Finding a location to start a daycare centre

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Thanks all for the reply!

Yeh... I've been working with children and day care centers for a while, I think that kinda helps us. Getting a commercial agent might be the key (been working with a friend who's more in the residential sector).

Newmarket might be a possibility, I'm curious, as I'm not very familiar with Newmarket, how's the pricing of day care service compare to the Toronto areas?

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Most home care providers are around $40/day. I'm $45 but have more specialized menu, dietary accommodations and theme focus. I'm full with a waiting list, so I feel that's a reasonable number. I do know, however, that some providers in my neighbourhood are having trouble filling. There is one provider set at $50 and she's not moving any spaces. I think daycare centres are around $50-$55. There's one that a current client looked at that was $55, but she felt it was over priced.

Newmarket's a nice town. There's quite a bit of daycare here already, but the area is continuing to grow. An area to be aware of is what we call 'The Dog Patch'. It's a large, south east corner area of Yonge and Davis. Any real estate agent familiar with Newmarket knows of The Patch. Highest population of rentals in York Region....mainly low income. Up around Upper Canada Mall is high density housing (loads of it) and seems like a gold mine for prospective clients. There's only one daycare I'm familiar with in that area and I've not heard good things. Seems like a good place to set up shop. My area has oodles of daycare (one in my back yard at the public school), one at the highschool a 30 second walk from my house, plus countless home daycares....I'm in the South East region of Newmarket, almost on the outskirts of town. Let me know if you want to know anything else about the area.