A good approach for kink can be taken from the survival of Tension.
This is useful for any commercial venue.
Tension is not the first kinky entity in that location — it is in fact the 3rd.
The first was Fetish4Play by Victoria. It was the first community center of sorts — her place, divided into sections for play, education, massage, and many other things. She stayed there about one or two years before moving out. The rent was expensive, and she eventually moved to Toronto.
The second was Le Loft du Chateau, a follow-up to L’Orage after moving from The Chateau de Vieux. I introduced JP to Victoria, and JP decided not to take her lease unit but instead took the largest unit on the 3rd floor. It was great for kinky nights and swingers, but again it was a little expensive even though he was living there. The bathrooms were also very small and limited — just two, I think. It was too expensive for what it was bringing back.
Tension solved the expense issue by becoming a rental space like Espace des Arts, where others can rent for classes, parties, private events, etc. — related or not directly to ropes or even kink. This allowed them to expand to another unit, called Friction, I think.
Now the rumour is they aim to buy the building, or that the building is for sale — we can never know what is true with these rumours.
