The Metro Vancouver Retail Thread - Page 891

officedweller · #**17801** Posted **Mar 28, 2024, 2:53 AM**

Right next door...

Shein to open two-storey pop-up store in downtown Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/shein-vancouver-store

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/shein-vancouver-store

C3YVR · #**17802** Posted **Mar 31, 2024, 1:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by theKB

Great fit - here's hoping they bring their coffee concept with it... significantly larger space than the Yorkdale store in toronto. (even better stick a RL restaurant concept upstairs - one can dream)

Is it including the space beside brooks brothers that lead up to michaels that looks like it has been demolished now.

For now Ralph Lauren is likely just taking baby steps, I don't believe they will use all of the Brooks Brothers space, only the middle part of the building with other units on both sides. The store should be similar in size to the one in Toronto.

New Royal Bank signage is up at the HSBC main branch at Georgia and Hornby, just a block away from the Royal Bank main branch at Georgia and Burrard.

Conrad Yablonski · #**17803** Posted **Mar 31, 2024, 4:08 AM**

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Daiso Japan has indicated it will open a new location at City Square Shopping Centre, which is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Cambie Street and West 12th Avenue

Not nearly as much vomit, broken glass, & blood to clean up every AM up on Cambie.

Vin · #**17804** Posted **Apr 2, 2024, 6:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

I wonder how much shoplifting they had at the Granville store?
They should do well at City Square next to Sungiven.
There's a Dollarama on the level above.

Sigh, definitely more than you can imagine. It is terrible for retailers all around downtown Vancouver, and I wonder if there is a task force trying to tackle this. I think I saw Burberry's front door smashed up this morning.

officedweller · #**17805** Posted **Apr 5, 2024, 9:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by C3YVR

New Royal Bank signage is up at the HSBC main branch at Georgia and Hornby, just a block away from the Royal Bank main branch at Georgia and Burrard.

... and the signage at the top of the tower has been blanked out.
Not the right proportions for RBC signage, so it'll be interesting to see what goes up, if anything.

Pic by me today:

officedweller · #**17806** Posted **Apr 5, 2024, 9:13 PM**

Indigo Books & Music to Go Private
https://retail-insider.com/retail-in...rt-commentary/

jollyburger · #**17807** Posted **Apr 5, 2024, 9:16 PM**

It's been renamed to RBC Place?

https://www.cadillacfairview.com/off...erty=rbc-place

RBC Place was on the signage for the new pavilion at Royal Centre.. I wonder what's going to happen.

officedweller · #**17808** Posted **Apr 8, 2024, 8:54 AM**

Pic by me today:

SpongeG · #**17809** Posted **Apr 9, 2024, 12:22 AM**

Abercrombie & Fitch is opening at Metropolis, in Between Bath & Body Works and Psycho Bunny.

PXL_20240405_232030835 by snub_you, on Flickr

officedweller · #**17810** Posted **Apr 9, 2024, 1:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

It's been renamed to RBC Place?

RBC Place was on the signage for the new pavilion at Royal Centre.. I wonder what's going to happen.

Royal Centre is a much better name than "[acronym] Place".

trofirhen · #**17811** Posted **Apr 9, 2024, 3:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Pic by me today:

I am sort of sad to see the HSBC get eaten and disappear this way. What about the 37-storey Royal Centre tower just a block and a half away? Will there be two Royal Bank towers or what?

jollyburger · #**17812** Posted **Apr 9, 2024, 3:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Royal Centre is a much better name than "[acronym] Place".

Confirmation on the new naming for the old HSBC building.

Martin Thibodeau Regional President, British Columbia, RBC Royal Bank

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I had the privilege of meeting our new colleagues at RBC Place in Vancouver before visiting Fortuna House, Aberdeen Center and River Green locations in Richmond.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marti...36312320-DC5a/

officedweller · #**17813** Posted **Apr 9, 2024, 3:34 AM**

Winners construction pics at The Hudson.
Narrow entrance doorway with double door vestibule.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-...iler-store-new

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-...iler-store-new

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-...iler-store-new

PS Jollyburger confirmed it's Winners based on the sign permit application in this post:
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...ostcount=17522

s211 · #**17814** Posted **Apr 9, 2024, 4:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

I am sort of sad to see the HSBC get eaten and disappear this way.

I was sad to see the Bank of BC get eaten by HSBC.

Sheba · #**17815** Posted **Apr 9, 2024, 5:11 PM**

Surrey will soon start accepting applications for cannabis stores

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Council in Surrey, B.C., has voted in favour of a proposed policy framework around allowing cannabis retail shops to operate within city limits.

Despite the sale and consumption of recreational cannabis being legal in Canada and there being stores in many municipalities across the province, Surrey — the province's fastest growing city and second largest by population — has remained a significant outlier.

The proposed framework allowing two cannabis stores each in the neighbourhoods of Whalley/City Centre, Guildford, Fleetwood, Newton, South Surrey and Cloverdale was passed unanimously by council on Monday night.

City staff said they plan to begin accepting applications within the next few months.

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officedweller · #**17816** Posted **Apr 10, 2024, 12:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by s211

I was sad to see the Bank of BC get eaten by HSBC.

https://archive.org/details/Bank1552...age/1/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/Bank1552...ge/34/mode/2up

Migrant_Coconut · #**17817** Posted **Apr 10, 2024, 2:09 AM**

Meh, RBC has a more useful website.

officedweller · #**17818** Posted **Apr 12, 2024, 4:53 AM**

Someone posted on a Hive article about the Winners, that the old 3rd floor location will become a Marshalls.

theKB · #**17819** Posted **Apr 12, 2024, 6:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Someone posted on a Hive article about the Winners, that the old 3rd floor location will become a Marshalls.

I truly don't understand the difference between these two stores, considering they are all under the TJX umbrella. That said with the economy as it is, off-price retailing will continue to flourish.

SpongeG · #**17820** Posted **Apr 12, 2024, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by theKB

I truly don't understand the difference between these two stores, considering they are all under the TJX umbrella. That said with the economy as it is, off-price retailing will continue to flourish.

Marshalls is a little better organized and the selection seems a little better merchandised and curated compared to winners, like Marshalls will organize 3displays of the same brand together on a rack whereas winners seems to just throw everything in a big general section.

Marshalls was a separate company before they got bought out by TJX. Used to like going to it in Bellevue.