The Metro Vancouver Retail Thread

[GeeCee]

Are all of the Steve Nash Fitness Clubs becoming UFC Gyms? The one in Coquitlam changed over some time ago.

[connect2source]

Originally Posted by officedweller

It'll be the higher end Sports Club, not Fitness World.

Funny, because they are heavily promoting it as Steve Nash Sports Club, with all the current branding at Park Royal south near the Picnic food court.

[NewfBC]

Originally Posted by connect2source

Funny, because they are heavily promoting it as Steve Nash Sports Club, with all the current branding at Park Royal south near the Picnic food court.

Steve Nash suing to have name removed from B.C. fitness clubs
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/steve-nash-suing-former-business-parnters-1.3277691

Ron.

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by GeeCee

Are all of the Steve Nash Fitness Clubs becoming UFC Gyms? The one in Coquitlam changed over some time ago.

Why the hell would they change it to UFC??! Dumbest thing ever

[officedweller]

The investors own both the Steve Nash business and a separate UFC Gym licence as well as Crunch.
I doubt they would change them all to UFC gyms, as they offer different services.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on...ds-name-to-fitness-chain/article4296711/

[officedweller]

Walked through the Holt Renfrew expansion today.
Comments:
- the doors from Howe have steep concrete ramps up to them (instead of a step).
- low ceiling on lower level, but the escalator atrium opens it up a bit.
- upper level is incredibly open, since it acts as a corridor from Pender Place. It really feels more like "mall" than "store". The Café seems to deaden the space with its louvre doors (which were mostly closed).
- lower level base of the escalators is a temporary Canada Goose department and the whole former men's area is closed off for renovations.
- current men's department seemed smaller than before due to the ongoing renovations.

[SpongeG]

yeah, i noticed the same things at HR. That area next to the cafe and louis vuitton seems like a big waste of space its kind weird.

[s211]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Walked through the Holt Renfrew expansion today.
Comments:
- the doors from Howe have steep concrete ramps up to them (instead of a step).
- low ceiling on lower level, but the escalator atrium opens it up a bit.
- upper level is incredibly open, since it acts as a corridor from Pender Place. It really feels more like "mall" than "store". The Café seems to deaden the space with its louvre doors (which were mostly closed).
- lower level base of the escalators is a temporary Canada Goose department and the whole former men's area is closed off for renovations.
- current men's department seemed smaller than before due to the ongoing renovations.

Does anyone here know what the timeline is for the second round of renovations to be complete?

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by s211

Does anyone here know what the timeline is for the second round of renovations to be complete?

Sometime next year?

In 2017, Holt’s will add a 7,000 square foot multi-level personal shopping area that will include the by-invite-only ‘The Apartment’ shopping suite. Women’s footwear will triple in size, and expansions will also be revealed for jewellery, leather goods and an expanded beauty hall.

http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2016/9/holt-renfrew-vancouver

[s211]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Sometime next year?

http://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2016/9/holt-renfrew-vancouver

I'm not entirely clear whether the mens section we see now is complete, or if there's more to come when they're finished remodeling the old mens area.

[officedweller]

I figure menswear must include some of the former space, otherwise, it would be too small.

Originally Posted by SpongeG

yeah, i noticed the same things at HR. That area next to the cafe and louis vuitton seems like a big waste of space its kind weird.

I was wondering if they got a discount on rent because of the walkway through the store.
Even when the area meets the main atrium, it's really open.

[Retail-Insider]

Daily Hive reports: "Saks Fifth Avenue also has plans to open a flagship department store, similar in size to Nordstrom, in downtown Vancouver."

going on to say:

"An official announcement on the downtown Vancouver flagship store location could be made sometime next year, a source who wished to remain anonymous told Daily Hive. It is expected that the Vancouver flagship will take up a similar store-within-store concept by occupying a significant portion of the 637,000-square-foot Hudson’s Bay flagship, with a main entrance on the Seymour Street side of the building."

For reference, Nordstrom at CF Pacific Centre is just over 223,000 square feet, and Holt Renfrew is 187,700 square feet.

Saks CF Toronto Eaton Centre (Yonge Street side of the Hudson's Bay building) is roughly 170,000 sq ft including the 24,000 square foot grocery floor and 11,000 square foot restaurant. Saks CF Sherway Gardens (freestanding) is 143,000 square feet including the 18,500 sq ft grocery component and separate restaurant. Calgary CF Chinook (2018, freestanding) will be 115,000 sf and downtown Montreal will be 200,000, including an 80,000 square foot 'Quebec-themed food hall' at the back end of the existing Hudson's Bay building.

Here's the full article, also discussing Saks OFF 5TH opening at Park Royal, speculating that Oakridge and Metrotown could also see OFF 5TH locations: http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/saks-fifth-avenue-saks-off-fifth-park-royal-west-vancouver

[SpongeG]

interesting that they are going to make Seymour street the main entrance to Saks, seymour, that stretrch anyway, feels so ghetto.

what would Hudson's Bay do with its "the Room" and higher end brands they carry? does that migrate to Saks or does it all just stay the same?

[jollyburger]

Muji is doing a popup store at the Fairmont Pacific Rim next spring.

http://www.muji.ca/muji-vancouver-pop-up-store/

[Retail-Insider]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

interesting that they are going to make Seymour street the main entrance to Saks, seymour, that stretrch anyway, feels so ghetto.

what would Hudson's Bay do with its "the Room" and higher end brands they carry? does that migrate to Saks or does it all just stay the same?

The Room is still on the 3rd floor of the Queen Street/CF Toronto Eaton Centre Hudson's Bay, so there's a possibility that both could live in the same building. It's unusual, though, that there's an Alaia boutique on the 3rd floor of Saks, and a separate Alaia area in The Room on the same floor.

For those who haven't been to Toronto's combined Saks/Bay, they tried to pair categories between the stores with entrances between them. Women's shoes at Saks, for example, is connected to Hudson's Bay shoes (the Bay side is actually more interesting and has some pricier brands) and women's contemporary fashions on 3 are connected between the two stores, as are cosmetics on the ground floor.

[mcminsen]

The new Stong's Market has opened in The Ivy on Dunbar Street (at 27th).

Originally Posted by mcminsen

The Ivy

[SpongeG]

I'll put this in here, the old sobeys location in ft st John which has sat empty a few years is becoming a good life fitness, they also now have a 3rd Tim Hortons

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Retail-Insider

The Room is still on the 3rd floor of the Queen Street/CF Toronto Eaton Centre Hudson's Bay, so there's a possibility that both could live in the same building. It's unusual, though, that there's an Alaia boutique on the 3rd floor of Saks, and a separate Alaia area in The Room on the same floor.

For those who haven't been to Toronto's combined Saks/Bay, they tried to pair categories between the stores with entrances between them. Women's shoes at Saks, for example, is connected to Hudson's Bay shoes (the Bay side is actually more interesting and has some pricier brands) and women's contemporary fashions on 3 are connected between the two stores, as are cosmetics on the ground floor.

The Bay downtown will become a hotchpotch of The Bay, The Room, Top Shop/Top Man/ Nike etc. sports and Saks 5th Avenue? Wow when will we ever see something new built?

[SpongeG]

Brentwood should position itself to be a Vancouver version of yorkdale. Its got much better access than metropolis. Anchor it with saks and simons. Bring in louis burberry etc

[Vin]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

Brentwood should position itself to be a Vancouver version of yorkdale. Its got much better access than metropolis. Anchor it with saks and simons. Bring in louis burberry etc

The fact that the new Brentwood mall is even being built at the moment is enough proof that the failed Vancouver's zoning bylaw is making developers build large malls out in the suburbs. Downtown Vancouver could support a lot more retail, but then there were all the missed opportunities, namely the Olympic Village, Burrard Place, Art gallery at Larwill Park, and the new entertainment district neighbourhood (including new developments like the Arc, upcoming developments at Plaza of Nations, etc). When all the large lots are built out, mostly with insignificant developments, even less parcels can be used for mall developments.

Brentwood will position itself as a pretty decent retail centre, but probably not like Yorkdale as the development itself is actually not that big, and that the indoor part is mostly just the old mall itself. With that said, it will still be very vibrant, and hopefully it will spur surrounding neighbourhoods to go higher end.