The Opening Pt2

I’ve been looking for a space for my Roastery for the last year and a half. I have not been looking hard, but I would explore any opportunity that came up. There were a few that I thought would be nice out in the WestShore, but for the exposure and price all the spaces I looked at fizzled out. My wife looked for houses with a large detached shop that had the right zoning but moving our business and our house at the same time seemed to be a daunting task. There were a few spots in town that I looked at, but nothing really grabbed me. I put the search on simmer while I started to just focus in on what I had and not what I wanted to have. I remember as a teen that boys that looked hard for a girlfriend were always alone, but as soon as you “did not care”, or stopped looking the right girl would just appear. Good life lesson I think. That is how the perfect location just appeared to me as soon as I did not show anymore interest in finding it.

I was delivering coffee to Smoken Bones and the owner Ken told me about the deal he was working out to get a new location. As soon as he told me a few of the details I needed to know more. Ken texted the real-estate agent to tell him that I would be calling. I called in one minute and began this journey at Smoken Bones.

Ken shared loads of information with me about how he had been dealing with The owners and agents thus far. Armed with this information I started to negotiate an offer to lease. I was cautious in my dealings and was not at all sure that I could do this. As the negotiations continued I became very excited about the potential of this space. I still felt like I was playing a game and that nothing would ever become of all this talk. That all changed with one conversation with my wife. She is my grounding force and was nervous about any changes that could potentially hurt our family. One evening that I will never forget, she came to me and told me that we had better do this and  jump in with all four feet. That was all I needed to hear! Time to work this deal out and forge a new path for 2%Jazz Coffee.

Townline is the company that owns the building. Fraser Campbell is the agent for the building. What a great team to work with. Without going into the details of the deal, I can tell you that The team has made every effort to make this deal happen. So after two and a half months, I have a deal!

It took research, patience, persistence and  a supportive wife to get this far. It will take the same and more to continue The Opening. Today I get my returned offer to lease, signed and sealed. Today is the first day my new reality. before today all we had was a dream and now we have opportunity!