The Metro Vancouver Retail Thread

[GeeCee]

I don't think a design like that would work given how far set back the existing rotunda space, and the new proposal, is. The building would need to be extended to meet the sidewalk.

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

I personally like the proposal as is.

Anyway some job postings of new stores for the outlet mall at the airport.

Michael Hill
Jimmy Choo
Sterling Jewelers
The North Face
Old Navy
Adidas
Signet Jewelers
All Saints

Another one to add:

Reebok

[Vin]

Jimmy Choo and Michael Hill, or even Northface are outlet mall worthy, but Old Navy?! The stuff there should all be free at an outlet mall.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

who would vote for this?


tokyoing.net

this is the staircase/escalator entrance

kikukawa.com

or this?


livingnomads.com

Unfortunately, we will never get malls like these. There are way too many anti-mall and anti nice-thing dwellers here.

The mall above would sit so well at the corner lot beside Main Street/ Science World skytrain station and McDonald's.

[SpongeG]

Vancouver heritage building going back to old roots as neighbourhood grocery in Hastings-Sunrise
by Carlito Pablo on July 8th, 2019


The 2598 Eton Street property as shown on Google.

The heritage property at 2598 Eton Street went by a few names in the past.

It was known as the Woodside Apartments after its original owner.

That was Frank Woodside, a Vancouver alderman from 1911 to 1928.

According to the Vancouver Heritage Foundation (VHF), Woodside led residents of the then Hastings Townsite in a vote to join the City of Vancouver.

Built in 1911, the property contained the offices of Woodside.

The apartments were above a corner store called Beacon Hill Grocery.

The VHF noted on its website that the building represented the “beginning of a development boom in the local area”.

The development, according to the foundation, was “brought upon by the completion of the streetcar line along McGill Street out to Renfrew Street that coincided with the opening of the Vancouver Exhibition and the horse race track at Hastings Park”.

“The building's early name, Beacon Hill Grocery, is important for marking the promotion of the local area as it opened up to development, referencing its siting overlooking Vancouver's harbour and alluding to desirable neighbourhoods of the same name in other cities such as Boston and Victoria,” the VHF stated.

It later became Park Grocery.

According to the VHF, the name was given to the store in 1939 by its owners at the time, Bunzo and Misu Watanabe, who were Japanese-Canadians.

The Watanabes were going to lose it as a consequence of the Second World War.

...

https://www.straight.com/news/1263856/va...s-neighbourhood-grocery-hastings-sunrise

[osirisboy]

Too bad our housing stock wasn't predominantly that instead of Vancouver specials and stucco shit from the 80s

[cairnstone]

Torrid ready to open Guilford

[whatnext]

Probably no surprise, given previous discussions:

B.C. court grants Miniso Canada creditor protection

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by cairnstone

Torrent ready to open Guilford

do you mean Torrid?

[rofina]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Too bad our housing stock wasn't predominantly that instead of Vancouver specials and stucco shit from the 80s

Yes! I absolutely wish for this too. Would provide for great and unique retail experience in so many neighbourhoods.

Also provide affordable rents for small coffee shops and niche pastry shops.

[officedweller]

From a friend of mine - new grocery store for City Square:

[osirisboy]

Lol that's such an Asian name

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by rofina

Yes! I absolutely wish for this too. Would provide for great and unique retail experience in so many neighbourhoods.

Also provide affordable rents for small coffee shops and niche pastry shops.

Although not sure it's necessarily affordable rents

[zahav]

Originally Posted by officedweller

From a friend of mine - new grocery store for City Square:

There isn't much in the way of ethnic/Asian food choices in this area so it is filling a void. HOWEVER, that City Square location is a bit of a killer, it is not pedeestrian or car friendly unless you know it's there. I live at Cambie and 16 and even Safeway was kind of a weird location despite being a Safeway, so I hope this new place can get some dedicated patrons

[SpongeG]

Lacoste is opening a store at Metrotown. I think its net to True Religion, I think it was a Walk with Ronsons shop before.

Also Sephora is moving to a new spot, I think it was where Guess used to be, It looks like a bigger spot, the old location was a pretty good location but the store was fairly small and it is always crowded.

2019-07-16_01-10-06 by snub_you, on Flickr

2019-07-16_01-10-14 by snub_you, on Flickr

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by zahav

There isn't much in the way of ethnic/Asian food choices in this area so it is filling a void. HOWEVER, that City Square location is a bit of a killer, it is not pedeestrian or car friendly unless you know it's there. I live at Cambie and 16 and even Safeway was kind of a weird location despite being a Safeway, so I hope this new place can get some dedicated patrons

It seems they have over 68 of stores in China like Shenzen, Xiamen, Quanzhau and other cities as well as they recently have opened one in Hong Kong so they are a chain from China. There is a head office for their Canadian operations somewhere in Burnaby. Their website is hard to understand as its mostly in Chinese and the translations are not very good. So they come with an extablished name and brand which will help them in that location.

Since the establishment of the company in the early Yuan Dynasty, it has established itself as a global vision for becoming a world-class quality food company. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the eyes of the world have been changed, and the initial intention of developing high-quality and healthy three-course food has never changed. Following the establishment of the “Early Food European R&D Center” in Hamburg, Germany, in the beginning of October 2017 and the German century-old company Huberton, this year, the North American R&D Center was established in Vancouver, Canada, marking the development of commodities in the early Yuan Dynasty. The internationalization process has taken another solid step. In the future, domestic customers will enjoy more international standards and good products from the world.

Based on nearly 20 years of Asian food export experience and resources and 7 years of polished China's new retail format, Yuanchu Food Canada will also open up new retail channels in North America to bring high quality to Asian Americans and locals. Healthy three meals and a warm and transparent neighborhood mutual trust professional service.

[CivicBlues]

Since the establishment of the company in the early Yuan Dynasty, it has established itself as a global vision for becoming a world-class quality food company. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the eyes of the world have been changed, and the initial intention of developing high-quality and healthy three-course food has never changed. Following the establishment of the “Early Food European R&D Center” in Hamburg, Germany, in the beginning of October 2017 and the German century-old company Huberton, this year, the North American R&D Center was established in Vancouver, Canada, marking the development of commodities in the early Yuan Dynasty. The internationalization process has taken another solid step. In the future, domestic customers will enjoy more international standards and good products from the world.

Based on nearly 20 years of Asian food export experience and resources and 7 years of polished China's new retail format, Yuanchu Food Canada will also open up new retail channels in North America to bring high quality to Asian Americans and locals. Healthy three meals and a warm and transparent neighborhood mutual trust professional service.

Where the heck did you get that translation from? Are we to believe this food company started in the 13th Century?

This one makes much more sense:
http://www.sungivenfoods.com/content/view/128

ABOUT US

Xiamen Sungiven Foods Holding Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Sungiven Foods”), positioning itself as “Provider of Healthy Meals”, is a grocery chain with private brand products, self-constructed channels such as retail stores and self-customized supply chains, covering business mainly of retailing, wholesaling, importation, exportation, E-commerce, especially of its own chain of retail stores as the core.

Sungiven Foods is dedicated to providing foodstuff, which is natural, less processed and less artificially added at its best for families who love cooking, focus on safe food and health. Sungiven Foods runs at international standards and global marketing.

Our Vision: To be a world-class food enterprise.

Our Mission: We source globally to provide healthy daily meals of high quality and great value. We serve our community with professionalism, integrity and sincerity. We seek to create environments that are spiritually and physically nourishing. Together, we make a better world.

Our Concept: Customers focused, entrepreneurs prioritized, continually persist with the commitments. Respect for nature and love for mankind.

[officedweller]

That was a head-scratcher for me too!

[SpongeG]

I found in their news section about how they are expanding into Canada and had opened a head corporate office in Burnaby.

FROM HERE: http://www.sungivenfoods.com/content/view/456

its like a news summary of what they are doing, mine automatically translated through google translate under Quick Navigation - News In

this is part of how it describes a store opening in Hong Kong

A mother with children - a typical customer at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty

Mr. Zhang Wei, a customer living in Green Sea, is an executive of a technology company. Since the beginning of the trial of the food at the entrance of the Yuan Dynasty, he has bought rice, bread, meat and vegetables. The old and the young are very tasty, and then Slowly understand the quality control system of the quality management at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, so their family was circled by the early Yuan Dynasty and became a frequent visitor. This is a similar experience for many members of the Yuan Dynasty in Xiamen, Dalian and Quanzhou.

[GeeCee]

Google Translate really has a hard time with that website, huh.