Winnipeg Retail

[JamieDavid Exchange]

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[JamieDavid Exchange]

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Originally Posted by JamieDavid Exchange

Just walked thru Portage Place; there's 12 total vacancies on the second level alone. That mall is doomed.

Our of how many stalls? Thunder Bay's downtown mall has a 35% occupancy rate or so since a couple offices and banks moved into newer buildings.

[Danny D Oh]

Originally Posted by JamieDavid Exchange

Just walked thru Portage Place; there's 12 total vacancies on the second level alone. That mall is doomed.

Maybe instead of a "mall" downtown, why not zone Graham "Mall" as an outdoor pedestrian strip lined with stores and restaurants with patios from Fort to the Bay? The noise from the buses can't be an excuse cause this concept works in Minneapolis on Nicollet Mall.

The Nicollet Mall is not much different than our downtown malls/retail. It is busy with the commuting office workers during the day, at night not so much. It is obviously much nicer and designed more thoughtfully, but having lived in Minneapolis for a year in university, I don't think I've ever been offered the opportunity to buy drugs more than when I spent time in downtown Minneapolis (Regina around Cornwall Centre would be second, our Portage Place drug dealers don't advertise as much maybe they don't have to). I found their (Minneapolis) police presence to be much more friendly and effective. Lots of cops on a beat, cops at every corner at night. Didn't stamp out the drug dealers though.

[cheswick]

Signs up at the Plesis IGA saying ownership is selling to Sobeys affective feb 24 in anticipation of the Sobeys opening across the street in the spring.

[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by JamieDavid Exchange

That space has been leased out and is currently being renovated into office space. Yay. Gonna be called Portage Place Offices soon. I know a lot of you think that's better than what's going on there now, but I think every downtown needs a retail district to have people around after 5pm. If its not going to be at Portage Place, were else can it be?

It might suck for the next little while, but for the long term, its not certain that its forever doomed.

There was a time where the Exchange was also "doomed" but its certainly turned around quite nicely from that (and is only on the up and up)

Portage Place is still a functional mall, and still has some important stores for people who live in the area that don't seem to be doing too bad.

It will be OK I think. That's all just my opinion, though.

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by cheswick

Signs up at the Plesis IGA saying ownership is selling to Sobeys affective feb 24 in anticipation of the Sobeys opening across the street in the spring.

The building went up fast, any clues as to what else will go on the Sobey's site?

[cllew]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

The building went up fast, any clues as to what else will go on the Sobey's site?

Looking at the Hopewell developers web site for Kildonan Green there is nothing else yet committed but one of the sites available is suitable for a drive through. Any speculation on who would want to take a drive through in that area?

http://www.hopewelldevelopmentcorpor...2012-email.pdf

[Riverman]

One of Hopewell's big wheels is a Winnipeg boy.

http://www.hopewellcommunities.com/c...rad-wright.php

[cheswick]

Originally Posted by cllew

Looking at the Hopewell developers web site for Kildonan Green there is nothing else yet committed but one of the sites available is suitable for a drive through. Any speculation on who would want to take a drive through in that area?

http://www.hopewelldevelopmentcorpor...2012-email.pdf

A contractor I know who's working in the area said he heard it was a Tim hortons. But he wasn't positive

[cllew]

I think that Hopewell and Tim's have a working relationship as it seems that in Winnipeg a number of the Hopewell projects have a Tim's onsite.

[northern_hoser]

Long time creeper, first time poster. I've worked in the industry for almost 15 years here in Winnipeg and around MB and finding this site a while back is a huge plus for me!!

I live in Kildonan Greens development and I've heard that along with the Sobey's we're either getting a Tim Horton's or a Starbucks. Rumor has it that a liquor store is also joining the site. I think it would be a decent spot to add a gas station to compete with the Husky. Other than that I'm not sure what would fit or be needed in the community...maybe a pub or another restaurant.

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by northern_hoser

Long time creeper, first time poster. I've worked in the industry for almost 15 years here in Winnipeg and around MB and finding this site a while back is a huge plus for me!!

I live in Kildonan Greens development and I've heard that along with the Sobey's we're either getting a Tim Horton's or a Starbucks. Rumor has it that a liquor store is also joining the site. I think it would be a decent spot to add a gas station to compete with the Husky. Other than that I'm not sure what would fit or be needed in the community...maybe a pub or another restaurant.

Welcome aboard northern_hoser. Wonder if a FF restaurant will also accompany the site, there seems to be enough continual traffic going by the site.

[Danny D Oh]

Originally Posted by northern_hoser

Long time creeper, first time poster. I've worked in the industry for almost 15 years here in Winnipeg and around MB and finding this site a while back is a huge plus for me!!

I live in Kildonan Greens development and I've heard that along with the Sobey's we're either getting a Tim Horton's or a Starbucks. Rumor has it that a liquor store is also joining the site. I think it would be a decent spot to add a gas station to compete with the Husky. Other than that I'm not sure what would fit or be needed in the community...maybe a pub or another restaurant.

Anyone know what rights franchise owners have for Tim's in terms of territory? Seems to me that area Plessis and west is saturated with Tim's and another one just opened up at 59 and Headmaster for commuters heading north or west on the Perimeter out of the Lakeside Meadow, Harbour View South area.

[cllew]

Originally Posted by Danny D Oh

Anyone know what rights franchise owners have for Tim's in terms of territory? Seems to me that area Plessis and west is saturated with Tim's and another one just opened up at 59 and Headmaster for commuters heading north or west on the Perimeter out of the Lakeside Meadow, Harbour View South area.

As far as I know there is not territory protection but Tim's often will offer a nearby qualified store owner the location if they want it and can afford it.

If you get a chance the book Double Double by Douglas Hunter is a non corporate sponsored view into the world of Tim Horton's and how they operate.

Thinking of the drawing area of this proposed Tim's. the nearest Tim's would be the in store one at the Safeway Canterbury Park shopping center. The ones on Regent would have a different draw and so would the one on Dugald Rd.

[cllew]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Welcome aboard northern_hoser. Wonder if a FF restaurant will also accompany the site, there seems to be enough continual traffic going by the site.

on both the developers and real estate agents web sites there is a proposed FF location at the South end of the main building. For some reason I think of a Subway taking that location as its not set up for a drive-thru.

Subway seems to be the most prolific in adding new locations so that's whey them come to my mind.

[cllew]

Don't know if anybody saw this but both the Grant Park and Garden City Square shopping centers are getting a new owner as the existing one is selling out.

The new owner (H & R Reit) currently owns both the Panet Road and Sargent Ave buildings that Rona has stores located in.

[cheswick]

Originally Posted by cllew

on both the developers and real estate agents web sites there is a proposed FF location at the South end of the main building. For some reason I think of a Subway taking that location as its not set up for a drive-thru.

Subway seems to be the most prolific in adding new locations so that's whey them come to my mind.

There's a subway in the strip mall across the street.

[tedtim]

I just noticed that Neechi Foods is partially opened on Main. Some shelves are stocked, from my view on the bus, it looks like gum and pop. But people where inside shopping.

[CoryB]

According to the Free Press today Canadian Tire is closing all Sports Mart stores. This means the one Winnipeg location remaining, Unicity, will be closing. There was a previous discussion on this forum about the sister brand, Sportscheck, opening a store in same retail center.

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