What do you think of this project?

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Can confirm. No way in hell am I walking up the hill to be accosted by screaming tweakers so I can pick up overpriced milk. Wish we had a No Frills instead, TBH, although it'd be facing the exact same issues. I stopped going to a couple Chinatown grocery stores because of the piles of druggies sitting around the parking lot. No thanks.
 
This happened a few years ago but one morning we had a couple of EPS officers who came to our building in response to a domestic call that had been called in the night before. The victim could have been killed about a dozen times by the time they showed up. Don't know what happened and the renters moved out, but come on! 12 hours for a domestic call???
 
Most of my grocery shopping takes place at Save-On Foods on Jasper/109 St and at CityMarket in the Brewery District. I'll shop at CityMarket in ICE District once in a while.
 
TAS said:
Not my experience and I'm there most everyday. Much busier than a year ago.

I would be more concerned about the Safeway on west Jasper Ave closing before this does.
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Oof, I hope not. I'm there at least once every couple of weeks and while it's never packed, there are enough people that I imagined it to be fairly successful.
 
TAS said:
Not my experience and I'm there most everyday. Much busier than a year ago.

I would be more concerned about the Safeway on west Jasper Ave closing before this does.
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That Safeway is deceitfully busy. It's never packed, but it's got very consistent movement, or at least did up until last February, and I can't imagine it got any worse. With the people moving into Mercury and Cobalt, I can't imagine it getting worse at all.
 
TAS said:
Ice District/OEG folks abandoning the third tower didn't help any of the current and future businesses in area thrive.
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What a misinformed comment. OEG didn't 'abandon' anything. As a private sector developer, they obviously ran the numbers and the return on investment wasn't there.

There seems to be a lot of misdirected anger at why developers are not building downtown. The question should be WHY no one is building DT.

Here's a hint: despite all the armchair cheer leading here, the DT generally sucks, is seen as unsafe, not accessible. And the irony, to see the push back on this same forum on the idea of back to work at the office in the DT.

Oy.
 
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TAS said:
Not my experience and I'm there most everyday. Much busier than a year ago.

I would be more concerned about the Safeway on west Jasper Ave closing before this does.
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What concerns you about the operation of the 122 st. Safeway store? I live on Jasper, a few blocks east of it and have shopped there 2-3 time a week since I moved back to the city two years ago.

The 122 st store is half the size of the Safeway 'barns' in Capilano and Oliver - and I get in and out in half the time. The store is open every night (except Christmas Day) till 11pm, and (according to the staff) is the only Edmonton Safeway store open on all other statutory holidays - the store is a gem - I've never found it crowed but there is always someone shopping there - last week I was went in at 10:30 and there were a dozen shoppers doing last minute stufff - like me... that's why it feels like a success to me. Plus they have the most convivial and friendly staff members..professionally but most affable.
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OLM said:
What concerns you about the operation of the 122 st. Safeway store? I live on Jasper, a few blocks east of it and have shopped there 2-3 time a week since I moved back to the city two years ago.

The 122 st store is half the size of the Safeway 'barns' in Capilano and Oliver - and I get in and out in half the time. The store is open every night (except Christmas Day) till 11pm, and (according to the staff) is the only Edmonton Safeway store open on all other statutory holidays - the store is a gem - I've never found it crowed but there is always someone shopping there - last week I was went in at 10:30 and there were a dozen shoppers doing last minute stufff - like me... that's why it feels like a success to me. Plus they have the most convivial and friendly staff members..professionally but most affable.
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I hope it is a success. I love that it is there. Just never had many people in there when I go, which I made a point of doing when I lived on 113st.
 
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