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Originally Posted by LilZebra
Back then you could pay for your parking in the store or at the bottom of the ramp. The in-store kiosk parking thingy has be closed for decades now.
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I still remember in the 80s pre Portage Place and maybe after there was a lot attendant about halfway down from the upper deck of the Bay parkade and you could pay there and somehow they knew to let you out. Too young to have understood the full details.
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Originally Posted by BAKGUY
A few corrections. Polo Park is over 212,000 ft 2.. The Winnipeg Downtown Hudson Bay store is 651,000 ft 2. The main floor is over 93,000 ft
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The discussion you are referring to is about the current (estimated) operating square footage, not the overall size of the building. The downtown Bay operating over two floors at approximately 93,300 sq ft you mention is about 186,000 sq ft or a smaller operating footprint than the Polo Park store.
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Originally Posted by BAKGUY
2. The Bay ran and did not ever lease out the groceteria.......When Zellers moved in...They let that arm of HBC run it.. HBC does not run grocery stores anywhere.
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I haven't been but my understanding is the HBC owned and operated Saks location in Toronto has an upscale grocery section operated in partnership with Pusateri's.
Also no one was saying that the downtown Winnipeg location was ever leased, just the opposite I was suggesting that they should lease out the space but finding an operator would likely be very challenging.
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Originally Posted by BAKGUY
The local management can not convince the higher ups to listen about the missing grocery component or restaurant and just want to keep their jobs and the store open.
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I cannot recall the name of the outside partner brought in to look at HBC restaurants but I know it happened before the Padwheel permanently closed. The very low end cafeteria fare the place was pumping out was likely not covering the costs to operate the space. It is was such a money making gem it would still be open year round today.