Winnipeg Free Press: Lease policy spurs eatery turnover at The Forks

A staff member of another long-standing business said they regularly get customers asking where Skinner’s and other decades-old tenants have gone. There are few left, they added.

“I see this (as) discouraging existing and prospective owners,” said Sean MacDonald, a University of Manitoba business professor.

The change provides “an unnecessary level of bureaucracy” for restaurateurs, and it’s hard for budgeting, he said.

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