[Avenuer]

 

[Greenspace]

Big city vibes.

 

[archited]

Great differentiation from a mass building -- Kudos to TD for making it happen!

 

[David A]

Great differentiation from a mass building -- Kudos to TD for making it happen!

It took forever to do, the branch was in a tiny almost non functional space during much of that time and the door to the street is still not open, but yes it does look much nicer now.

 

[Avenuer]

Hopefully CWB can open a similarly well-designed flagship branch kitty corner when they move into Manulife.

...and that Regency hell lot can be sold and developed by someone competent.

 

[Gronk!]

It took forever to do, the branch was in a tiny almost non functional space during much of that time and the door to the street is still not open, but yes it does look much nicer now.

Correct, although the renos should be done before the end of the year.

 

[YEGCANUCK]

Looks like the last McDonald's downtown, the one located in the City Center Mall Food Court is officially closed and boarded up as of today.

Add the Commerce Place McDonalds closure as well recently and now there's a pretty big gap downtown...

 

[Airboy]

few food options left at ECC

 

[IanO]

Am I assuming right that the Edmonton City Club never went forward?

 

[Avenuer]

Looks like the last McDonald's downtown, the one located in the City Center Mall Food Court is officially closed and boarded up as of today.

Add the Commerce Place McDonalds closure as well recently and now there's a pretty big gap downtown...

That's a surprise as it was always busy when I've gone.

 

[Greenspace]

Doesn't surprise me for a company mostly geared towards 24/7 drive through locations. We saw this with Starbucks as well.

 

[IanO]

It's not related to that, but far more related to a severe lack of foot traffic vis-a-via pre-COVID and disorder.

 

[Gronk!]

So much for ECC's highly vaunted Elevated Food Fare.
I think a reopening of McDs somewhere in ICE District is called for.

 

[David A]

So much for ECC's highly vaunted Elevated Food Fare.
I think a reopening of McDs somewhere in ICE District is called for.

I thought it was a poor idea from the start and a waste of time, focus and money by the mall. Rather than fixing the fundamental problems, the previous owners just shuffled things around a lot.

Several escalators and stairs to go up to get there. It is kind of hidden away. I know it has always been hard to fill the third floor, it is a dead zone, but putting the food court there hasn't made it more accessible.

I can only hope the plan for a Food Court in the south west corner of the old Bay space will eventually come to fruition and better sense will eventually prevail.

 

[TAS]

I thought it was a poor idea from the start and a waste of time, focus and money by the mall. Rather than fixing the fundamental problems, the previous owners just shuffled things around a lot.

Several escalators and stairs to go up to get there. It is kind of hidden away. I know it has always been hard to fill the third floor, it is a dead zone, but putting the food court there hasn't made it more accessible.

I can only hope the plan for a Food Court in the south west corner of the old Bay space will eventually come to fruition and better sense will eventually prevail.

With train now in operation, imagine all those food joints at ground level facing the street. Much more visible, time efficient and profitable.