The_Cat
Senior Member
Probably putting it up for sale.
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Gronk!
Senior Member
I hope so. Overall, LaSalle has been incompetent when it comes to managing a downtown mall in a major Canadian city.
Kosy123
Senior Member
Either a renovation or a sale pls, City Centre Mall is a big component of revitalizing downtown vibrancy.
I’m surprised they don’t just offer 2 hour free parking similar to West Block to poach some possible foot traffic.
I’m surprised they don’t just offer 2 hour free parking similar to West Block to poach some possible foot traffic.
JNO1
Active Member
ASAP cannot come soon enough. Having spent a great deal of time in the west end of that mall over the last 4 months, it is a ghost town, at best, and an absolute $#i! show more often that not. A complete embarrassment for this city.
David A
Senior Member
Because of all the vacant spaces it seems fairly empty, but there are still over a dozen stores and businesses still here in the west half of the mall. Relocating all of them would be an undertaking.
So the previous plan or something similar focusing just on the far west side (ie. the former Bay space and spaces near to that) where most of the vacant space is probably still makes sense.
However, I don't feel the biggest problem is the mall itself, but more a general hesitancy still for many retail businesses to locate downtown and a city that has a very suburban mentality.
So the mall itself is not the embarrassment, but it is a visible reflection on our attitude and approaches as a city which should make us all uncomfortable.
JNO1
Active Member
^ We had a number of folks from various places across Canada at the Gala and opening for Unceded in March and at various other times since then. Most commented on the sad state of the mall. Between the empty stores and the people stumbling through yelling and screaming I felt like I was in some sort zombie apocolypse movie. It was truly embarassing. At least for me.
northlands
Senior Member
Sad thinking back to it being a pretty great mall really not all that long ago.
I went to a midnight release of Skyrim at the ECC basement Gamestop back in 2011... you'd have to pay me to step foot in that place past 4:30 PM today
Avenuer
Senior Member
Westrich involved?
MacLac
Senior Member
Doesn’t matter who buys and sells the property. What do you think? Retailers will magically appear? Let’s hope they have plans to demolish and build apartments.
bodsbods9090
Senior Member
Offworld
Active Member
It's likely a combination of manager, owner's financial resources and one of the least stable downtown office, hotel, retail and multi-res markets in Canada.
David A
Senior Member
Look around at all the vacant store fronts downtown. So no, it is not the mall owner. It is us as a city who do not value our downtown or make enough effort to improve it.
We should be embarrassed, because it is embarrassing.
We should be embarrassed, because it is embarrassing.
Greenspace
Senior Member
Edmonton City Centre is in receivership:
Gus Haynes
Active Member
That would certainly qualify as "significant news", although perhaps not the development we hoped to hear...
Toddbrummet
New Member
Another sad day for #dtyeg