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1335 days ago

The City of Toronto is exploring the possibility of implementing a vacant storefront tax, in response to the large number of vacant storefronts on Queen Street East.

Toronto to explore tax targeting vacant storefronts on city's main streets

cbc.ca

After spending a year in search of a home for his brew pub, Carl Pratt discovered a troubling real estate dynamic: plenty of available spaces, but few landlords who seemed interested in actually renting them out.