Bed, Bath and Beyond opens its largest store in Canada at Yonge and Gerrard
Less than a month after Marshalls opened at John and Richmond, another big American chain has launched its first downtown Toronto store. Suburban mainstay Bed, Bath and Beyond is now selling home, kitchen and garden merchandise out of a mammoth space in the base of the Aura at College Park condo building on Yonge, just north of Gerrard. The 50,ooo-square-foot store is the largest Bed, Bath and Beyond in Canada, which is appropriate since, once finished, Aura will be the country’s tallest residential building. Whether or not all those superlatives will make downtowners want to run over for bedding and bath stuff (plus all that “beyond” encompasses) remains to be seen, though we imagine the one-stop appeal of the big-box store will see it thrive.
Bed, Bath and Beyond, 382 Yonge St., 2nd floor, 1-800-462-3966, www.bedbathandbeyond.ca
 remains to be seen, though we imagine the one-stop appeal of the big-box store will see it thrive.
Bed, Bath and Beyond, 382 Yonge St., 2nd floor, 1-800-462-3966, www.bedbathandbeyond.ca){kind=link}
This store is awesome. Went a few days after they opened. Super helpful staff, cool stuff even gadgets and a retro Atari game for about $90. SMALL pet area, but nevertheless unique stuff; like dog stairs (for your bed), doggie booties, tonnes of cool festive dog sweaters…….
Great place to do your Christmas shopping. Seriously they have everything. I spent about 2 hours there that day LOL :)
There are so few big box stores in the downtown core – and with the focus on dense urban housing, I predict BB&B’s mix of home and small garden will be a hit with the urban cliff dwellers looking to feather their nests at reasonable prices.
Will plan on leaving a min. of 1 hour to check it out :)
um, well, I was there this afternoon – November 21st. There was a horrendous odour in the store, some kind of plastic, toxic, packaging smell that just about blew me out of there. Within no time my head was pounding. There were no staff visible, found Henckels knives with no pricing on them, and contrary to other posts, the prices on many of the things were too expensive. And while the quality may be better much of houseware items can be found at the Dollar Store. The store was too big, stuff way to high on shelves, frankly after reading this in Toronto Life, I was motivated to go. I was underwhelmed and it does not usually take a lot to do the opposite. If they don’t sort out the odour problem I and others won’t be able to take it. I hope they do well, but don’t think this warehouse approach did it for me.