The Metro Vancouver Retail Thread - Page 78

metroXpress · #**1541** Posted **Sep 30, 2009, 3:10 AM**

^ nice....I love their new design. it is now standard for all their new locations

GeeCee · #**1542** Posted **Sep 30, 2009, 3:24 AM**

I still can't believe they're putting The Keg in that parking lot.. it fills up as is with Best Buy alone.

SpongeG · #**1543** Posted **Sep 30, 2009, 7:55 PM**

they demolished the other building that was there in the west side of the lot to replace the parking lost to the Keg

its a better spot than the old Keg at least

GeeCee · #**1544** Posted **Sep 30, 2009, 8:38 PM**

not really.. the building that was demolished was replaced earlier, some restaurant across from the CIBC.

SpongeG · #**1545** Posted **Sep 30, 2009, 11:59 PM**

the movie theatre was there and they changed it and than added next to best buy and than took away

anyway Coquitlam people can at least walk there from their highrise district now

officedweller · #**1546** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 9:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

The Robson retail space at L'Hermitage next to Fido now has a leased sign on it.

There's a sign up...

johnjimbc · #**1547** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 10:19 PM**

cool. Silly as it sounds, I sometimes hated having to walk a few blocks when I had a craving

SpongeG · #**1548** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 10:36 PM**

went to the new Apple Store at oakridge - it was really busy mostly lookaloos i guess

but they had touchs for $329 and the same one at futureshop is $298! the guy said he could see what they could do to match but my friend said no thats ok... so i don't know if they price match does anyone elese know?

also DKNY is open now
Fossil is opening a store there and the Murale store is looking large opening soon

overall the mall is really looking good and full much more high end now

LotusLand · #**1549** Posted **Oct 5, 2009, 5:21 AM**

Forever 21 opens up on Oct 9. IT is a big freaking store in Metrotown. Here is the link:
http://vancitybuzz.blogspot.com/2009/02/forever-21-coming-to-metrotown.html

David · #**1550** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 5:42 AM**

The movie theatre was knocked down to make way for more Best Buy parking. Then they demolished the restaurant later when it moved to a new building closer to CIBC. It was really sad when they knocked down the movie theatre, it was cheap and much friendlier than the Famous Players chain

SpongeG · #**1551** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 7:16 AM**

the restaurant was like last summer though? wasn't it?

remember i am old so things that happenned 10 years ago seems like 1 year ago to me

SpongeG · #**1552** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 8:06 AM**

Bath & Body Works first Vancouver area store opens October 9th! in Richmond Centre!

finally yay!

David · #**1553** Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 1:22 AM**

Im not sure... I seem to remember the restaurant being in its current location for about 2 years. Ive never gone there, so I dont really know.

SpongeG · #**1554** Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 4:14 AM**

just read an article about Crate and Barrel's opening in Calgary wednesday - it says in the article

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"We're looking in Western Canada in the Vancouver area right now," said Sapoznik, adding the company chose Southcentre because of good demographics in the area, a great customer and tenant mix, a good roadway system nearby and ample parking.

officedweller · #**1555** Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 6:36 PM**

Makes me think Crate and Barrel will go to Metrotown first.
i.e. in addition to locating in the burbs in Calgary, in Seattle, their location is at Bellevue Square - not downtown. In Toronto, they're at Yorkdale, not downtown.

SpongeG · #**1556** Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 7:27 PM**

i think an Oakridge expansion would be the best spot or maybe Park Royal?

but they do have downtown locations like new york, chicago, San Francisco etc.

officedweller · #**1557** Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

i think an Oakridge expansion would be the best spot or maybe Park Royal?

but they do have downtown locations like new york, chicago, San Francisco etc.

If they're going to have furniture, then it'll have to be a large two-storey store - Oakridge wouldn't be able to handle that large a space.

Park Royal is a possibility, but there's a Homesense there already, and that Liberty store on Marine Drive closed down a while back - so access limitations may negate that.

It would really be a coup if either Coquitlam Centre or Guildford got it.

Richmond could be a possibility, but it doesn't strike me as a housewares / kitchen market - given all the restaurants amd Asian population - plus, with so many furniture stores down there, that aspect of the business could suffer there too.

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Posted at UrbanDiner.ca on October 3, 2009:

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Morton's The Steakhouse in Vancouver (750 W Cordova St) closed its doors permanently last night.

The official statement:

Morton’s The Steakhouse is the leading fine dining steakhouse brand, earning our reputation over 31 years. We own and operate 77 steakhouses worldwide, and Morton’s is recognized as the place where top business leaders as well as celebrities and professional athletes frequent. Morton’s features USDA grain fed prime aged beef, the top 2% of all US beef available, along with its genuine Midwestern hospitality, which is second to none.

In this current economic environment, we made the very difficult decision to close the Vancouver restaurant. That restaurant originally opened in 2000, and today our company’s focus is finding premium locations in the cities where we operate.

Morton’s truly appreciates the dedication and hard work of all of the impacted employees and has offered assistance in a number of ways, including the opportunity to transfer to another Morton’s location, based on availability.

We want to truly recognize and thank our loyal Vancouver guests who supported us for so many years, and we look forward to their next dining visit at our other Morton’s steakhouses.

SpongeG · #**1558** Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 7:58 PM**

Oakridge wants to expand so they could do it around the store joining them...

sad about mortons - never got to go there

djh · #**1559** Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 8:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Posted at UrbanDiner.ca on October 3, 2009:
Morton's The Steakhouse in Vancouver (750 W Cordova St) closed its doors permanently last night.

It had the worst location ever. Almost underground, in the base of, what, a federal building, on the back side of it, and at the quiet hinterland of Cordova, in-between the business area and the tourist area. With diagonal parking spaces blocking the entry and signage. I only went there once, when invited to a fashion show, and it took ages to find it. No surprise there.

Shibuya · #**1560** Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 8:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Rumoured a few years ago to be a new 3 storey Earls - but not sure - there's a redevelopment sign on the building and the Nelson cafe around the corner has also closed down - so I think some form of redevelopment is going to happen - rather than just a new tenant.

It is indeed an Earl's from what I have heard / seen. Will be interesting to see who else continues to shuffle down Granville and clean it up as they go.