northlands
Senior Member
Unfortunately, they still have an fiduciary responsibility to their financial partners to make money
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Old Strathcona / Whyte Avenue
- Thread starter Daveography
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UrbanEnjoyer
New Member
Yeah, admittedly I’m personally disappointed in what this “Hub” is turning out to be. But i’d suggest they’re ultimately being short sighted by going with stable daycare/dentist tenants and forgoing any vision of a retail/restaurant hub which I think had some real viability here.
On a similar note: Epic Food Hall has shut down at station park. They’ll have to get creative to fit the ol’ cannabis store/daycare/pharmacy combo in there since it was purpose built as a food hall lol
On a similar note: Epic Food Hall has shut down at station park. They’ll have to get creative to fit the ol’ cannabis store/daycare/pharmacy combo in there since it was purpose built as a food hall lol
David A
Senior Member
Dental clinics can be a gold mine, so they took the spot because they can afford it. I also feel it doesn't add much, but maybe the dentists feel it is more prestigious for them.
Perhaps some more typical restaurant, bar or retail tenants looked at it and hesitated because the cost was higher.
Tropical
Active Member
I'd love to see another bar in that space. Its existing layout lends well to that.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
The concept never appealed to me that much, and I wonder if others in Edmonton felt similar. Maybe I was being unreasonable, but I just didn't get the point of having multiple restaurants with different cuisines being owned by the same group. I'd love to see multiple restaurants with different owners in there, or something like a bar like @Tropical suggested. Something that feels unique because of its local ownership, cuisine, or experience, rather than simply claiming to stand out because there are five vendors with specific cuisines that are all owned by the same group. They very well could have had very talented hired chefs who are very well suited for the theme of their given restaurant, but I just wasn't confident about a Mexican restaurant, Italian restaurant, burger shop, Asian fusion place, and chop house & charcuterie all having the same ownership.
degrandprix
Active Member
Agreed, I think they even had the same font for the signage on each counter. I went once to try it out and it wasn't bad, but I never went back.
Ohman
New Member
I went once with some out of town guests, it was during the fringe and the streets were packed. We went up, and took a look. We were the only ones in there, and my guests suggested we go somewhere that wasn't so dead and we left lol. I never got to try it out! Definitely seemed like a cool space with potential.
IanO
Superstar
Event space/music venue?