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 Retail 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/Ethernet, 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 Rousseau Rares Vintage & Handmade Finds 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 Retail 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/Ethernet, 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 Rousseau Rares Vintage & Handmade Finds 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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