Oakridge Park | 13 Towers | 154m | 52fl | 5M sqft | U/C

[jollyburger]

Some new retailers lined up for Oakridge Park

Longchamp #3188
Alexander Wang #3184
Browns #3304
Scotiabank #102 (-Floor Level 1, Suite number 102 + P1)
Giorgio Armani Cafe #3140
Giorgio Armani Boutique #3138
Shifeon #2119 (P1)
Chanel Tailor Workshop #3403 (P1)

The Safeway will have a Rachelle Bery wellness concept store inside.

The Armani cafe probably looks like this:



https://www.armani.com/en-ca/armani-restaurant/experience/armani-caffe-costa-mesa/

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Some new retailers lined up for Oakridge Park

Longchamp #3188
Alexander Wang #3184
Browns #3304
Scotiabank #102 (-Floor Level 1, Suite number 102 + P1)
Giorgio Armani Cafe #3140
Giorgio Armani Boutique #3138
Shifeon #2119 (P1)
Chanel Tailor Workshop #3403 (P1)

The Safeway will have a Rachelle Bery wellness concept store inside.

2119 (Shifeon) was labeled 'YVR' in one of the earlier plans.
It's on the Canada Line passage.

The Giorgio Armani Boutique space was originally labeled Food and Beverage. The GA Cafe was and is still F&B.

Browns could be half the size shown on this plan.

Updated:

[jollyburger]

The Chanel Tailor is an after service repair/alteration shop. The Toronto Bloor St location has one.

https://www.chanel.com/ca-en/fashion/services/chanel-et-moi/

The brand directory page seems to have a few other shops not on your map

Acne Studios 3142
alo
Birks 3107
Mophead
Petit Pont
Sisley Paris
Veronica Beard 3310
Weekend Max Mara

https://www.oakridgepark.com/en-ca/visiting/brand-directory

[osirisboy]

Pretty useless mall store wise

[jollyburger]

They have 200,000 sq feet in future phases + The Bay and they've pretty much captured every high end retailer that wants to open up here so the retail mix should swing back towards "normal" mall shops.

[connect2source]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Pretty useless mall store wise

Have to agree, skewed way too far into the luxury category for today's market reality. This may have worked given our economy in the 2010's but we need a so called 'town centre' that provides a realistic retail mix for Vancouver's West side in 2025.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

The brand directory page seems to have a few other shops not on your map

Acne Studios 3142
alo
Birks 3107
Mophead
Petit Pont
Sisley Paris
Veronica Beard 3310
Weekend Max Mara

https://www.oakridgepark.com/en-ca/visiting/brand-directory

Thanks.

[WarrenC12]

LEGO is not returning to Oakridge I take it?

[AlessioSBT]

Originally Posted by connect2source

Have to agree, skewed way too far into the luxury category for today's market reality. This may have worked given our economy in the 2010's but we need a so called 'town centre' that provides a realistic retail mix for Vancouver's West side in 2025.

Seriously, looking at the stores i realized that i don't have any reason to go there. 90% of the stores are just luxury brands.

Like, i understand that usually you have a mix, people go for something else and they look at brands like Prada while they browse the mall but this is just luxury.

Like, why would you even go there in the first place?

I agree, i don't think the current economy can support something like this.

[jollyburger]

Or the city is large enough to support a mall that doesn't have a Cinnabon.

[officedweller]

I'd just go to Safeway in the basement.
People may just go there for the TimeOut Market - but maybe mostly evenings and weekends.
It'll be interesting to see if it works.
It's a culmination of Westbank's high end lifestyle branding...

That said, QuadReal are also trying to replicate Oxford's successful Yorkdale Mall in Toronto,
but I think that is a larger centre with a bit more variety.

[dreambrother808]

Originally Posted by officedweller

That said, QuadReal are also trying to replicate Oxford's successful Yorkdale Mall in Toronto,
but I think that is a larger centre with a bit more variety.

Yorkdale has much broader appeal. I fear Oakridge will feel dead and lifeless, like most luxury stores do. They thrive on the 1% of their customer base who provide 99% of the revenue.

I wonder if the market is enough to draw crowds, otherwise that will fail without customer volume.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by dreambrother808

Yorkdale has much broader appeal. I fear Oakridge will feel dead and lifeless, like most luxury stores do. They thrive on the 1% of their customer base who provide 99% of the revenue.

I wonder if the market is enough to draw crowds, otherwise that will fail without customer volume.

Not really any different price range than Holt Renfrew downtown, and that place is never dead.

Being right on the Canada Line makes it easy for regular folk to stop and go to the food / banks here, and browse the luxury stores.

Aritzia / Lululemon / Sephora / Harry Rosen will draw in a decent crowd, they're the fast casual of the luxury market.

[officedweller]

... and Sporting Life may do better there than Brentwood.
They form a bit of a cluster at the south end of the mall, which is also above the Safeway.

Anyone know if Fairleigh Dickinson University is populated by uber rich offshore students?

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by officedweller

... and Sporting Life may do better there than Brentwood.
They form a bit of a cluster at the south end of the mall, which is also above the Safeway.

Anyone know if Fairleigh Dickinson University is populated by uber rich offshore students?

It's like $21-25K CDN a year for tuition.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by connect2source

Have to agree, skewed way too far into the luxury category for today's market reality. This may have worked given our economy in the 2010's but we need a so called 'town centre' that provides a realistic retail mix for Vancouver's West side in 2025.

It's clear they've tailored the stores to where Westbank marketed the units: Hong Kong and China.

[svlt]

Originally Posted by mcj

Not really any different price range than Holt Renfrew downtown, and that place is never dead.

Being right on the Canada Line makes it easy for regular folk to stop and go to the food / banks here, and browse the luxury stores.

Aritzia / Lululemon / Sephora / Harry Rosen will draw in a decent crowd, they're the fast casual of the luxury market.

Nordstrom was also packed. It was profitable and had no reason to close and was just pulled down by the other Canadian stores, so the appetite is (was?) there. Not sure that appetite translates into 20+ independent luxury stores though...

[NewfBC]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Or the city is large enough to support a mall that doesn't have a Cinnabon.

If only we actually had a mall with a Cinnabon!

Ron.

[SpongeG]

I've seen a few mall walking tours in the last few days in Southern California like the South Coast Plaza and they are stuffed with Luxury brands, they seem to be taking over malls, something maybe unthinkable a decade or two ago, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Gucci etc. are replacing the Gap and Express of malls in the past as the traditional tenants. Tiffany, Cartier, David Yurman etc instead of Kay Jewelers.

I think Vancouver will have no problem finding customers, this last month I've been to Simons at least 4 times, the last 4 weekends, and the designer section is getting emptier each week, the clothes are selling well. Acne Studios sells $1200 jeans that frankly look quite tacky and an Acne T-shirt can cost you over $300. That store could be popular there.

Hopefully they make the Arcteryx store as fancy as the Yorkdale one, I only saw it yesterday on a walking tour. Pretty cool video wall.


retailinsider.b-cdn.net

[jollyburger]

I missed one.

#2101 (Purdys) down on P1

Let the commoners rejoice.

Also

#2124 (Oval Optical) P1


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Also
Weekend Max Mara is 3319
Loewe 3443
Ferragamo 3431

The Dior Project Value for the CRU is $16.5 million. All othe other ones are mostly in the 1-2 million dollar range.