The Behar Group is Mathnasium’s first choice for Ontario rollouts

January 13, 2012

PRESS RELEASE

Mathnasium Selects The Behar Group for Ontario, Canada

The Behar Group Realty—Toronto: Mathnasium LLC, based in Los Angeles, California, has selected The Behar Group Realty (TBG, www.thebehargroup.com) to represent it for Ontario, Canada.

Mathnasium is an international chain of year-round learning centres where children go to improve their math skills. Mathnasium exists because affordable, high-quality math instruction is very difficult to find and the demand is only growing. Mathnasium currently has 272 thriving centres in the United States, 4 in Canada (Vancouver, Ottawa, greater Toronto), and additional centres now open on four continents.

Each franchised centre utilizes the Mathnasium Method, an individually customizable educational K-12 curriculum created through over 35 years of classroom experience and research to teach children math in a way that makes sense to them. Mathnasium centres are open to members at least five times per week during after-school and weekend hours.

“We chose The Behar Group to assist us in managing all of our franchisees’ real estate needs, and grow our presence, throughout Ontario. We are genuinely enthusiastic about the long-term prospects of our business relationship with TBG,” said Joe Novak, SVP Franchise Marketing & Development of Mathnasium. 

Mathnasium is looking for locations and franchisees all over Ontario, in towns with children counts as small as 5,000 within a 5 kilometre area and area household incomes of greater than $70,000. Sites of interest are generally 900 to 1,200 square feet, high-pedestrian-traffic retail locations anchored by a grocery or triple A anchor, where highly-visible second floors are an option and there is a safe drop-off point for children, a 3-5 year lease with commensurate options, and a tenant allowance for build-out.

Landlords that feel a Mathnasium franchise would be a good fit for their retail property, or prospective franchisees looking for a profitable business with super-strong franchisee support, are encouraged to contact Chris Seepe, Broker, at The Behar Group, E: cseepe@thebehargroup.com  M: 416-525-1558.

Anytime Fitness selects The Behar Group to handle its real estate search

December 5, 2011

Anytime Fitness, based in Hasting, Minnesota, has selected Chris Seepe of The Behar Group Realty (TBG,  www.thebehargroup.com) to handle the search in Ontario, Canada.

Anytime Fitness is a recession-resilient, world-class, top-ranked fitness franchise, serving over 1,300,000 members through over 1,700 locations worldwide.

Employing state-of-the-art technologies to recognize members coming and going, Anytime Fitness offers its franchisees an amazing capability to provide unprecedented security for its members 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, while empowering franchisees with membership and remote operations management.

The franchise offers convenient and affordable fitness options to its members in friendly, secure, and well-maintained facilities that feature top-quality exercise equipment. Members enjoy free access to AnytimeHealth.com, arguably the most comprehensive wellness website available. As part of their local membership fee, a member can visit any Anytime Fitness location in the world without any additional fee, and the franchise’s centralized software system manages this function with automatic member recognition.

Anytime Fitness, started in 2002, opened its first location in Canada in 2004, and proudly boasts one of the lowest failure rates of any type of franchise in North America, and a 0.0% failure rate in Canada. There are currently 34 locations open in Canada, 25 in Ontario, and 42 additional sites sold and opening soon.

“We chose The Behar Group to assist us in managing all of our franchisees’ real estate needs, and grow our presence, throughout Ontario. We are genuinely enthusiastic about the long-term prospects of our business relationship with TBG,” said Jeff Thames, COO of Anytime Fitness.

In October, 2011, Entrepreneur magazine rated Anytime Fitness the “Top Global Franchise” and the world’s largest and fastest-growing co-ed fitness club chain.

Anytime Fitness is looking for locations and franchisees all over Ontario, in towns with populations as small as 7,000, and with sites that are brightly lit and generally 4,000 to 5,000 square feet; in high-pedestrian-traffic retail locations sporting a grocery or triple A anchor, ideally three parking spaces per 1,000 square feet, and a 24-hour-illuminated parking field; a 10-year-minimum lease with 5-year options; and a tenant allowance for build-out.

Landlords that feel an Anytime Fitness franchise would be a good fit for their retail property, or prospective franchisees looking for a profitable business with super-strong franchisee support, are encouraged to contact Chris Seepe, Broker, at The Behar Group, E: cseepe@thebehargroup.com, M: 416-525-1558.

The Behar Group is retained by 7-Eleven

October 7, 2011

The Behar Group, in partnership with Jones Lang LaSalle, has been retained by 7-Eleven International to oversee its real estate growth plans across Ontario.  7-Eleven plans to open 150-200 stores in Ontario, starting in 2012.

The Behar Group has been asked to initiate and execute a strategic plan alongside Jones Lang Lasalle in order to achieve these targets.

With nearly 42,000 units globally, 7-Eleven has been the leader in the convenience retailing business for 84 years.  Site selection will include urban walk-up locations, suburban corner locations, and gas bars.  Sizes required generally range between 2,000 and 3,000 square feet, however flexibility will be shown for the right locations.

Yosi Behar unites Jews and Muslims in a ground breaking real estate deal

September 30, 2011

On September 18, 2011, the ground breaking ceremony of the first Muslim cemetery in the GTA took place.  Not only was it a historic occasion; arguably the most moving aspect was the relationship that had formed between the Chair of the Cemetery Committee (Sabi Ahsan, a real estate agent who is a devoted member of his mosque) and the landowner who brokered the deal (Yosi Behar, an Israeli Jewish Canadian!). Their friendship and mutual respect goes well beyond a business relationship. Their bond is a model of what it means to live in Canada (and they both spoke of this in the opening ceremony that was attended by many municipal, provincial, and federal dignitaries who had worked with them to achieve this remarkable goal). They are both committed to unity within their own communities and between the Jewish and Muslim communities and the wider community in Canada. Hopefully their bond will be a sign of things to come for the success of the cemetery project.

The story of  Yosi and Sabi has already been broadcast on television and other media and will no doubt continue to be told around the world.  We are hopeful also that we will see more ‘good news’ stories of Muslim/Jewish relations highlighted in the media in the coming year. There are many stories to tell as we work towards marginalizing those who wish to divide us, and empowering those who are messengers of peace and harmony.

The Behar Group partner Bee Media inks deal with Calloway REIT, finalizing others

September 23, 2011

After a very successful summer during which we signed a cross-Canada deal with Calloway REIT, The Behar Group’s partner Bee Media is set to attend Toronto’s International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Conference 2011 on October 19-21. We are in the process of finalizing deals with numerous national and international developers and owners. Bee Media is an opt-in mobile marketing service that delivers location-specific offers and shopping tools to consumers on their mobile devices–whether they’re in or near a retail outlet, or in the common area of a shopping mall or other venue.
Bee Media can help:
  • Deliver greater value to tenants
  • Drive shoppers from the common areas into stores to increase sales
  • Gain powerful insights on traffic counts and patterns to maximize lease rates
  • Offer consumers an enriched shopping experience with helpful shopping tools to build loyalty
  • Leverage a single app that works in all locations