Edmonton Retail Thread - Page 59

Landlocked · #**1161** Posted **Nov 10, 2015, 3:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

Edmonton Nerd List
A complete list of all stand-alone, brick & mortar stores devoted to Comics, Collectibles and/or Gaming in Edmonton.
http://edmontonnerdlist.com/

Do you have the list in the original Klingon?

GreenSPACE · #**1162** Posted **Nov 10, 2015, 10:02 PM**

Duchess Bake Shop Expanding to Second Location:

http://edmontonjournal.com/life/food...econd-location

Daveography · #**1163** Posted **Nov 10, 2015, 10:11 PM**

^ I got so excited thinking they were maybe opening another bake shop in the core or someplace closer, but I guess this is a totally different concept, not another bake shop at all. Nice misleading headline, there, Journal.

Also, what a weird location for all of that.

Coldrsx · #**1164** Posted **Nov 10, 2015, 10:50 PM**

^very odd location and also odd that they wouldn't have a larger kitchen there for volume goods and keep the 124 as a bakery, cafe and store.

GreenSPACE · #**1165** Posted **Nov 17, 2015, 7:02 PM**

Edmonton City Centre to serve up new food court, other upgrades
Edmonton Journal

http://edmontonjournal.com/business/...other-upgrades

EdmTrekker · #**1166** Posted **Nov 17, 2015, 8:18 PM**

If that is all they are doing who gives a damn. People living downtown need more retail - good retail. May the podiums of the new towers on 108 could house large retail - Chapters, Macy's or ?

GreenSPACE · #**1167** Posted **Nov 17, 2015, 8:25 PM**

^Pedestrian retail comes down to pedestrian volumes, so I'm more inclined to see small retail bays that smaller businesses can take a risk in, so to speak. Even with 2m more visitors Downtown to the arena district, that's 1/12 volume WEM gets for instance. We may be years off before there's large-scale street retail.

What will continue to do well Downtown are services for the people that live and work here, and hospitality like coffee shops, restaurants and pubs. I think small retail can do well but we have to make sure the landlords design and offer spaces that small retail needs. I'm thinking 1000 sq. ft. and less.

Coldrsx · #**1168** Posted **Nov 17, 2015, 9:35 PM**

'Over 23,000 new residents are expected to be living downtown by 2019'

2300 new perhaps for a total of say 17500-18000... maybe a little more, but not 23000 and not 23000 new.

While I am pleased with the move to the top floor, natural light, etc etc., this does very little to serve existing residents with anything. A food court is generally for workers and visitors, not residents.

The mall in its current state has very limited offerings, so much so that there might only be 3-4 places I go now.

I wish that article had included more discussion about being aggressive to land new tenants... alas.

s211 · #**1169** Posted **Nov 17, 2015, 10:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

'Over 23,000 new residents are expected to be living downtown by 2019'

2300 new perhaps for a total of say 17500-18000... maybe a little more, but not 23000 and not 23000 new.

While I am pleased with the move to the top floor, natural light, etc etc., this does very little to serve existing residents with anything. A food court is generally for workers and visitors, not residents.

The mall in its current state has very limited offerings, so much so that there might only be 3-4 places I go now.

I wish that article had included more discussion about being aggressive to land new tenants... alas.

What we have is a spectrum. At one end, Oxford has its larger objectives held close to its chest. At the other end, Oxford is out of ideas and is clutching at straws. I pray they're closer to the former, and not the latter.

edmontonoilers89 · #**1170** Posted **Nov 17, 2015, 11:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by s211

What we have is a spectrum. At one end, Oxford has its larger objectives held close to its chest. At the other end, Oxford is out of ideas and is clutching at straws. I pray they're closer to the former, and not the latter.

It's not like Oxford is a small regional player who is new to this game. They're a global firm who have a fair number of significant properties and developments. I too am hoping it's the former.

Xelebes · #**1171** Posted **Nov 17, 2015, 11:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by edmontonoilers89

It's not like Oxford is a small regional player who is new to this game. They're a global firm who have a fair number of significant properties and developments. I too am hoping it's the former.

Doesn't mean much. They may have resources but they got a manager with a team overlooking the property. Oxford in this sense is being used metonymously.

s211 · #**1172** Posted **Nov 17, 2015, 11:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by edmontonoilers89

It's not like Oxford is a small regional player who is new to this game. They're a global firm who have a fair number of significant properties and developments. I too am hoping it's the former.

True, and yet even global players can be stuck with a stinker of a property and the only hope is for an unbalanced person with a bulldozer to go all rockstar and take the place down.

240glt · #**1173** Posted **Nov 17, 2015, 11:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

Doesn't mean much. They may have resources but they got a manager with a team overlooking the property. Oxford in this sense is being used metonymously.

Do you really think that the decision to spend $42 mil of unrecoverable capital is made at a local level ?

canucklehead2 · #**1174** Posted **Nov 18, 2015, 6:54 PM**

Any renderings of said food court yet? I'm getting the impression that almost all of the basement of the mall will be turned into indoor parking on both sides. Would that assessment be correct? I guess with the arena next door, $75 car (even discounted at $25-50/car) is much more lucrative than any potential rent from a hypothetical H&M or Mango could ever bring in... Aka don't expect Oxford to build "The Core II" or anything similar to what Calgary has now...

240glt · #**1175** Posted **Nov 18, 2015, 7:48 PM**

Quire a few at the bottom of this article

http://globalnews.ca/news/2344567/ed...914f21dfefaa69

There's also improved vertical circulation being provided for both east and west sides. The west main level will be infilled and parking will extend through the concourse level with one retail bay staying, the east will have a glass vestibule around the escalators, Centre Point Place gets a new concourse lobby/ vestibule and there are some other changes yet to be announced

Daveography · #**1176** Posted **Nov 18, 2015, 9:00 PM**

^ Which retail bay? I imagine Ricky's is about the only one that would make sense.

What is Centre Point Place?

SpongeG · #**1177** Posted **Nov 19, 2015, 12:01 AM**

why macys? its really a rather dull chain, hudsons bay is much better

Harrison · #**1178** Posted **Nov 19, 2015, 2:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

why macys? its really a rather dull chain, hudsons bay is much better

Has a Macy's even been announced yet?

Hallsy's Toupee · #**1179** Posted **Nov 19, 2015, 4:03 AM**

Macys was just an unfounded rumor for WEM.
Tonight's CTV piece had more details on the City Centre Mall reno. If they bother posting a video I'd post it here. In this thread and this thread only.

Hallsy's Toupee · #**1180** Posted **Nov 19, 2015, 4:09 AM**

And here it is:
http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?cli...ylistPageNum=1