MEC slated to open flagship Toronto store

TORONTO—Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), a retailer of outdoor gear in Canada, has confirmed its newly redesigned and relocated Toronto flagship store will open April 13.

MEC will occupy two levels of the 54,000-square-foot development located at 300 Queen St. W., indicates a release.

Features of MEC’s new Toronto flagship include:

a “Basecamp” open-concept community space used to host how-to clinics, community events and to connect members with places to camp, hike and get active outside in Ontario;

a bouldering wall that is 1,000-square-feet wall and is meant for in-store climbing; and

a full-service bike repair and ski shop, which is a new open-concept design offering a welcoming space for MEC specialist staff to help members gear up for biking and skiing adventures.

The new purpose-built store will also feature a floating canopy to mark the store’s entrance and interior wood elements to define the store and display merchandise, the release reads.

The MEC Toronto store will be operationally carbon neutral, using renewable energy when it opens. It will also have fully accessible, universal changeroom facilities and a universal washroom facility.

The store’s entrance will feature MEC’s first written land acknowledgement to recognize the Indigenous land the building is located on, accompanied by an installation that highlights a local Indigenous community partner, Outdoor Reconcili-Action, adds the release.