[Saint John] Retail Thread

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by bingun

Anyone driven past JYSK recently? I noticed job postings for some positions again this week.

Yes, but I haven’t taken any pictures the last few times.

But a possible opening date of February 2nd was shared from someone offered a job there.


The email did say “new start date” too, so the question is, will it actually open by Feb 2nd? Hope so. 🤞

[DyAm00394]

Looks like Marks Work Warehouse at McAllister Place will be undergoing a renovation soon. Permits were just recently registered valued at $900,000.

[DyAm00394]

It appears Hart is leaving Parkway Mall. The leasing plan for Loch Lomond Place at 120 McDonald Street has been updated. Now showing Hart occupying 64,914 square feet of space across 3 units inside the building. Source: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/exter...ce7172f91b017dbcbd872ce0bb1f426d7294eff0

[bingun]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

It appears Hart is leaving Parkway Mall. The leasing plan for Loch Lomond Place at 120 McDonald Street has been updated. Now showing Hart occupying 64,914 square feet of space across 3 units inside the building. Source: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/exter...ce7172f91b017dbcbd872ce0bb1f426d7294eff0

The Sitel space is finally filled; it must be 5 years since it became vacant now? I don't really understand why they would take that small, separate space on the second floor.

I guess this also kills the SNB rumours, as that is where I had imagined them going. I am not upset by this. I would prefer they keep a presence uptown.

[michael_d40]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

Found it: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xp04irxtj...rlkey=ib4qs260uzstov76y0guzzesg&e=1&dl=0

So is Hart relocating from Parkway Mall at 212 McAllister Drive?

Almost exactly a year later lol.

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by bingun

The Sitel space is finally filled; it must be 5 years since it became vacant now? I don't really understand why they would take that small, separate space on the second floor.

I guess this also kills the SNB rumours, as that is where I had imagined them going. I am not upset by this. I would prefer they keep a presence uptown.

I've heard very qualified rumours SNB is staying in the peninsula, but not exactly uptown. Can't say anything beyond that.

[bingun]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

I've heard very qualified rumours SNB is staying in the peninsula, but not exactly uptown. Can't say anything beyond that.

I love a cryptic clue! If only Percy had managed to get them into the retail floor of 99 King. He could benefit from some more taxpayer money!

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

I've heard very qualified rumours SNB is staying in the peninsula, but not exactly uptown. Can't say anything beyond that.

Interesting. Would have been nice to see SNB move into Brunswick Square office tower with all that empty space. But that’s exactly Uptown lol

[sailor734]

Mel Norton has posted on Facebook that Tops restaurant on the corner of Union and Waterloo is closing. Looks like it lasted less than a year under the new ownership. What is it with people buying long established restaurants and then immediately changing much of what made them successful in the first place? Slocum and Ferris went the same way.

https://www.facebook.com/melnortonsj\\

I read recently a prediction that as many as 4000 restaurants will fail in Canada this year. I wonder who the other Saint John casualties will be in the months to come?

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by sailor734

Mel Norton has posted on Facebook that Tops restaurant on the corner of Union and Waterloo is closing. Looks like it lasted less than a year under the new ownership. What is it with people buying long established restaurants and then immediately changing much of what made them successful in the first place? Slocum and Ferris went the same way.

https://www.facebook.com/melnortonsj\\

I read recently a prediction that as many as 4000 restaurants will fail in Canada this year. I wonder who the other Saint John casualties will be in the months to come?

That’s too bad. I’ve always felt that place is SJ’s version of the “Restaurant” on Seinfeld

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by bingun

I love a cryptic clue! If only Percy had managed to get them into the retail floor of 99 King. He could benefit from some more taxpayer money!

They have a (by Central Peninsula standards) non-trivial parking requirement.

[nwalbert]

Originally Posted by sailor734

Mel Norton has posted on Facebook that Tops restaurant on the corner of Union and Waterloo is closing. Looks like it lasted less than a year under the new ownership. What is it with people buying long established restaurants and then immediately changing much of what made them successful in the first place? Slocum and Ferris went the same way.

https://www.facebook.com/melnortonsj\\

I read recently a prediction that as many as 4000 restaurants will fail in Canada this year. I wonder who the other Saint John casualties will be in the months to come?

I don't think Tops ever sold. I saw the original owners there in December.

[DyAm00394]

Another new tenant is coming soon to the strip mall at 229 Churchill Boulevard. New building permits registered for "Bob & Noods - Korean BBQ".

This is the 3rd new tenant for this strip mall as of recently, (the other two being: Poppn and coming soon is Domino's).

[bingun]

Originally Posted by sailor734

Mel Norton has posted on Facebook that Tops restaurant on the corner of Union and Waterloo is closing. Looks like it lasted less than a year under the new ownership. What is it with people buying long established restaurants and then immediately changing much of what made them successful in the first place? Slocum and Ferris went the same way.

https://www.facebook.com/melnortonsj\\

I read recently a prediction that as many as 4000 restaurants will fail in Canada this year. I wonder who the other Saint John casualties will be in the months to come?

I don't frequent it, so I can't comment on whether the new owners have managed it well, but the Facebook comments pointed out the obvious: the location is the problem. People aren't comfortable parking or being in that area, halfway between the max pub and the fentanyl zone. The furniture store closed down a while back, and I wouldn't be surprised if the sushi place is struggling too.

[sailor734]

Originally Posted by bingun

I don't frequent it, so I can't comment on whether the new owners have managed it well, but the Facebook comments pointed out the obvious: the location is the problem. People aren't comfortable parking or being in that area, halfway between the max pub and the fentanyl zone. The furniture store closed down a while back, and I wouldn't be surprised if the sushi place is struggling too.

Issues on the street certainly contributed but it was at least partially the changes that came with the new ownership. I used to eat lunch there 3-4 times a month and the occasional Saturday breakfast. I tried it a few times in the first months of the new regime and then stopped going.

[darkharbour]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

They have a (by Central Peninsula standards) non-trivial parking requirement.

There are some areas at the lower end of the peninsula with parking, such as the buildings down Sydney/Charlotte where the regional service commission recently moved. Then you've also go space up at the old provincial lab and Service Canada building at the old hospital site. There will also soon be a the two schools vacant soon once the new one opens in the South End, but they would require a huge amount of renovation to become office space.

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by darkharbour

There are some areas at the lower end of the peninsula with parking, such as the buildings down Sydney/Charlotte where the regional service commission recently moved. Then you've also go space up at the old provincial lab and Service Canada building at the old hospital site. There will also soon be a the two schools vacant soon once the new one opens in the South End, but they would require a huge amount of renovation to become office space.

Prince Charles is almost certainly getting demolished.

St John the Baptist-King Edward seems easier to convert to something, whether residential, commercial, or community, but who knows? There's no visible progress at St Pat's and St Vincent's, and the city seems very eager to demolish Hazen White-St Francis for a subdivision.

[RaginRonic]

Originally Posted by michael_d40

Almost exactly a year later lol.

If this still does happen, somehow, then I see the current Hart space in Parkway becoming an expansion of No Frills.

I'd like to see that, because it would give Loblaws somewhat of an equivalent power base again in the McAllister Regional Retail Centre (the entire district located on McAllister Drive, Westmorland Road, Majors Brook Drive, Consumers Drive, Depot Court, Fashion Drive, East Point Way, Retail Drive, and Hubert Street) that it hasn't had since the 2nd McAllister Place Sobeys opened back on Monday, June 24, 1996.

[adamuptownsj]

Jeremiah's kiosk out of Wasted Day on Water Street; 'something new' should be there in a couple of weeks according to the bartender.

[bingun]

Originally Posted by EnvisionSaintJohn

Yes, but I haven’t taken any pictures the last few times.

But a possible opening date of February 2nd was shared from someone offered a job there.


The email did say “new start date” too, so the question is, will it actually open by Feb 2nd? Hope so. 🤞

Feb 2nd has come and gone, it is becoming comical how long this is taking lol.