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Gronk! said:
Sad - but then again it's likely been hard to compete with neighbors such as Bianco, Sherlock Holmes and OEB, which are always full.
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Love Bianco…..speaking of them….owners are opening a NEW joint in the “Brewery District,” as per my 20yr old who has more of a pulse on the culinary scene than her old man does….lol.
 
IanO said:
It's pretty sad that in a city of 1mil and region of 1.6 that you cannot do 'regular' Christmas shopping in your Downtown core.

Embarrassing really.
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Yes, when I moved here in the early 1980's I think there were 4 to 5 major department stores downtown, numerous other smaller clothing stores and many other retail stores.

Now there are just a few left - Winners is fairly decent, I go there regularly, and it has replaced one or two of the old lower priced department stores and there are a few nice high end clothing stores, but not much else left.

I try to avoid West Ed, especially at busy times, but did end up doing a big portion of my Christmas shopping in another mall outside of downtown, just because many of the stores I want to go to are not downtown any more.
 
Kosy123 said:
Personally hope that downtown can attract some of the less notable brands in the city as tenants in City Centre mall or for street facing retail, especially as they get pushed out of major shopping malls.

I read on Reddit that Urban Outfitters in WEM is closing due to a doubling on their rent and offering downtown as a cost effective area replacement could be a solution.
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I also feel this will start to happen, as not just WEM but the other popular malls are actually quite full now. So the only way they can bring in something new or expand something popular is to get something else to move out.

Downtown probably has the most space/flexibility with space to take advantage of this when this happens.
 
Gronk! said:
Speaking of Bianco, I had dinner there tonight. The house was packed so I had to sit at the bar, nevertheless the food was still good and the staff were awesome.
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It and Sabor are my two bars right now for Downtown dining.
 
Except that Dalla was never about the food... it was always about the company and location.
 
Greenspace said:
Agreed. Also end of an era though. Zenari's has had a presence downtown for several generations, sad to see it go but hopefully they can land on their feet somewhere.
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Yes, end of an era, but they have quite the run. During that time, many other things have come and gone and quite a few nice new places have popped up too.
 
Hopes for Downtown 2025:

1. 3 new major residential projects start construction totalling 1000 residents.
2. 40 new beat officers Downtown including south of Jasper between 102-109st.
3. LRT station clean up and zero tolerance.
4. One major new tenant announced (20k+).
5. The park is ahead of schedule and opens in September as school starts and welcomes back thousands.
 
In addition to all of the above, I'll add the following:
1. announcement and start of a new exciting project on the old BMO site;
2. announcement and start of a complete re-do of the west side of CCM;
3. greater commitment by all parties (CoE, building owners, property managers, building tenants, residents and visitors to downtown) to an increased level of care and cleaning of all downtown, sidewalks, streets and infrastructure;
4. new, appropriate tenants (i.e. no banks, liquor or weed stores) for all currently vacant spaces in the ICE District;
5. an announcement and start of a new project on the Arlington site.
6. anything else that will add to the health and vibrancy of our downtown core.
 
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