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 has an estimated market capitalization of $1.6 billion.

[11] 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 bigger Tim Horton's.

[11][12][13] 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.

"[12] In a follow-up news article, the CBC reported that Crombie had recanted and stated the businesses could stay; however, they 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.

[14] 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.