They know that it sells just as well to be fresh and clean as opposed to current and trendy.

If you're worried that might be too casual, go busines casual (jeans, button down, sneakers) and you'll def be fine.

And we are both in growing, young, trendy, urban markets.  

we try to pic colors and finishes that are less trendy as not to date the properties, I have a couple of properties that I built in late 90s with pickled cabinets and coreian counter tops that were really popular at the time, which cost more but rented higher at the time but not enough to overcome higher cost, others I did were simple had white cabinets with laminate tops, but now they rent about the same, but we do get a lot of negative comments on the pickled cabinets so I do my best to stay away from trends.  

Don't get trendy on improvements.

A growing trend is use them as charter schools.

Lost of trendy (and tending) areas around there.

I would think if the community could support a branded business for the storefront who do long tern leases, has the potential to appreciate, and you can build to suit for the business (or have an agreement from a tenant) it could be special...if the area is trendy and trending up.

I do of course worry that there is a ceiling in the east end of the GTA; some of the due diligence I have done and also my experience in selling our home leads me to think that if affordability enters buyers' minds, they will either look further out of the city for dirt or buy lower entry point homes (e.g. condos, towns) closer to trendy areas.

Portland (PDX) is the new trendy place to be with all of the coffee and beer redevelopment and let's not forget Reno.