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Originally Posted by trofirhen
OK OK, I'll footnote that. Looking again at the website, it seems that there will in fact be glamourous new retail ... but all inside the building itself. The streetside seems to have no fashionable storefronts opening onto it, which is a shame.
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Problem is the ground floor is Nordstroms not CRU, and Nordstrom is not interested in having open windows and doors everywhere on the ground floor, it's just not how department stores operate. I'm hoping that the Granville facade gets a ton of show windows, which I expect will happen, but the details haven't been ironed out yet.
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Originally Posted by Hourglass
Lol @trofirhen, that's why it's called marketing. You think CF is going to attract any retailers if they wrote: "Gloomy below-ground retail space with low ceilings and narrow corridors in uninspired, bland makeover of Vancouver's Great White Urinal?" 
I think the redesign is a missed opportunity, but the end result could've been worse. A lot worse. |
Well to be honest outside of a few ultra high end retailers that space is the most coveted in the city. The list of retailers trying to get into Pacific Centre's space constrained mall is miles long.
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Originally Posted by Metro-One
 That is another major missed opportunity. I was hoping to have a second entrance / exit built on the south side of the platform, akin to Waterfront's design. oh well... |
AFAIK it is still an option if translink gets the money/sees the need.
On CFs end it would only involve punching through the CRU. I would imagine the work is much more intense on Translinks end which is probably why it isn't being considered.
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Originally Posted by EdinVan
I wouldn't criticize his grammar. Have you seem the grammar/typos on the website? It looks like a fourth-grader wrote the text.
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I didnt criticize his grammar. I merely stated that he had read the statement on the website wrong. I would never criticize someones grammar on an internet forum, given how little I often care about my grammar/spelling etc...
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Originally Posted by Metro-One
We are not asking for a complete redesign, just a little acknowledgment towards the theme of Granville Street. For example, look at Future Shop and Winners across the street. How much extra time and money would it really cost them to simply add a couple screen and / or more interesting signage / lighting effects to the Granville side of their proposal??? Not very much.
You would think Pacific Centre, being an underground mall, would actually want a little big of advertisement via an outdoor screen or two... |
It's not a matter of cost. Nordstrom doesn't want screens cluttering up their facade and why would CF put screens on the corner of its office space, thereby rendering the most desirable corner office suites more or less compromised.