For Scarborough residences, condos & offices
Smart Stores for Scarborough buildings.
SMV puts a Smart Store in your Scarborough residence, lobby, or break room. Residents tap a card or phone, grab anything they want, and walk out. It costs the building nothing, and we run every part of it.
SMV installs and runs Smart Stores across Scarborough at zero cost to the building. A Smart Store is a self-serve shop in your lobby or common area: residents tap a card or phone, grab anything they want, and walk out, charged automatically on exit, with no line, no cashier, and no app to download. Scarborough fits this well. Purpose-built student housing sits near the University of Toronto Scarborough and Centennial College along the Ellesmere and Morningside corridors, condos cluster around Scarborough Town Centre and the Kennedy subway corridor, and employment areas from the Golden Mile to the Tapscott and Markham Road business parks run long days and night shifts. They share one gap: nothing nearby is open when people want a drink, a snack, or a forgotten charger. We supply, stock, clean, service, and insure the Smart Store, and earn our margin on the retail, not from the building. We run it on a 90-day trial.
Why Scarborough
Why Scarborough buildings fit a Smart Store.
Scarborough has the two things that make an in-building store worth it: real density of people who are home or on-site at odd hours, and a convenience gap that opens the moment the nearby shops close.
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A student-housing hub
The University of Toronto Scarborough and Centennial College anchor thousands of students, with purpose-built residences along the Ellesmere and Morningside corridors. Residents keep their own hours, which is exactly when a 24/7 Smart Store earns its keep.
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Growing condo corridors
Towers cluster around Scarborough Town Centre and along the Kennedy subway corridor, with more rising as the subway extension is built. That vertical density is what makes a Smart Store worth stocking and keeping full.
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Employment lands that run late
From the Golden Mile to the Tapscott and Nashdene business parks and the Markham Road corridor, warehouses and offices keep staff on-site through long days and overnight shifts, when nothing outside is open.
Who it is for
Which Scarborough buildings is this for?
Three building types across Scarborough fit a Smart Store best. Each links to how the partnership works for that kind of building.
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Student residences near UTSC & Centennial
Purpose-built student housing along the Ellesmere and Morningside corridors serves the University of Toronto Scarborough and Centennial College’s Progress campus. A Smart Store is the 1 a.m. essentials run residents never have to leave the building for. Smart Stores for student housing.
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Condos around Scarborough Town Centre
Towers around Scarborough Town Centre and the Kennedy subway corridor stack hundreds of residents who want a late-night option that does not mean getting back in the car. Smart Stores for condos.
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Offices, warehouses & business parks
From the Golden Mile to the Tapscott employment district and the Markham Road corridor, offices and multi-shift warehouses keep people on-site around the clock. Smart Stores for offices and warehouses.
The resident experience
How tap, grab, go works.
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Tap
A resident taps a card or phone to unlock the Smart Store. No app, no account.
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Grab
They take whatever they want from a curated selection of drinks, snacks, and forgot-it essentials.
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Go
They walk out. The store recognizes the items and charges automatically, with a receipt sent.
New to the idea? Read what a Smart Store actually is, or tell us about your building on the homepage fit check.
Privacy-safe by design
Does it use facial recognition?
No. A Smart Store uses product recognition, not facial recognition: no camera analyzes people, there is no age or gender estimation, and no resident images are stored. It recognizes the item picked up so it can charge the right price. Full detail on privacy and security.
Where we serve
Serving Scarborough and the corridors around it.
From UTSC and Centennial through Scarborough Town Centre and out along the Kennedy, Golden Mile, and Markham Road corridors. If your building is in Scarborough, we can reach it.
Common questions
What Scarborough buildings ask us.
- Do you serve Scarborough?
- Yes. Scarborough is one of our core service areas, in the east end of the GTA close to our route, so restocking and service response there is quick. Tell us your building and we will confirm fit in a 15-minute call.
- Which Scarborough buildings is this for?
- Student residences near the University of Toronto Scarborough and Centennial College along the Ellesmere and Morningside corridors; condos around Scarborough Town Centre and the Kennedy subway corridor; and offices and employment areas from the Golden Mile out to the Tapscott and Markham Road business parks.
- Is a Smart Store a good fit for student housing?
- It is our strongest fit. A student residence runs on its own schedule, and residents want a drink, a snack, or a charger at 1 a.m., not a walk to a store that closed hours ago. A Smart Store is open every hour they are awake. See how it works for student housing.
- What does a Smart Store cost a Scarborough building?
- Nothing. There is no upfront cost and no monthly fee. SMV supplies, installs, owns, stocks, cleans, and services the Smart Store, and earns its margin on the retail, not from the building.
- Does the Smart Store use facial recognition?
- No. A Smart Store uses product recognition, not facial recognition. No camera analyzes people, there is no age or gender estimation, and no resident images are stored. It recognizes the item picked up so it can charge the right price.
- How fast can you install in Scarborough?
- About four to six weeks from a signed agreement. We start with a quick fit check to confirm placement, a power outlet, and wifi, then we deliver, stock, and switch it on.
Across the GTA
Other areas we serve.
See if your Scarborough building is a fit.
Tell us your building and layout. In fifteen minutes we will tell you honestly whether a Smart Store is a fit. No cost, no obligation.
Request a 15-minute fit check