Gronk!
Senior Member
No - the Italian Bakery pulled out of Chinatown.
The Italian Centre is still the heartbeat of Little Italy.
The Italian Centre is still the heartbeat of Little Italy.
|
|
|
- Thread starter Daveography
- Start date
SarcasticMarmot
Active Member
Damn, I use the parking lot all the time to shop at the Italian centre. How dare they!
MacLac
Senior Member
True Blue Swimming Lessons….building their own pool….kind of a neat little story!
Tropical
Active Member
Help me out - what is the Italian Centre up to in this location?
SarcasticMarmot
Active Member
Just speculation but it looks like an expansion or replacement of their office and warehouse space. Do they still have that red building building across the street south of the main store?
Last edited:
Dubas
Active Member
the EDC document states it will be a warehouse
Greenspace
Senior Member
Last edited:
Airboy
Senior Member
Sorry to see it go, I liked the store. Its just that it got into much higher end products. Loved when it was Campers village.
archited
Senior Member
The retail world is still going through dramatic shifts and Architects, Planners, and Designers need to catch up to the winds of change, not to mention that potential retailers and hospitality providers need to gain acute awareness of business needs:
1. an in-store plan that includes appropriate entertainment aspects that draw shoppers/eaters out of their comfortable home environments
2. the adoption of tiered pricing that discounts in-store shoppers/diners and has add-ons for delivery, returns, and customization
3, the development of an easy-to-navigate website that highlights in-store advantages but that also makes internet shopping accessible and easily implemented
4. the development of a community network and active membership therein that creates a "union" with other retailers and eateries
5. niche focus
Developers need to change the way that they market retail and hospitality space with a much larger effort placed on pre-leasing design so that the above elements are more easily achieved -- no more developing "raw space" that can be demised in any which way, hoping for a positive outcome (the result of that lack of effort nearly always leads to vacant space over a long term.
1. an in-store plan that includes appropriate entertainment aspects that draw shoppers/eaters out of their comfortable home environments
2. the adoption of tiered pricing that discounts in-store shoppers/diners and has add-ons for delivery, returns, and customization
3, the development of an easy-to-navigate website that highlights in-store advantages but that also makes internet shopping accessible and easily implemented
4. the development of a community network and active membership therein that creates a "union" with other retailers and eateries
5. niche focus
Developers need to change the way that they market retail and hospitality space with a much larger effort placed on pre-leasing design so that the above elements are more easily achieved -- no more developing "raw space" that can be demised in any which way, hoping for a positive outcome (the result of that lack of effort nearly always leads to vacant space over a long term.
cmd uw
Active Member
I'm trying to figure out what you mean with the statement about developers not '...developing "raw space" that can be demised in any which way...' Are you assuming developers need to start building out their spaces to attract tenants?
archited
Senior Member
^ Not at all. Developers do need to decide on a direction for their lease-ups (you should know because Beljan has always had a good handle on this) whereby they focus on a market direction. So many podium retail components of high-rise developments on the other hand are just raw spaces often not even serviced for a retail or hospitality client. ICE district is a good example of a bad example of this -- banks taking key lease spaces next to what I would call "impulse hospitality" and retail hardly has a chance in that milieu. So often developers try to sell foot-traffic as opposed to theme scenarios not cognizant that theme character impels foot traffic not the other way around.
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
What was the name of submarine chain HQ in Edmonton? Mr. Sub or something else ... not sure if it exists any more?
MacLac
Senior Member
Not sure if YEG had a sandwich HO, but if we do, it’d be Mr.Sub…..only national sandwich chain this country produced. Remember we had a Blimpie at one time? In the SBUX on 104th by the Sync apartment building - early 2000’s….didnt last long.
scyeg
Active Member
There was Badass Jacks which at one time was expanding quite quickly. I think it's down to one location now, and they don't seem to have a website.
David A
Senior Member
It seems to be the fate of so many long established retailers, somehow they get sucked into selling to much high end high margin products, but realize too late that most of their customers don't want or can't afford that.