YEGCANUCK said:
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...
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IMO not a bad thing being cleansed of a low quality, but surprisingly expensive corporate chain. I suspect more than one person put a curse on them after they muscled out the nice Daily Planet in Commerce Place.

I've been kind of quietly boycotting them since they raised their prices quite a bit and I suspect I'm probably not the only one.
 
David A said:
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.
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A third floor food court can work, if the mall actually has the stores to attract visitors. Yorkdale Mall has the highest sales per Sqft in Canada and their food court is tucked away on a second level (rest of the mall is on the first level) which takes multiple stairs or two escalators to reach.
 
archited said:
Toronto -- ptui, ptui, ptui!!!
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Well if it works in Toronto!

Actually, I feel a second level food court would have probably worked relatively well here too. Unfortunately, there is a difference between being tucked away on the second level and even more so on the third level.
 
It's sad to see especially since Alberta businesses have pushed harder than other provinces for workers to return to the office, yet City Centre Mall isn't reaping the benefits.

Maybe the strategy is to empty the mall out enough for a full redevelopment and hope to start over with a clean slate. Either way it's a pretty grim look...
 
Foolworm said:
It's sad to see especially since Alberta businesses have pushed harder than other provinces for workers to return to the office, yet City Centre Mall isn't reaping the benefits.
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It is also ironic given both sides of the mouth that City administration is speaking out of. They continue to speak out about having a vibrant downtown and people downtown supporting business while at the same time they are the only level of government that hasn't mandated an X number of days required in the office for their employees, last I know about (unless someone can confirm that has changed?).
 
CaptainBL said:
It is also ironic given both sides of the mouth that City administration is speaking out of. They continue to speak out about having a vibrant downtown and people downtown supporting business while at the same time they are the only level of government that hasn't mandated an X number of days required in the office for their employees, last I know about (unless someone can confirm that has changed?).
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I think they have mandated office days as well. I'm guessing either 2 or 3, similar to the GoA. Last time I was at Edmonton Tower the week before, it was extremely busy

This is from last year too but I don't think they've changed anything yet https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...-employees-return-to-work-on-monday-1.6407898
 
The_Cat said:
edmontonjournal.com

The McDonald's in Edmonton's downtown mall has closed. What does that mean for the core?

Another high-profile chain has pulled up stakes from Edmonton's downtown mall, but whether that's a vote of non-confidence in the city's core remains to be seen.
edmontonjournal.com edmontonjournal.com
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Street facing retail! On the first floor! In front of 102 Ave! With glass windows! Come on LaSalle!

My dream is to one day have either a T&T or some form of specialty Asian food market there. With the amount of people steadily visiting from Millwoods, I have hope (or at least a restaurant or two tbh)
 
The_Cat said:
edmontonjournal.com

The McDonald's in Edmonton's downtown mall has closed. What does that mean for the core?

Another high-profile chain has pulled up stakes from Edmonton's downtown mall, but whether that's a vote of non-confidence in the city's core remains to be seen.
edmontonjournal.com edmontonjournal.com
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What does it mean for the core? Healthier eating options, remaining more affordable fast food places will probably do better.

We don't need overpriced, poor quality corporate chains. Their departure is actually good for people's physical and financial health.

They are the food equivalent of a pay day loan store. Their departure is actually a good thing.
 
I go to the food court in Commerce Place regularly (closer for me than City Centre). I seldom went to the McDonalds there and can't say I miss it.

There are a couple locally owned independents there, I feel are quite good and I go to, as well as some of the other places there.
 
David A said:
What does it mean for the core? Healthier eating options, remaining more affordable fast food places will probably do better.

We don't need overpriced, poor quality corporate chains. Their departure is actually good for people's physical and financial health.

They are the food equivalent of a pay day loan store. Their departure is actually a good thing.
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Sure, but it's highly indicative of other issues when corporate brands start leaving. I don't eat much fast-food anymore, but it is yet another canary in the coal mine.
 
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