The Board adopted a cost centre approach to the operation of the Terminal in 1984. This system identifies nine cost centres and allocates expenses and revenues to each cost centre.

SHORT TERM LEASEHOLDERS

This area is located in the basement of the old cold storage building. Access and egress is provided by stairs and freight elevators. This area is ideally suited for jobbers or for dry storage space. The area totals 15,808 square feet.

RESTAURANTS

Two restaurants are located within the Terminal. A large full service restaurant is located in the Farmers' Market. The restaurant seats 110 patrons. A takeout facility is located on Market level for light snacks and beverages. The second restaurant is located at the Southwest corner of the North B Unit on dock level. This restaurant provides full meals and takeout services.

COLD STORAGE

The Cold Storage encompasses 80,000 square feet of cooler space on two levels; a main floor and a basement level. Access to the basement level is via freight elevators. Temperatures are computer controlled with rooms generally set at either 32o F or 42o F. Space is rented per pallet, weekly or monthly. The Board provides receiving staff and the customer staff makes the withdrawals.

FARMERS' MARKET

We have 550 stalls available for lease on either a semi-annual (January-June or July-December) or annual period (July-June). In addition, space is rented on a daily basis. All spaces are leased. The Market operates on the basis that any leaseholder who so wishes may occupy a stall other than the stall they lease as long as the actual leaseholder of the stall does not take occupancy. With this system, stalls are used in an efficient manner.  Daily growers take occupancy of vacant stalls prior to the opening of the Market.

Currently we have three classifications of leaseholders:

1. GROWER - A person who sells only produce grown on his/her farm.
2. ONTARIO/DEALER - A person who sells produce from his/her own farm and produce grown on someone else's farm.
3. CANADIAN/DEALER - A person who sells produce grown in Ontario as well as other parts of Canada.

Leaseholders arrive at the Market from many regions of Ontario. We have tenants from as far north as Coldwater, from as far south as Fort Erie, from as far west as Leamington and as far east as Trenton. Applications to lease stalls may be obtained at the Board Office.

Farmers' Market Stall Policy

Objectives:
 

The Objectives of the Board when dealing with any request for the issuance of a new lease, the request for stall change, the cancellation of a lease, and the assignment of a lease are threefold:-
 

(a) To assist the Board and Management in ensuring that the issuance of a new lease, the request for stall change, the cancellation of a lease and the assignment of a lease are carried out in a manner that is known to all leaseholders.
 

(b) To prevent a value being placed on a stall during an assignment.
 

(c) To ensure that all issuance, change, cancellation or assignment of a lease benefits the Ontario Food Terminal in general and the Farmers Market in particular.
 
 

Policy for a Request for Stall Application:
 

Any person wishing to lease a stall in the Farmers’ Market must fill out a Stall Application Form and provide a $100.00 deposit. The Request For Stall list is maintained in the General Office and is kept in date order by date of application. Each applicant is required to complete his/her own application.
 

When a stall becomes available in the area where new leaseholders are placed, Management uses the Request for Stall list on a date of application basis to fill the open stalls. The Deposit monies are applied against the first term rent. If an applicant wishes to be taken off the list or does not accept stalls that are offered, the deposit monies are forfeited as an administration fee for making the application and the retention of their name on the list up to the date they are deleted from the list.
 

Policy for a Request for Stall Change Application:
 

Any current leaseholder that wishes to change to another stall must make an application for a change. The Management maintains a Request for Stall Change list for such purpose in the General Office. The leaseholder who wishes to change to another stall must fill out an application for Request for Stall Change (at no cost) and included in the application the person must indicate to which stalls they wish to relocate. The list is maintained on a date of application basis. In order to remain on the Request for Stall Change list, the leaseholder must be a leaseholder in good standing with the Board (i.e. has paid the rent or any fees charged against them etc.), must respond to requests made via letter or phone when stalls become available and the Management is seeking an answer as to whether or not the applicant is interested in the stalls that are available, and must use the market a minimum of 25 days in either the current period or the previous lease period.
 

Whenever a stall becomes available that is in the area where a leaseholder on the Request for Stall Change list wishes to relocate to, the list is used as the basis of allocating the stall on a date of application basis. If a leaseholder when contacted turns down a stall that he/she has indicated they wish to relocate to, then that leaseholder is removed from the list.
 

Policy for the Cancellation of a Lease:
 

A Cancellation of a lease can be carried out in 30 days if the Lessee has not met the stipulations of the lease. A lease can also be cancelled if the stall has not been occupied by the Lessee for a minimum of 25 days during the period of the lease.
 
 

Policy for a Request by a Leaseholder to Assign his/her stall:
 

The Farmers Market Lease Section 7 deals with a request to assign the lease or sublet the lease. The section in part states the following ‘The Tenant shall not assign, sublet, part with possession nor permit any person, firm or corporation to share or use the Stall or any part thereof without the prior written consent of the Landlord which may be arbitrarily withheld.’
 

Whenever a request for an assignment of stall is made by a leaseholder, the request is to be brought before the Board. The Board will review the request and make a ruling using the following policy.
 

When a leaseholder farm or farm business is sold or passed on to an immediate member of the leaseholders family, the stall may continue to be leased by that member of the immediate family providing that the form of the lease set forth by the Board is adhered to.  In the case of an assignment to an immediate family member the stall will not become available to those on the Request for Stall Change list. The immediate family is as defined in the Income Tax Act, Section 251, Subsection 2.
 

In the rare circumstances when a Tenant’s farm or farm business is sold to a Buyer who is not an immediate family member, the Buyer may be considered by the Board as a possible tenant for the stall. However, certain qualifications will apply to the assignment. A stall cannot be sold as an asset unto itself. A stall must be part of the total sale of assets of the farm or farm business. Sale documents must be presented to the Board upon application by the Tenant to the Board for the assignment of the stall to the purchaser. In such a case and upon approval of the assignment by the Board, the stall would not become available to those on the Request for Stall Change list.
 

Approval Process:
 

Approval Process for a Request for a Stall, a Request for a Change in Stall, a Cancellation of a Lease, or an Assignment is to be as follows:-
 

Management has the authority to assign stalls based on the Request for a Stall Policy and the Request for a Change of Stall Policy if and when, in their judgment, the action falls fully within the policy approved by the Board.
 

Management has the authority to accept cancellations and impose cancellations if and when, in their judgment, the cancellation falls within the policy approved by the Board.
 

Management is to receive direction from the Board as to any request for assignment of a lease by the Leaseholder.
 

"A" AND "B" WAREHOUSES

There are 41.24 A and B units on two separate wings surrounding a central Buyers' Court. 'A' units face the Buyers' Court and consist of a store, (1716 sf); basement (2112 sf) and office space (320 sf). 20.39 'B' units, adjacent to the Cold Storage building, consist of a store (1331 sf) and a basement (1573 sf). Access to all units and the cold storage is achieved via a central dock system.  There are 22 warehouse tenants.

ANNUAL OFFICES

Approximately 37,934 square feet of office space is located above the "A" units of both wings. Of this, 24,814 square feet is annual office space with the remaining space occupied by offices included in the "A" unit leases. There are 50 office tenants.

ROAD AND GATE

The areas comprising the common roadways and unassigned land constitute the Road and Gate cost centre. The Board maintains a main gate building which is occupied 24 hours/day/, 7 days/week. Loads are received at the gate at anytime.

RAILWAY

The Board currently has a small track area which serves the Market. The amount of track within the Terminal has been reduced to reflect the diminishing demand of rail services to the Terminal.

PARKING

The Board operates a parking deck structure which is 4 acres in size and covers approximately one half of the Farmers' Market stalls. On this structure 575 cars are parked.