The Metro Vancouver Retail Thread

[retro_orange]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

maybe i am old but it seems like the dave street safeway was redone only a few summers ago, can't believe its 20 years or so.

Sorry but it looks exactly the same as it did when I lived across the street 10 years ago

[SpongeG]

i know i just remember the old one geting redone and it seems like only a few years ago not 20 lol time changes when you get old. like princess di 20 year thing also seems like a few summers ago

[connect2source]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

Community-oriented Denman Fitness to say farewell to West End due to redevelopment

https://www.straight.com/life/956641/com...-say-farewell-west-end-due-redevelopment



Denman place is quite interesting, sad to see it's quirky nature slowly fading, still remember going down the escalators at the movie theatre and interrupting two teen coworkers doing the nasty by the popcorn LOL

Ron.

Good riddance, I want to Denman Fitness for 8 years, it's was always in need of repair, dirty and poorly managed. Many members have recently made the move to Anytime Fitness across the street. I moved to Club 21 at the Convention Centre years ago and never looked back.

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

i know i just remember the old one geting redone and it seems like only a few years ago not 20 lol time changes when you get old. like princess di 20 year thing also seems like a few summers ago

A nice retail building that was built in 2001 in my neighbourhood just sold at an insane price that can only mean redevelopment. That blew my mind. Taylor's Crossing:

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by connect2source

Good riddance, I want to Denman Fitness for 8 years, it's was always in need of repair, dirty and poorly managed. Many members have recently made the move to Anytime Fitness across the street. I moved to Club 21 at the Convention Centre years ago and never looked back.

Lol I think you mean club 16. And I agree denman fitness looked like a dump

[officedweller]

He's paying $5 too much!!

Originally Posted by osirisboy

The one project that sticks out is the Safeway at denman and robson. It's really bizarre that nothing was built on top when it was redeveloped

The other factor would have been ownership.
At the time of redevelopment, it was owned by Safeway's real estate subsidiary, which would not have been in the business of building apartments or condos.

It was later sold - can't recall to whom (not sure it was part of the Sobey's / Empire REIT divestiture)

[Vin]

Check out this new mall in Toronto's downtown neighbourhood of Yonge/Bloor: 8 levels of retail! Tower on top will also be T.O.'s tallest.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/to...281/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&


Also, a very interesting tour of the retail neighbourhood by retail-insider of that neighbourhood:
https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/8/yorkville-tour


We should have something like that in Vancouver as well.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Vin

Check out this new mall in Toronto's downtown neighbourhood of Yonge/Bloor: 8 levels of retail! Tower on top will also be T.O.'s tallest.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/to...281/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&


Also, a very interesting tour of the retail neighbourhood by retail-insider of that neighbourhood:
https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/8/yorkville-tour


We should have something like that in Vancouver as well.

Maybe in Metro Van but certainly not in CoV...

I like the bronze exoskeleton

Retail insider

[Vin]

Wow, so tall even the office big-size monitor can't contain it whole. Need to scroll top-down to view the beauty. LOL.

Yeah, let's have one of these in Metrotown, Brentwood or Surrey Central, complete with the mall element, of course!

[osirisboy]

Wait is that a successful retail street with tall towers on it?? I thought for a retail street to be a success it only have max 4 story village type buildings on it?? Lmao

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Wait is that a successful retail street with tall towers on it?? I thought for a retail street to be a success it only have max 4 story village type buildings on it?? Lmao

[connect2source]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Lol I think you mean club 16. And I agree denman fitness looked like a dump

Haha, yes, Club 16, thanks.

[dreambrother808]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Wait is that a successful retail street with tall towers on it?? I thought for a retail street to be a success it only have max 4 story village type buildings on it?? Lmao

I prefer shopping on sunny streets to darkened corridors but maybe that’s just me. If you want to live in a city like Toronto, why don’t you? Vancouver has its own identity, fostered by these policies.

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by dreambrother808

I prefer shopping on sunny streets to darkened corridors but maybe that’s just me. If you want to live in a city like Toronto, why don’t you? Vancouver has its own identity, fostered by these policies.

When did I ever say I wanted to live in a city like Toronto? But there are a lot of good things that Toronto has done that we could also do here. Why do all retail streets here have to look the same? and maybe those policies that you speak of restrict vancouvers identity, not foster it.

Don't be so narrow minded. Obviously lots of people like shopping on "darkened corridors"

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

When did I ever say I wanted to live in a city like Toronto? But there are a lot of good things that Toronto has done that we could also do here. Why do all retail streets here have to look the same? and maybe those policies that you speak of restrict vancouvers identity, not foster it.

Don't be so narrow minded. Obviously lots of people like shopping on "darkened corridors"

Yes, exactly. Bloor Street and Fifth Avenue are definitely corridors with tall buildings, yet nobody squawks about that. Trying to shake Vancouver's cutesville image is like trying to cure acne.

[osirisboy]

That's right. Also, I was walking down Alberni today and it was great and it has tall buildings along most of it's stretch. Certainly didn't feel dark

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by dreambrother808

I prefer shopping on sunny streets to darkened corridors but maybe that’s just me.

Also it's not sunny year round. Those sunny streets will be darkened corridors for part of the year unless we do something like try to build a biodome over the city.

[HelloKitty]

Currently in Muji. Short line but to have to wait to get in is not the best thing. If it's gonna be like this most of the time they should probably get their own stand alone structure like IKEA to handle more people with more space available.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by HelloKitty

Currently in Muji. Short line but to have to wait to get in is not the best thing. If it's gonna be like this most of the time they should probably get their own stand alone structure like IKEA to handle more people with more space available.

I'm sure the Metrotown location will calm down once the Robson location opens later this year.

[SpongeG]

i've never encountered a muji with a line before. weird. are vancouverites that desperate. lol.