What is The Gem Marketplace?
The Gem Marketplace is a Retail Business Start-up Incubator located in Paris Ontario.
It is a basically Mini-Retail Mall, right on the picturesque Grand River.
7 Store Spaces + 1 attached Book Store = 8 Businesses all connected.
We supply you with a mini-enterprise business space, in a restored heritage building, in the centre of downtown Paris. We have a Market base of 1.5 Million people, within 45 minutes travel. With a direct Local population of Paris/Brant County + The City of Brantford is 139,000 people (2017)
Fully outfitted with central high-speed WiFi & Wired Internet, Heat, Electricity, Air Conditioning & Slatwall partitions.
You get your own interior signage as well.
With is being a community retail space, the ability to have retail sales on Day 1 of your business, is extremely high!
The building is also internally connected with Green Heron Books next door. So crossover traffic between all of the businesses is extremely high as well.
We also curate the tenancy, keeping the vein of Local, Handmade & Environmentally Friendly business models in mind.
The Gem Marketplace bridges the gap between the central cash Antique-Mall Model and Full-Scale Retail Stores. This gives new business owners the launch pad that they need.
1: "The Antique-Mall Model" is where you rent a small space or booth. Fill it with your products. Then there is a central cash, that is staffed by an Antique-Mall Staff member. Usually the mall takes a commission on the purchase price of your product as well, cutting into margins. Payouts to vendors are typically bi-weekly or monthly in that model as well.
2: "The Full Scale Retail Store" is a very large investment for Start-Up businesses. With finding a Storefront in a good location, purchasing the entire Building or Leasing a Retail Space (usually a 5 year commitment) can be scary endeavors. It is a massive outlay & risk to take on.
This is where The Gem Marketplace comes in.
We fit in the much needed niche, right in between the two models.
It is an outfitted Start-Up space for people wanting to make the jump into real brick & mortar "Main Street Retail". Without the massive outlay of capital & risk, that comes with full size stores. You can give your real retail business a real go!
Included specs:
Centrally located in downtown Paris.
1 Year that transitions to a Month-to-Month Lease (No 5 year! No Commission!) - Options to renew as Month-to-Month "or" Yearly. Totally up to you!
Wired Ethernet Internet in every store space
Electricity in every store space
High Speed WiFi Internet
Central Heat/Air Conditioning
Standardized Slatwall partions in every store. So any slat/slotwall fixtures & hooks instantly work!
Supplied 9" x 11" Interior Store Sign. Design it with your logo, however you like!
Exterior standardized signage area on building signband (once completed)
Shared front display window space for all vendors
It is a basically Mini-Retail Mall, right on the picturesque Grand River.
7 Store Spaces + 1 attached Book Store = 8 Businesses all connected.
We supply you with a mini-enterprise business space, in a restored heritage building, in the centre of downtown Paris. We have a Market base of 1.5 Million people, within 45 minutes travel. With a direct Local population of Paris/Brant County + The City of Brantford is 139,000 people (2017)
Fully outfitted with central high-speed WiFi & Wired Internet, Heat, Electricity, Air Conditioning & Slatwall partitions.
You get your own interior signage as well.
With is being a community retail space, the ability to have retail sales on Day 1 of your business, is extremely high!
The building is also internally connected with Green Heron Books next door. So crossover traffic between all of the businesses is extremely high as well.
We also curate the tenancy, keeping the vein of Local, Handmade & Environmentally Friendly business models in mind.
The Gem Marketplace bridges the gap between the central cash Antique-Mall Model and Full-Scale Retail Stores. This gives new business owners the launch pad that they need.
1: "The Antique-Mall Model" is where you rent a small space or booth. Fill it with your products. Then there is a central cash, that is staffed by an Antique-Mall Staff member. Usually the mall takes a commission on the purchase price of your product as well, cutting into margins. Payouts to vendors are typically bi-weekly or monthly in that model as well.
2: "The Full Scale Retail Store" is a very large investment for Start-Up businesses. With finding a Storefront in a good location, purchasing the entire Building or Leasing a Retail Space (usually a 5 year commitment) can be scary endeavors. It is a massive outlay & risk to take on.
This is where The Gem Marketplace comes in.
We fit in the much needed niche, right in between the two models.
It is an outfitted Start-Up space for people wanting to make the jump into real brick & mortar "Main Street Retail". Without the massive outlay of capital & risk, that comes with full size stores. You can give your real retail business a real go!
Included specs:
Centrally located in downtown Paris.
1 Year that transitions to a Month-to-Month Lease (No 5 year! No Commission!) - Options to renew as Month-to-Month "or" Yearly. Totally up to you!
Wired Ethernet Internet in every store space
Electricity in every store space
High Speed WiFi Internet
Central Heat/Air Conditioning
Standardized Slatwall partions in every store. So any slat/slotwall fixtures & hooks instantly work!
Supplied 9" x 11" Interior Store Sign. Design it with your logo, however you like!
Exterior standardized signage area on building signband (once completed)
Shared front display window space for all vendors
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