The Metro Vancouver Retail Thread - Page 809

dreambrother808 · #**16161** Posted **Jun 1, 2022, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

Simons downtown would be great. The Park Royal store is always good but it can feel very quiet and deserves more customers.

Yeah, a lot of metro Vancouverites still don’t even know what Simons is.

whatnext · #**16162** Posted **Jun 1, 2022, 4:30 PM**

Edward Chapmans is closing all their remaining stores, South Granville West Van and South Surrey. I would hope the South Granville building has at least some kind of heritage protection.

s211 · #**16163** Posted **Jun 1, 2022, 5:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by NewfBC

But.. the land is leased.. how would that work?

Ron.

You amend the lease, if even necessary. The Metro has numerous residential sites on leased land. That said, I'd never ever buy into residential on leased land. The lessor always wins.

Changing City · #**16164** Posted **Jun 1, 2022, 6:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Edward Chapmans is closing all their remaining stores, South Granville West Van and South Surrey. I would hope the South Granville building has at least some kind of heritage protection.

None. It's not even on the heritage register, (not that it would be protected if it was). The facade could be incorporated into a redevelopment with a bonus density to cover the cost of saving it. the building isn't in great shape - there's a crack in the brickwork at the back. It's unlikely to return to its original use - it was developed in 1928 as an undertaker's parlour.

jollyburger · #**16165** Posted **Jun 1, 2022, 9:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

None. It's not even on the heritage register, (not that it would be protected if it was). The facade could be incorporated into a redevelopment with a bonus density to cover the cost of saving it. the building isn't in great shape - there's a crack in the brickwork at the back. It's unlikely to return to its original use - it was developed in 1928 as an undertaker's parlour.

Just curious where's the crack didn't notice anything on Google Streetview. Seems like the exterior is in pretty good shape compared to some other brick buildings in the city.

Changing City · #**16166** Posted **Jun 2, 2022, 12:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Just curious where's the crack didn't notice anything on Google Streetview. Seems like the exterior is in pretty good shape compared to some other brick buildings in the city.

2014. Stanley Q Woodvine.

jollyburger · #**16167** Posted **Jun 2, 2022, 12:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

2014. Stanley Q Woodvine.

There's a bunch of work being done on it in May 2019 so they must have totally restored the brick work then.

officedweller · #**16168** Posted **Jun 8, 2022, 11:54 PM**

At some point the Sugarfina disappeared from the Pacific Centre Nordstrom.

Sheba · #**16169** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 1:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

At some point the Sugarfina disappeared from the Pacific Centre Nordstrom.

Their website lists three locations - Nordstrom, Park Royal and Metrotown (the only one that's a full store). It wouldn't be the first time a website is out of date though...

jollyburger · #**16170** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 2:05 AM**

2019 Upscale Candy Seller Sugarfina Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy...ugarfina-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy

They wanted to raise $25 million by crowdfunding to open new stores.

They still have Sugarfina on the Nordstrom US website but it seems weird to dedicate floorspace for it.

SpongeG · #**16171** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 7:28 AM**

I was at Nordstrom today, there is a small section, basically, a table with a few dozen sugarfina items on it next to the nikexnordstrom pop-up section, the old sugarfina section is a popup space for Fathers Day.

Nordstrom has also put up some new signage on the doors promoting TopShop and TopMan available in-store.

Also walked a bit through the Bay, it was actually not bad customer wise for a Wednesday just before closing, the designer section is really good and they have really of the moment labels in there like Jacquemus, JW Anderson, Isabel Marant. A lot of it is currently 40% off.

The third floor also has a good selection of affordable stores/brands that are harder to find in Vancouver like Mango, Vero Moda, and Scotch & Soda
They really have a great selection in that store, they really should be doing a lot better. Nice merchandising, good brands, pleasant enough layout. Perhaps people are avoiding going on based on their suburban stores and their rather dull offerings. Its like two totally different companies. The downtown store brand-wise really competes well with Nordstrom and Holt Renfrew. They even have a great selection of Boys Smells candles which are again hard to find in stores locally.

svlt · #**16172** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 6:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

Also walked a bit through the Bay, it was actually not bad customer wise for a Wednesday just before closing, the designer section is really good and they have really of the moment labels in there like Jacquemus, JW Anderson, Isabel Marant. A lot of it is currently 40% off.

The third floor also has a good selection of affordable stores/brands that are harder to find in Vancouver like Mango, Vero Moda, and Scotch & Soda
They really have a great selection in that store, they really should be doing a lot better. Nice merchandising, good brands, pleasant enough layout. Perhaps people are avoiding going on based on their suburban stores and their rather dull offerings. Its like two totally different companies. The downtown store brand-wise really competes well with Nordstrom and Holt Renfrew. They even have a great selection of Boys Smells candles which are again hard to find in stores locally.

I haven't been since way pre-pandemic but I felt the biggest turnoff was the movement from floor to floor - embarrassingly slow and worn out elevators and escalators that take forever to get to your desired floor (esp Menswear). The store felt inconsistent - like some of the floors have looked amazing for a while now with their displays and brand offerings, I would even say makes Holt Renfrew, nevermind Nordstrom, at times look decidedly low-brow and pedestrian - for the masses - by comparison. But the overall layout and many of the connecting pieces that take you from floor to floor - just still evokes those run down suburban The Bay vibes from the 2000s.

But hearing they carry Mango is quite amusing. This is kind of a case of IYKYK, it's quite a popular brand and sometimes fondly thought of by a sizeable proportion of the city's first or second generation immigrant population from Hong Kong.

whatnext · #**16173** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 8:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by svlt

I haven't been since way pre-pandemic but I felt the biggest turnoff was the movement from floor to floor - embarrassingly slow and worn out elevators and escalators that take forever to get to your desired floor (esp Menswear). The store felt inconsistent - like some of the floors have looked amazing for a while now with their displays and brand offerings, I would even say makes Holt Renfrew, nevermind Nordstrom, at times look decidedly low-brow and pedestrian - for the masses - by comparison. But the overall layout and many of the connecting pieces that take you from floor to floor - just still evokes those run down suburban The Bay vibes from the 2000s.

But hearing they carry Mango is quite amusing. This is kind of a case of IYKYK, it's quite a popular brand and sometimes fondly thought of by a sizeable proportion of the city's first or second generation immigrant population from Hong Kong.

Yeah, I always have said the store from 1st Floor up looks really good (though now it is low on merchandise). But the escalators suck and the on the menswear floor they actually took out the escalator that connected it to the 5th floor and you are forced to take the elevator.

officedweller · #**16174** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 8:28 PM**

Pre-pandemic, the downtown store used to have promotions.
Then after re-opening they severely cut store hours - closing early every day, even Thursdays and Fridays, whihc allowed the homeless people to make camp earlier.

I think the store renos may have been in limbo pending the leasing of the upper floors and rearrangement of the floorplans.

Now, with the overall redevelopmnent, it'll probably sit in limbo until the interior demolition starts.

s211 · #**16175** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 10:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

on the menswear floor they actually took out the escalator that connected it to the 5th floor and you are forced to take the elevator.

Huh? When did that happen?

WestEnd604 · #**16176** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 11:15 PM**

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Huh? When did that happen?

I suspect they were replacing it when that person was there, as they have on many floors now. It was fully functional when I was there just a week or two ago. All escalators from the main floor up were all working just fine.

whatnext · #**16177** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 11:30 PM**

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I suspect they were replacing it when that person was there, as they have on many floors now. It was fully functional when I was there just a week or two ago. All escalators from the main floor up were all working just fine.

There's definitely no Down escalator on the 6th floor.