The Metro Vancouver Retail Thread - Page 463

Tetsuo · #**9241** Posted **Jul 29, 2015, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

They do nowadays. The article I quoted above:

I'm kind of surprised Metrotown doesn't have a fitness club yet. It's got food and restaurants, medical / dental (quite a lot actually - there are 7 dentists). Station Square will add residential and office space (who knows if the Sears proposal will ever happen). Now the question is what's going to happen to the Target space - will it be one big store or broken up into two or more?

Anytime Fitness at Old Orchard, GoodLife at Sovereign, Bonsor Rec Centre and Steve Nash on Kingsway.

The Kingsway gym has been there for age (since the 70s I think>)

officedweller · #**9242** Posted **Jul 29, 2015, 8:41 PM**

The MetroTower office complex also has a small gym:

http://metrotowerofficecomplex.com/amenities/gym

TourOdeon · #**9243** Posted **Aug 1, 2015, 4:58 PM**

Really surprised by the number of fitness clubs all over the region... I guess people are really obsessed about building muscles nowadays

osirisboy · #**9244** Posted **Aug 1, 2015, 5:29 PM**

^wow. lmao

Tetsuo · #**9245** Posted **Aug 1, 2015, 8:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by TourOdeon

Really surprised by the number of fitness clubs all over the region... I guess people are really obsessed about building muscles nowadays

Or you know, people want to be healthy.

There has always been gyms, Vancouver just hasn't really seen the chain consolidation that Eastern Canada/USA has experienced.

Really has been one shop operations, except Fitness World.

I'm impressed at Club 16's growth.

wrenegade · #**9246** Posted **Aug 4, 2015, 12:03 AM**

Rumour is Tesla has leased the corner of 4th & Fir in LedMac's Radius development. Unsure if they would keep their Robson street showcase or not.

Tetsuo · #**9247** Posted **Aug 4, 2015, 1:32 AM**

I wonder how long until they open a showcase in Richmond

Caliplanner1 · #**9248** Posted **Aug 4, 2015, 1:34 AM**

Does anyone know when the Marine Gateway shopping mall (at Marpole) and the Walmart at the Royal City Mall in New West will be opened?

Sheba · #**9249** Posted **Aug 4, 2015, 2:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by Caliplanner1

Does anyone know when the Marine Gateway shopping mall (at Marpole) and the Walmart at the Royal City Mall in New West will be opened?

All I could find for Marine Gateway is that it's supposed to open in 2015. The Royal City Walmart is looking for employees so presumably it'll open pretty soon.

Caliplanner1 · #**9250** Posted **Aug 4, 2015, 2:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

All I could find for Marine Gateway is that it's supposed to open in 2015. The Royal City Walmart is looking for employees so presumably it'll open pretty soon.

Thanks for the feedback Sheba.

vanlaw · #**9251** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 3:06 PM**

The PriceSmart at King Edward Village (King Ed/Knight/Kingsway) will be converting to a Save On Foods August 28. I think that will leave only four PriceSmart's.

theKB · #**9252** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 3:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by wrenegade

Rumour is Tesla has leased the corner of 4th & Fir in LedMac's Radius development. Unsure if they would keep their Robson street showcase or not.

Wouldn't be shocked if they kept both.

Robson is more of a showcase/order taking centre and the (potential) 4th location will be more towards test drives etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if West Van was also on the agenda as well. Frankly Tesla sold almost three times the number of model S' than Jaguar sold as a brand in Canada so I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more showrooms in larger cities. Also with a few new models on the horizon they will need larger showrooms.

wrenegade · #**9253** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 5:09 PM**

I couldn't see West Van. To my knowledge there is only one car dealer in West Van, the boutique Urban Garage, which I don't think has the rights to order any new cars (although I could be wrong). I can't imagine the zoning would be an easy thing to come by.

osirisboy · #**9254** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 5:13 PM**

Would the zoning be as a car dealership though? Is their robson location classified as a car dealership?

Regardless of the zoning I can't see them opening in west van

djh · #**9255** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 8:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

Would the zoning be as a car dealership though? Is their robson location classified as a car dealership?

Regardless of the zoning I can't see them opening in west van

I think officially they are not a car dealership. By definition, they are not dealers, they are the OEM. And on top of that, they actually do not "sell" cars in their shops. I think they actually are called Galleries. All you can do in them is look at the product, check out the specs and "design" the exact car that you want, and they can take your personal details. But you can't actually buy a car through the shops.

You can buy tonnes of other stuff though, AFAIK. Jackets, bags, accessories...

osirisboy · #**9256** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 8:47 PM**

Yea that's what I was thinking. So they wouldn't have any difficulty setting up in west Van as they aren't a "dealership"

Spork · #**9257** Posted **Aug 6, 2015, 12:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by vanlaw

The PriceSmart at King Edward Village (King Ed/Knight/Kingsway) will be converting to a Save On Foods August 28. I think that will leave only four PriceSmart's.

Pretty sure the one at Grandview is also converting to a Save On Foods as well. They have removed all of the asian food and are "renovating". That — pretty bad, as one of the few reasons that I go there is because I can get all of my asian food and western food in one stop for reasonable prices. Hopefully a new T&T pops up to take some slack off of the Metrotown store.

theKB · #**9258** Posted **Aug 6, 2015, 12:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

Yea that's what I was thinking. So they wouldn't have any difficulty setting up in west Van as they aren't a "dealership"

I think the zoning issues surrounding a dealership are more towards having a shop where they work on cars and a few other things.

I would say they are a retail store no different than an apple store at best.

As much as there is no to west van, I have seen on a few separate occasions telsa setting up a mini showroom in the outdoor section of Park royal.

SpongeG · #**9259** Posted **Aug 6, 2015, 4:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by Spork

Pretty sure the one at Grandview is also converting to a Save On Foods as well. They have removed all of the asian food and are "renovating". That — pretty bad, as one of the few reasons that I go there is because I can get all of my asian food and western food in one stop for reasonable prices. Hopefully a new T&T pops up to take some slack off of the Metrotown store.

the t&t on 1st and renfrew is only about 5 minutes away by car

officedweller · #**9260** Posted **Aug 6, 2015, 11:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spork

Pretty sure the one at Grandview is also converting to a Save On Foods as well. They have removed all of the asian food and are "renovating". That — pretty bad, as one of the few reasons that I go there is because I can get all of my asian food and western food in one stop for reasonable prices. Hopefully a new T&T pops up to take some slack off of the Metrotown store.

So that combined Asian/Western format only worked in Richmond?

They didn't really publicize it though, did they?