There are supposed to promote "culture" with the space
- so that means prohibiting anything that is popular (or lower class?)
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The City of Vancouver is inviting applications from Vancouver based non-profit cultural organizations who wish to lease office space, assembly and/or cafe space formerly occupied by W2 in the Woodward's heritage building at the corner of Hastings and Abbott Streets.
The key objective of the RFEOI is to encourage applications which maximize cultural amenity benefits to the residents of the Downtown Eastside as well as the residents of the remainder of the City of Vancouver.
It might be that there's a non-compete covenant within a certain radius, from other businesses. E.g., there may be a Large Mens/Womens Clothes store nearby that the wholesaler will not supply their range to another business within a certain number of blocks.
It's quite astonishing how many industries they banned from that retail space. It's like they really want upper-middle class hipster culture in that space.
There goes the city again trying to decide what kind of business is or in this case, is not appropriate for citizens. Let market forces decide.
Yep, its that kind of attitude that probably explains why the city-owned retail units in the social housing at 16th and Dunbar are all still empty over a year after completion.
I think this space is a little different then most of the other city owned spaces, but I agree that in most cases the city would be better off to have a 3rd party take over leasing/managing their commercial spaces.
I think this must be the same space - it says that a café space will be renovated...
Sounds like good tenants.
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Vancouver approves new tenants for Woodward’s cultural space
by Yolande Cole on Oct 2, 2014 at 1:10 pm
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In a vote Wednesday (October 1), council unanimously approved Kokoro Dance, Vancouver International Dance Festival, Vancouver Moving Theatre, and Raven Spirit Dance as tenants for the facility, which includes second-floor offices, in addition to main floor and basement areas that will be used as rehearsal and production space.
The studios will also be available for rentals from other arts groups.
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Renovations to the basement and the former café on the main floor could take up to a year, but the groups are expected to begin occupancy of the city-owned facility in January.
The cultural amenity space consists of more than 7,000 square feet over three floors.
Let market forces decide.
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