I was in HSC and Mic Mac the other day and made a few observations:
HSC
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Victoria's Secret's space is being prepped (the old Bluenotes and Stokes locations)
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"Apple Store" (mystery space) construction is going smoothly
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Thinkkitchen is now open on the lower level
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Fossil is opening soon (not sure how soon)
- There is another space being prepped beside the future
Victoria's Secret that used to be more lower scale stores and the
Head Shoppe that is relocating to a space beside Sears and Coles to form a new flagship location. This new space is about 5000 sq ft.
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Lush is opening on the upper level sometime this year
- The mall in general was
much busier than Mic Mac
- A lot of lower end stores are having "everything must go sales", and are most likely closing
- A new Spa/Salon is opening beside
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory soon
MMM
- There are a number of new spaces being prepared
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Toys R Us is still open, I was told that their lease was ending in January so this seemed odd