The Post | 67m | 27 fl | Completed - Page 70

domusile · #**1381** Posted **Sep 29, 2023, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Sure it would be nice for the downtown core but it makes zero sense from Time Out's perspective. They can turn Oakridge Park into a destination location versus whatever QuadReal could offer them at The Post. QuadReal just needs/wants a glorified food court and their choice of operator speaks volumes.

https://retail-insider.com/retail-in...redevelopment/

Quadreal is involved in both the post and Oakridge...

jollyburger · #**1382** Posted **Sep 29, 2023, 4:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by domusile

Quadreal is involved in both the post and Oakridge...

I know but it still doesn't change anything. I mean QuadReal could have tried to get a better operator for The Post but they are realistic about who wants to try to operate downtown and they got JRG.

Changing City · #**1383** Posted **Oct 21, 2023, 4:36 AM**

The first blade sign is up on Dunsmuir Street - for City Market. (Coming soon).

hollywoodnorth · #**1384** Posted **Oct 21, 2023, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

The first blade sign is up on Dunsmuir Street - for City Market. (Coming soon).

I am hearing a Spring opening. great news signage is starting to go up.

jollyburger · #**1385** Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 11:47 PM**

Photo of the sign on Reddit (can't direct link to it)

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/c...post_building/

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level 2
AngryGooseMan
I emailed the gym and they said that CoV is taking time with permits so they won't be able to open till Q3 2024

Electrical_Waltz460
dammit, when i emailed them they said Q2 2024 ... That was like a month ago. How hard is it to approve permits for a gym?

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So actually it’s not true, the permits have been approved, they just don’t have the money to start construction.

Source
My partner is a Vancouver city planner who is currently working on that building.

I was going to bad mouth Evolve about still not opening at Brentwood but just saw they are opening in December.

officedweller · #**1386** Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 11:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Photo of the sign on Reddit (can't direct link to it)
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/c...post_building/

Is it me or shouldn't the bottom of the words (the straighter edge of the logo) be against the building?
Is there a convention when the letters are sideways?

whatnext · #**1387** Posted **Oct 24, 2023, 12:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Is it me or shouldn't the bottom of the words (the straighter edge of the logo) be against the building?
Is there a convention when the letters are sideways?

Also terrible placement. It halves the midcentury detail on that section.

Changing City · #**1388** Posted **Oct 24, 2023, 2:01 AM**

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Also terrible placement. It halves the midcentury detail on that section.

It's immediately next to the vertical vent section, and doesn't interfere with the inset blue tile grid. It's the only logical placement that isn't in front of a structural column.

daverraver · #**1389** Posted **Nov 2, 2023, 8:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

I am hearing a Spring opening. great news signage is starting to go up.

I follow this location on Facebook and they are stating a mid-December 2023 opening. This could be ambitious but we'll see.

hollywoodnorth · #**1390** Posted **Nov 2, 2023, 9:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by daverraver

I follow this location on Facebook and they are stating a mid-December 2023 opening. This could be ambitious but we'll see.

pic from google reviews

officedweller · #**1391** Posted **Nov 2, 2023, 10:16 PM**

There's a CityMarket sign on the Homer side now too.
It has the base of the words against the building (when looking north at it).
So it looks like they are all the same orientation, regardless of placement.

jollyburger · #**1392** Posted **Nov 2, 2023, 11:04 PM**

I guess with the external signage they are close. But they don't seem to be hiring yet for the location so maybe early 2024 is more plausible.

officedweller · #**1393** Posted **Nov 3, 2023, 12:32 AM**

PS - it is nice that the blade sign is just for one store, not a mish-mash of retailers where the font is too small to read from a distance.

whatnext · #**1394** Posted **Nov 10, 2023, 10:40 PM**

Joseph Richard Group still mentioned in connection to The Post in a Glacier Media article today:

Creditor protection extended for B.C.'s Joseph Richard Hospitality Group
The Joseph Richard Group, which owns eateries in Vancouver, Surrey, Langley, Port Moody and Abbotsford, is restructuring its business
By Vikki Hui, Richmond News | November 10, 2023, 12:30pm

The Buck & Ear, the Steveston Cafe and Hotel as well as the liquor store in the same Richmond, B.C., building have gotten a reprieve from their creditors to the end of November.

The Joseph Richard Hospitality Group (JRG), which owns controlling shares in the Steveston Cafe and Hotel, the Steveston Hotel Liquor Store and the Buck & Ear, filed for creditor protection back in July.

JRG also owns controlling shares in JRG Foodhall (Vancouver) Ltd., the company behind the upcoming food hall in the redeveloped Canada Post building on Georgia Street, as well as other Lower Mainland eateries....

....JRG may be granted further extensions as long as they work in good faith toward restructuring.

A court order issued in August also gave it permission to borrow no more than $500,000 from Canadian Western Bank to finance the business.

As of July, JRG owed around $34.4 million to Canadian Western Bank, around $2.3 million to the Bank of Montreal and owed around $600,000 in Canadian Business Assistance loans.

Its businesses also owed the Canadian Revenue Agency around $4.7 million in source deductions, $24,700 in income tax, $440,000 in GST and $912,000 in PST....

https://biv.com/article/2023/11/cred...pitality-group

jollyburger · #**1395** Posted **Nov 11, 2023, 12:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Joseph Richard Group still mentioned in connection to The Post in a Glacier Media article today:

Creditor protection extended for B.C.'s Joseph Richard Hospitality Group
The Joseph Richard Group, which owns eateries in Vancouver, Surrey, Langley, Port Moody and Abbotsford, is restructuring its business
By Vikki Hui, Richmond News | November 10, 2023, 12:30pm

The Buck & Ear, the Steveston Cafe and Hotel as well as the liquor store in the same Richmond, B.C., building have gotten a reprieve from their creditors to the end of November.

The Joseph Richard Hospitality Group (JRG), which owns controlling shares in the Steveston Cafe and Hotel, the Steveston Hotel Liquor Store and the Buck & Ear, filed for creditor protection back in July.

JRG also owns controlling shares in JRG Foodhall (Vancouver) Ltd., the company behind the upcoming food hall in the redeveloped Canada Post building on Georgia Street, as well as other Lower Mainland eateries....

....JRG may be granted further extensions as long as they work in good faith toward restructuring.

A court order issued in August also gave it permission to borrow no more than $500,000 from Canadian Western Bank to finance the business.

As of July, JRG owed around $34.4 million to Canadian Western Bank, around $2.3 million to the Bank of Montreal and owed around $600,000 in Canadian Business Assistance loans.

Its businesses also owed the Canadian Revenue Agency around $4.7 million in source deductions, $24,700 in income tax, $440,000 in GST and $912,000 in PST....

https://biv.com/article/2023/11/cred...pitality-group

But the same filings seem to indicate they aren't investing anything into advancing those "future" projects. I guess we'll learn more once they finish restructuring with their creditors.

theKB · #**1396** Posted **Nov 11, 2023, 12:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

But the same filings seem to indicate they aren't investing anything into advancing those "future" projects. I guess we'll learn more once they finish restructuring with their creditors.

And I would make some sort of assumption that any operating profits will go to pay down debts etc, new investment and risk would be off the table. It almost seems like this food hall is on the backburner at this point.

jollyburger · #**1397** Posted **Nov 14, 2023, 7:20 PM**

The Post had a roof membrane leak detection system installed. They've been used at Oakridge Park. Burrard Place, Amazing Brentwood, Solo..

https://www.smtresearch.ca/single-po...vancouver-post

jollyburger · #**1398** Posted **Nov 21, 2023, 8:20 PM**

Good news on the CityMarket front they just started hiring positions for front line staff

https://www.loblaw.ca/en/find-jobs/?...b_type=&store=

Posted last week.

Changing City · #**1399** Posted **Nov 30, 2023, 4:00 PM**

I forget if this is new information, but there's a Starbucks logo for a new operation in the City Market. There seems to be more workers on site, and plenty of equipment and shelving being installed, so a December opening may be achievable.

jollyburger · #**1400** Posted **Dec 13, 2023, 1:02 AM**

City Market is opening late January/February

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The new City Market was originally due to be open in September, and then the target opening was pushed to December. Sherwood explains that while construction crews have been "phenomenal," unforeseen delays have pushed back the date further. However, the store should be put together by the end of December. Staff will then begin training ahead of the launch.

"The last person will be hired in the first week of January," Sherwood says. "Even if you're a part-time cashier you're going to get three to four weeks of training."

Many employees have already been hired; they're working as well, even though the store isn't open. Instead of stocking shelves or ringing up customers, they've got other odd jobs, like keeping the place tidy.

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One side of the store will be dedicated to fresh and ready-to-eat options, with a long list of in-house made options, including pizza-by-the-slice, more than a dozen soups and curries, sausages, and a carving station with seasonal roasted options.

Even the ground beef will be ground on-site.

Among the other store features are full-time cake decorators, two big cheese coolers with international and local options (which Rhonda will curate), and an Indigenous business display.

"We want to have a certain area dedicated to some of the great Indigenous products that are available in B.C.," says Sherwood; the display isn't set up, but an area near the front of the store has been set aside.

Local businesses will also be integrated into the grocery store.

Sherwood also wants to make sure the store is making sure as much food as possible that enters the store is being eaten. To that end, they're partnering with the food bank while also using the Flashfood app, which allows the store to sell food nearing expiration at heavily discounted prices. Sherwood explains the food won't be spoiled, but items nearing their sell-by date or with other imperfections.

Sherwood says the new store's hours are expected to be 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily with a chance of later nights due to special events.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/f...g-date-7923754