and retail space • Ceiling heights of 15 Ft Set in the heart of one of Toronto’s fastest-growing • Tenants include LOCAL Public Eatery, BMO, Tim Hortons, Home neighbourhoods, The Liberty Market Building offers Hardware, Brazen Head, and Bulk Barn retail tenants the opportunity to capitalize on a steady • Excellent TTC and GO Station access stream of both local and visiting clientele. This location • Parking: provides an ideal opportunity for retailers, with the • Sister building, Liberty Market Lofts, provides below grade neighbourhood’s local demographic of young urban commercial parking professionals and the building’s close proximity to • Green ‘P’ surface parking immediately west of the property downtown. With more than 100,000 SF of main level retail space, The Liberty Market Building, a neighbourhood landmark, provides a unique retail mix. Featuring prominent exposure, beautiful character space, and over 50 office tenants, The Liberty Market Building offers a one-of-a-kind venue. Details UNIT 111 970 SF UNIT 122 3,655 SF UNIT 137 3,720 SF (Divisible) AVAILABLE Immediate TERM 5 - 10 Years NET RENT Negotiable ADDITIONAL RENT $19.18 PSF (EST. 2019) Site Map Retail Map QWT UNIT 100 LOCAL Public Eatery UNIT 116 Salon Tocci UNIT 127B Pizzaville 1 Subway Sandwich KING HIGHLINE UNIT 101 Condo Store UNIT 117 For the Love of Cake UNIT 130 COTY 2 Vogue Supper Club NEW RETAIL UNDER DEVELOPMENT APPROX. 160,000 SF (3 LEVELS) UNIT 102 Village Family Health UNIT 118 180 Smoke UNIT 131 Athletes Kitchen 3 Shoeless Joe’s KING STREET WEST UNIT 104 Your Dollar Store With More UNIT 120 Animal Hospital UNIT 133 Body In Tune 4 Louie Craft Coffee 1 3 4 5 504 KING STREETCAR 12 20 13 31 21 ST SHAW Hero Burgers Ohlinda Carnabys Jewellers 5 25 32 DOURO STREET UNIT 106 UNIT 121 UNIT 135 14 22 34 Caffino Ristorante 33 35 36 23 26 27 28 UNIT 107 Merci Mon Ami UNIT 122 Available UNIT 136 See & Be Seen Eyecare 6 LAMPORT 15 School (Restaurant) 16 24 37 STADIUM 29 38 39 40 41 42 UNIT 108 Bank of Montreal UNIT 123 Demo Soap Studio UNIT 137 Available 7 43 Uma Café WESTERN BATTERY ROAD UNIT 109 Tim Hortons UNIT 124 F45 Liberty Village UNIT 138 Portrait Dental 8 17 Maro Supper Club 6 30 Bulk Barn 3 Apples High Luxe Travel Company 45 46 UNIT 110 UNIT 125 UNIT 140 9 47 48 Joe Rockheads Climbing Gym TORONTO CARPETFACTORY 49 29 DUFFERIN BUS 18 44 50 PIRANDELLO ST Oxygen Yoga Cures Studio LYNN WILLIAMS STREET UNIT 111 Available UNIT 126 UNIT 141 10 The Roastery LIBERTY STREET EAST LIBERTY STREET 63 OSSINGTON BUS UNIT 113 Home Hardware UNIT 127A Garden Gangsters UNIT 142 Luxe Tanning and Swimwear 219 DUFFERIN 8 19 11 Public Storage 2 10 51 52 53 UNIT 143 Small Space Plus 12 54 Liberty Village Rotisserie Grill 7 55 LIBERTY MARKET UNIT 144 Locus 144 13 56 58 59 BUILDING Mad Batter Bakers 57 60 UNIT 145 Mint Laser Clinic 14 PARDEE AVENUE It’z A Wrap 9 HANNA AVENUE UNIT 146 KIBO Sushi House 15 Magic Oven Pizza ATLANTIC AVENUE MOWAT AVENUE JEFFERSON AVENUE STRACHAN AVENUE UNIT 147 Construction Office 16 FRASER AVENUE The Source DUFFERIN STREET Brazen Head Irish Pub 11 UNIT BH1 17 Christine Bib Catering EAST LIBERTYUNIT STREET BH2 Available 18 Big Rock Brewery MANITOBA DRIVE 19 GARDINER EXPRESSWAY Liberty Village Market & Café 509 HARBOURFRONT STREETCAR HERITAGE 511 BATHURST STREETCAR 20 Live Market COURT 21 Booster Juice BMO 22 Fat Bastard Burrito FIELD DIRECT ENERGY CENTRE HOTEL X ROAD NUNAVUT 23 Saigon Bistro CANADA ROAD 24 Smokes Poutinerie N 16 1 Subway Sandwich The Source 31 Mildred’s Temple Kitchen 46 Nutrition House 3,655 SF 25 GoodLife Fitness 34 2 VogueKitchen Supper Club Stuff Plus 17 Christine Bib Catering43 32 Starbucks Coffee 47 Panago Pizza52 3 18 Big Rock Brewery Balzac’s Coffee Bank of Montreal 26 Shoeless Joe’s 33 LCBO 48 CIBC Bank West Elm 35 44 53 4 LouieHarvey’s Craft Coffee 19 Liberty Village Market & CaféBeer Boutique34 Kitchen Stuff Plus 49 William’s Landing Merci Mon Ami 27 5 Caffino Ristorante 20 Live Market 35 Harvey’s 50 Aroma Espresso Bar Jamba Juice 36 45 54 6 SchoolGlobal (Restaurant) Pet Foods 21 Booster Juice Nutrition36 Global House Pet Foods 51 Local Public EateryBrazen Head 28 Yogurty’s Froyo 37 7 Uma Café 22 Fat Bastard Burrito 46 37 Metro Grocery Store 52 Hero Burger 55 8 Metro Grocery Store23 Panago Pizza Tim Hortons 29 Maro Supper Club Saigon Bistro 38 RBC Bank 53 Bank of Montreal The Craft Brasseri & Grille 38 9 24 Smokes Poutinerie 47 56 JoeRBC Rockheads Bank Climbing Gym CIBC Bank39 Pearle Vision 54 Merci Mon Ami Home Hardware 30 10 The Roastery 25 GoodLife Fitness 40 EQ3 55 Brazen Head HANNA AVANUE Three Brewers 39 48 57 3,720 SF New 28 storey, 283 unit mixed-use 11 PublicPearle Storage Vision 26 West Elm William’s41 Running Landing Room 56 Tim Hortons Locus 144 31 Mildred’s Temple Kitchen 4012 Liberty Village Rotisserie Grill 27 Jamba Juice 49 42 Rogers 57 Home Hardware58 tower with over 13,000 SF of retail 13 MadRunning Batter Bakers Room 28 Yogurty’s Froyo Aroma43 TDEspresso Bank Bar 58 Locus 144 Raaw Japanese Cuisine 32 Starbucks Coffee 4114 It’zRogers A Wrap 29 The Craft Brasseri & 50Grille 44 Balzac’s Coffee 59 Raaw Japanese59 Cuisine 15 Local Public Eatery Casalife 33 Magic Oven Pizza 30 Three Brewers 45 Beer Boutique 60 Casalife LCBO 42 TD Bank 51 Hero Burger Liberty Village History Transportation Liberty Village is located between The neighbourhood’s history mainly lies with its strong The Liberty Market Building enjoys public transit from Strachan Avenue and Dufferin industrial ties. In 1858, Liberty Village became the site the King Street West streetcar (504), Ossington bus Street lining the Gardiner of Toronto’s Industrial Exhibition that later moved line (63, 63A and 316), and the Exhibition Place GO Expressway and King Street West. south and is now known as the Canadian National Station for commuters. The Dufferin Street bus line The neighbourhood is one of Exhibition. In the 1880’s the province built a prison (29, 29A, 29D and 329) is also easily accessible to those who Toronto’s fastest growing communities and has turned into where the inmates were put to work to generate work in Liberty Village a thriving mixed-use community that caters to the increas- profits for the government. In the years following, the ing number of residents in the area. With over two and a half heavily concentrated industrial area became munitions million square feet of office space, the node has become a factories during the world wars to support the country’s war destination point for a variety of industries. efforts abroad Demographics 43,847 97 2019 POPULATION WALK SCORE $128,856 100 2019 AVERAGE HH TRANSIT SCORE INCOME Within 1KM | Statistics Canada Brandon Gorman Graham Smith Austin Jones Senior Vice President Senior Vice President Sales Representative +1 416 855 0907 +1 416 855 0914 +1 416 855 0939 Brandon [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] DISCLAIMER The material herein is intended as a guide only, no liability for negligence or otherwise is assumed for the material contained herein by Jones Lang LaSalle, its principal or its servants or its agents. No material contained herein shall form the basis of or be part of any agreement and no warranty is given or implied as to the accuracy of the whole or any part of the material. Prospective purchasers/tenants should not rely on the material but should make their own enquiries and satisfy themselves of all aspects of the material. Any liability by Jones Lang LaSalle, its principal, its servants or its agents in any way connected with the brochure, whether or not such liability results from or involves negligence, will not exceed $1000.00..
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