“Retail is changing and Cadillac Fairview has a long-storied history in retail and we’ve always been successful by changing with the times and staying ahead of change. Where you’re seeing retail and customers move towards online what we do is work with our retail clients to change the type of retail that we have at our properties to really complement the online shopping,” said Finley McEwen, Senior Vice President of Development, Cadillac Fairview.

“Rather than kind of inward facing retail where you’d have many iterations of the same store in numerous markets, what we do is create a really experience driven outdoor shopping area where the retailers can present their brands through the architecture, through the look and feel of the space so that when their customers arrive it’s really an experience. That helps supplement their online business. That helps create a more agreeable experience for their shoppers and that’s how we secure and grow our market share.”

Ground-breaking for CF Grand Market District is expected this spring with completion of Phase I of the project targeted for 2021.