Mountain Plaza - Page 6

BCTed · #**101** Posted **Aug 12, 2010, 12:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by waughste3

Has the new Walmart store opened? Last time I was there, it was almost ready.

Not yet.

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bigguy1231 · #**102** Posted **Aug 12, 2010, 6:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by waughste3

Has the new Walmart store opened? Last time I was there, it was almost ready.

It's supposed to open in September. They are putting the shelving in now.

RaginRonic · #**103** Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 5:49 AM**

The new Hamilton Mountain Plaza Walmart will be open for business on September 17. =)

And it is going to become the 4th grocery store located on Upper James Street, joining Fortinos near Rymal, and Metro and No Frills on Upper James and Mohawk.

The grocery area will be located on the right hand side of the store, while the department store portion will be on the left hand side.

And it will have a McDonald's in there too.

Hope this info is useful. =)

bigguy1231 · #**104** Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 7:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by RaginRonic

The new Hamilton Mountain Plaza Walmart will be open for business on September 17. =)

And it is going to become the 4th grocery store located on Upper James Street, joining Fortinos near Rymal, and Metro and No Frills on Upper James and Mohawk.

The grocery area will be located on the right hand side of the store, while the department store portion will be on the left hand side.

And it will have a McDonald's in there too.

Hope this info is useful. =)

It's not going to be a grocery store. It won't have anymore grocery area than the current store. That was part of the developement agreement they have with the city. Originally they wanted to put a Super Centre there, but the neighbours objected and so did the city.

Jon Dalton · #**105** Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 7:40 PM**

I went down Upper James the other day (I do go 'up there' on occasion - for the u-brew place) and saw the new storefronts. As much as I have a strong distaste for this format, I have to admit it was done better there than at Centre Mall.

RaginRonic · #**106** Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 11:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by bigguy1231

It's not going to be a grocery store. It won't have anymore grocery area than the current store. That was part of the developement agreement they have with the city. Originally they wanted to put a Super Centre there, but the neighbours objected and so did the city.

I meant in the context of having grocery options like a deli and bakery, and also selling produce too.

matt602 · #**107** Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 11:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jon Dalton

I went down Upper James the other day (I do go 'up there' on occasion - for the u-brew place) and saw the new storefronts. As much as I have a strong distaste for this format, I have to admit it was done better there than at Centre Mall.

Agreed, but I think that's because of how incredibly horrible Centre Mall has become. They seriously could not have botched it any worse.

mattgrande · #**108** Posted **Aug 26, 2010, 11:39 AM**

The thing I hate most about these places is driving/walking past, you see the backs of all these buildings. No entrances, no lights, just giant walls with a logo on them. Sometimes they've even made the garbage area street-facing. It just doesn't look good from the street.

matt602 · #**109** Posted **Aug 26, 2010, 11:35 PM**

Took some time to check out the Food Pavilion. My expectations were very low and once I walked in, they actually lowered even further. There is 4 existing vendors inside (Subway, A&W, an asian place and a greek place) and space for 2 more. That's it. 6 spaces. The place is basically taller than it is large, creating a sort of fake atrium effect. Although the finish seems fancy, the place gave me a very sterile and generic feeling. It's basically one wide open room that isn't even that large.

Of course to even get to the Food Pavilion you need to walk in about 5 minutes from Barton Street across multiple parking spots and drive thru lanes. If you're coming from Barton, you actually have to hop over the A&W drive thru lane which skirts the West and South side of the building. Couldn't be more car oriented.

LikeHamilton · #**110** Posted **Aug 27, 2010, 12:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by matt602

Took some time to check out the Food Pavilion. My expectations were very low and once I walked in, they actually lowered even further. There is 4 existing vendors inside (Subway, A&W, an asian place and a greek place) and space for 2 more. That's it. 6 spaces. The place is basically taller than it is large, creating a sort of fake atrium effect. Although the finish seems fancy, the place gave me a very sterile and generic feeling. It's basically one wide open room that isn't even that large.

Of course to even get to the Food Pavilion you need to walk in about 5 minutes from Barton Street across multiple parking spots and drive thru lanes. If you're coming from Barton, you actually have to hop over the A&W drive thru lane which skirts the West and South side of the building. Couldn't be more car oriented.

Barton Street ? Mountaian Plaza?

matt602 · #**111** Posted **Aug 27, 2010, 2:41 AM**

Yah, sorry about that. Since Centre Mall was referenced in here, I blindly thought this was the Centre Mall thread. If my post could be moved to the Centre Mall thread, please do.

FRM · #**112** Posted **Aug 27, 2010, 5:26 PM**

Not like there is much difference in the way both of these developments look lol

RaginRonic · #**113** Posted **Sep 6, 2010, 9:48 PM**

I was looking at the new Walmart last night, and saw the signs up on the building reading 'Walmart Supercentre'.

matt602 · #**114** Posted **Sep 6, 2010, 10:56 PM**

Would the size of the building agree with that? Generally those supercentres are like little cities. The new one in Burlington at the GO station is absolutely giant.

markbarbera · #**115** Posted **Sep 7, 2010, 1:15 AM**

The Walmart Supercentre in Burlington and the new Walmart Supercentre at Mountain Plaza Mall are both around 130,000 square feet. The MPM store will have the same store footprint and format as the Burlington store.

bigguy1231 · #**116** Posted **Sep 7, 2010, 3:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by matt602

Would the size of the building agree with that? Generally those supercentres are like little cities. The new one in Burlington at the GO station is absolutely giant.

The ones in Ancaster and Waterdown are even bigger. The MPM one which I can see from my home doesn't even come close to the size of any of those 3 or at least it doesn't seem to be. I know the original plan was for a supercentre but I thought it was scaled back to appease the neighbours.

BCTed · #**117** Posted **Sep 7, 2010, 12:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by markbarbera

The Walmart Supercentre in Burlington and the new Walmart Supercentre at Mountain Plaza Mall are both around 130,000 square feet. The MPM store will have the same store footprint and format as the Burlington store.

As far as I know, the Mountain store will not have a full grocery store (no produce, meat, et cetera), while the Burlington store does have that.

bigguy1231 · #**118** Posted **Sep 8, 2010, 6:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by BCTed

As far as I know, the Mountain store will not have a full grocery store (no produce, meat, et cetera), while the Burlington store does have that.

It does say SuperCentre on the sign, I just passed by and noticed it. I was surprised to see that. I know there were a number of changes to the original plan because of objections by the neighbours. They weren't supposed to have a full grocery section. It will be interesting to see what they have when they open next week.

RaginRonic · #**119** Posted **Sep 10, 2010, 4:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by bigguy1231

It does say SuperCentre on the sign, I just passed by and noticed it. I was surprised to see that. I know there were a number of changes to the original plan because of objections by the neighbours. They weren't supposed to have a full grocery section. It will be interesting to see what they have when they open next week.

I went to the front of the new store about 2 weeks ago, and chatted up one of the employees who works there, and she told me that they did get in a deli, produce, and bakery section into that store.

flar · #**120** Posted **Sep 10, 2010, 2:15 PM**

Even the non supercentres have a lot of groceries now.