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northlands said:
Even on game days the place quickly became devoid of activity once people realized they couldn't bring in their SB beverage into the arena past security. Like who were they planning on selling to? How did Katz Group hoodwink them so bad on foot traffic estimates? Been a lot of strange and questionable decisions this past decade on their Edmonton portfolio... 109 & Jasper closure remains puzzling to me.
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The Jasper Ave/109 St Starbucks location was closed to executive incompetence. Apparently they thought suburban drive-thrus were a better idea than downtown cafes.

Thankfully, Blenz has more than picked up the slack at the Jasper/109 location.
 
northlands said:
Even on game days the place quickly became devoid of activity once people realized they couldn't bring in their SB beverage into the arena past security. Like who were they planning on selling to? How did Katz Group hoodwink them so bad on foot traffic estimates? Been a lot of strange and questionable decisions this past decade on their Edmonton portfolio... 109 & Jasper closure remains puzzling to me.
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I wonder if the people in Starbucks who make these decisions actually ever set foot here before doing so, or have much familiarity with the city. Perhaps that is part of the explanation.

It should have been fairly evident to almost anyone who walked around the block that the location behind the casino was a poor choice.
 
The_Cat said:
I think the greatest successes at Rogers Place/Ice District (besides the indoor events) have been the outdoor events at the Ice District Plaza and 101 Street (future CRL development).
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Fair point, but it’s also rather telling that the highlight of a billion-dollar downtown revitalization/transformation project is still a dirt lot hosting outdoor events.
 
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^ Although the sentiment is full-on declarative, I can't see that anyone would care enough about the original statement so as to be so bent-out-of-shape as to undertake such a drastic step -- all said it is a forum of opinions after all, graduated all the way from "I had a fever dream last night" to "I might be an expert, but it is still just and opinion".
 
I think the reality about any downtown development is that many of the sectors are industrial, and located in suburban locations, or residential where it could be cheaper to repurpose older buildings to residential.
 
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I like that City Market and we used to go there usually once a week to grab some quick items but the bums and creeps hanging around 103 just makes it so unpleasant to visit that we’ve opted to just walk all the way to Safeway in Unity Sq.

I’m almost surprised Katz Group et al haven’t bought the Crash Hotel building just to shut it and the liquor store down. Those two drive so much of the disorder on their doorstop.
 
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