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Ugh? did it shrink now..lol
sunnyraytoronto
Senior Member
Aura’s basement retail-condo mall might finally have competition,... for deadest mall - New Horizon Mall north of Calgary with only 9 stores open out of 517 retail-condo units (IE 98% empty), 6 months after opening.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-horizon-mall-calgary-retail-business-1.4831026
https://calgaryherald.com/business/...delays-grand-opening-developer-remains-upbeat
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-horizon-mall-calgary-retail-business-1.4831026
https://calgaryherald.com/business/...delays-grand-opening-developer-remains-upbeat
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kotsy
Senior Member
Holy! Great post!
TheKingEast
Senior Member
At least they can redevelop that land or make major renovations. There is no saving the basement.
WillTo
Senior Member
Downtown Toronto
Active Member
Don't forget about "Improve Canada", also a ghost "mall", that one has been open forever and still has major vacancies/failed businesses. The hilarious thing is the fake 4.1 star review on Google, mostly desperate business operators within the mall trying to drum up interest by submitting fake/5 star reviews. These condo retail shoe box type units/malls have mostly all been major failures in North America.
TheKingEast
Senior Member
I guess it can't be any worse than Jorgensen Hall.
vini007
Active Member
get affordable apartments there should do it..
Miscreant
Senior Member
I was in Calgary once--albeit briefly. This is obviously an extreme case, but the entire city is bizarrely sterile.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
It's a little overbuilt right now since it was so high growth and went right into recession. Iirc they have like a 25% vacancy rate for downtown space right now.
Tarazet
New Member
'Ice' and Aura. Sorry to bump the thread.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
Good time for a bump.
The worst architects in the city have given us a gift that keeps on giving, and will continue to give Toronto residents its love every winter for the forseeable future:
The worst architects in the city have given us a gift that keeps on giving, and will continue to give Toronto residents its love every winter for the forseeable future:
raptor
Senior Member
To be fair, ice was falling from all high rise buildings downtown yesterday. There is no need to single out this one.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
Maybe not, I learned that 1 Bloor East had the same issue after posting last night. BUT this building has a notoriously unfriendly pedestrian environment at ground level whenever it rains, or ice melts. The designers just didn't care to weather-protect their design.
ushahid
Senior Member
Aura might be ugly but it is a landmark of night time. stands out the most.