as tsx crr.un industry real estate investment trust founded february 4 1964 headquarters stellarton nova scotia parent empire company limited sobeys website www.crombiereit.com crombie reit formerly atlantic shopping centres then crombie properties is a canadian unincorporated open ended publicly traded real estate investment trust which trades on the toronto stock exchange and is based in stellarton nova scotia . history edit crombie reit was founded on february 4 1964 as atlantic shopping centres limited . in 1976 it became a subsidiary of sobeys stores limited . during the 1990s the company merged with halifax developments limited known for scotia square as well as canadian shopping centres limited . in the mid 2000s the company was renamed as they expanded beyond both the atlantic region as well as shopping centres . it was converted in 2006 into an unincorporated open ended publicly traded real estate investment trust which trades on the toronto stock exchange . its largest unitholder is empire company limited ecl which as of mid 2013 owned approximately 40 % of the units in the reit . ecl controls the sobeys supermarket chain which is also the reit s major tenant . controversy edit in january 2014 crombie s commercial leasing division issued eviction notices to two local food vendors ray s lebanese cuisine and a taste of india in the scotia square food court in halifax nova scotia . a petition to save the two popular restaurants leased tenancy was circulated in february and received over 5200 signatures . many local patrons expressed anger and disappointment in crombie s actions through social media . 1 ray s was the most longstanding eatery in the mall having been operated by ray khattar for 31 years . 2 he initially agreed to a doubling of his rent from 5 000 to 10 000 but was then served an eviction notice regardless . 2 crombie was criticized for forcing out local businesses in favour of chain operations like mcdonald s and subway having also evicted another popular eatery pg s in 2011 to make way for a tim horton s. 2 3 4 an article in the coast lamented that scotia square s was the best mall food court in the country with interesting and varied local operations and yet there seems to be a conscious effort to destroy that reputation . 3 in a followup news article the cbc reported that crombie had recanted and stated the businesses could stay but demanded a doubling of the rent a percentage of the sales and a relocation of the outlets to a different part of the food court . 5 while ray s lebanese cuisine has left the scotia square food court a taste of india relocated to a new counter within the facility near their original spot . references edit save ray s a taste of india petition gets 5k signatures . cbc news . 17 february 2014 . retrieved 19 april 2014 . a b c bundale brett 28 march 2014 . ray s taste of india exit scotia square . halifax chronicle herald . retrieved 19 april 2014 . a b bousquet tim 31 january 2014 . ray s lebanese food and a taste of india are being evicted from scotia square . the coast . retrieved 19 april 2014 . bousquet tim 6 february 2014 . people s court . the coast . retrieved 19 april 2014 . ray s serves its final customers at scotia square . cbc news . 28 march 2014 . retrieved 19 april 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crombie reit & oldid 677114733 categories companies listed on the toronto stock exchangecompanies based in nova scotiareal estate companies of canadareal estate investment trustss & p tsx composite indexcompanies established in 19641964 establishments in nova scotia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 august 2015 at 06 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view