Manulife Place Renovations | 145.99m | 36s | AIMCo | MdeAS

[Airboy]

Meh, if you don't want to pay $30 for 6 doughnuts, Tim's donuts are fine.

But I do agree, Italian Bakery and Doughnut Party are good.

Take 5 hands down the best.

Anyway ACE is supposed to have a rolling cart out there soon.

 

[bodsbods9090]

Maybe you shouldn’t be eating six donuts

You can't tell me how to run my life

 

[bodsbods9090]

Take 5 hands down the best.

Anyway ACE is supposed to have a rolling cart out there soon.

I'll have to try them!

 

[TAS]

While also on the topic of donuts, I'd like to give a mention to Destination Donuts on 124 St - also very good.
Got a chance to talk to the owner one time - he came out of retirement because this was a passion of his and he thought it would be fun to open up a store and have his grandkids work there with him. He didn't expect to be as busy as he got, haha, and is working a lot longer hours than anticipated.

 

[Gronk!]

I'm OK with either a double-chocolate donut from Tim Hortons or a chocolate ice donut from Take 5. I stop by Take 5 about a month, and I'll go to Tim Hortons if I'm on a road trip since there is one in almost every town with over 3000 people.

 

[IanO]

Donuts and coffee aside, any further decisions on the Manulife redo?

 

[Airboy]

Donuts and coffee aside, any further decisions on the Manulife redo?

When I was by there last weekend, I was informed that nothing has been mentioned to the tenants yet.

 

[Gronk!]

How many of you did not see this inevitability? Henry Singer is looking rather sad, forlorn and lonely in Manulife Place.

 

[IanO]

I believe that they had a co-tenancy clause in their lease with Holt.

Ok Manulife, what you got?

 

[Glenco]

You can't tell me how to run my life

Quality over quantity?

 

[David A]

I believe that they had a co-tenancy clause in their lease with Holt.

Ok Manulife, what you got?

Ouch, but this is exactly what happens when a landlord run from far away takes their existing long term tenants for granted.

A 40 year old building can not rest on its laurels.

 

[IanO]

A bit of a perfect storm, but yes, what a fall from grace, but (literally) 'follow the money'.

What an opportunity for Manulife (and Commerce for that matter) to reinvent themselves... but please, not a food hall.

Somehow, someway Manulife should lure Simons there with a new Downtown flagship + a new hip restaurant to pair with it.

 

[Gronk!]

If Manulife was too small for Holt Renfrew then what makes you think they can accommodate Simons?

 

[IanO]

The space is there as they can reconfigure and create a space to effectively service a tenant like that.

'Too small' was the red herring; Holt wanted out of Edmonton as it was not a market they wanted to be associated with any longer.

It was not part of their strategic plan.

 

[Gronk!]

I'm no retail expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I think Simons would rather take over the old Hudson Bay space in ECC when the rumored renovations are completed.