[David A]

A night at the movies inside downtown's failing mall

It's Halloween, and five 7pm-ish screenings at Landmark Cinemas inside Edmonton City Centre have mostly sold a quantity of tickets that can be counted on two hands. The only proper horror movie on this day of days for horror movies is Shelby Oaks, and it has just one paying viewer: Me.

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I think everyone in Edmonton was on Whyte Ave for Halloween, maybe because it fell on a weekend this year. Whyte Ave was gridlock for blocks when I was there.

 

[IanO]

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[David A]

There are salvageable parts of this mall that could be retained with a major rethink of how it fits into the downtown scene -- there will be a better financial impetus for this once the VLW is complete and functioning. Planning for that eventuality, however, should begin now.

Assuming VLW will be approximately on schedule and not so delayed like its eastern counterpart, now or fairly soon would probably make sense to start redevelopment, so it could be completed when VLW is done and running.

 

[The_Cat]

LRT? Maybe more glass just below Stantec to express ourselves?

 

[ADob]

I think the space could definitely use a bank. Or maybe another Shoppers with its windows plastered with giant photos of smiling old people blowing dandelion fluff to express their joie de vivre, as supported by a variety of pharmaceuticals.

 

[NicolBolas]

I think the space could definitely use a bank. Or maybe another Shoppers with its windows plastered with giant photos of smiling old people blowing dandelion fluff to express their joie de vivre, as supported by a variety of pharmaceuticals.

We could bring the Northeast side of Edmonton downtown by opening up a liquor store, weed store, pizza place and a shawarma/donair place side by side.

 

[ADob]

We could bring the Northeast side of Edmonton downtown by opening up a liquor store, weed store, pizza place and a shawarma/donair place side by side.

Oh, I think we have enough of those as it stands but why the hell not?

 

[Gronk!]

How about 1 or 2 medical clinics? I'm hoping that ECC can surpass Westmount Mall!

 

[JuliallThat]

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[BrettB]

There's a downtown Costco in Vancouver (with a selection of smaller condo-sized products) so it's not unheard of...

 

[inclusion]

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[johnnyboy]

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Somehow I expect the Edmonton Chamber would complain that the $1.50 hot dog is killing downtown restaurant businesses.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

^^OMG Talk about breathing life to that block. That would be amazing and would completely transform this area.

 

[yeggator]

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This would unironically do more for Downtown revitalization than literally everything else combined

 

[_urbanite]

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I actually wouldn't mind this haha. Maybe a Costco Business center instead of a regular Costco though. All that's missing is the Costco grey corrugated metal cladding, which would be a perffffect cladding choice for Downtown Edmonton