Richard White
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Who wrote that headline? One of Toronto's only?
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It really is. The only other one is on the Queenway and at Birchmount and Highway 7
It really is. The only other one is on the Queenway and at Birchmount and Highway 7
kthing
New Member
And one on High Tech Rd between Bayview and Yonge
G.L.17
Senior Member
That's too bad about the restaurants, I quite liked going to Dukes' when I lived in the area.
BB&B I'm not really too surprised; you could often find what you were looking for at Marshalls for a fraction of the cost.
Has anyone been down in the basement level recently? I'm curious on how the retail tenants down there are doing.
BB&B I'm not really too surprised; you could often find what you were looking for at Marshalls for a fraction of the cost.
Has anyone been down in the basement level recently? I'm curious on how the retail tenants down there are doing.
TossYourJacket
Senior Member
Yeah, neither of the other locations are remotely close to downtown, which is unfortunate. Like, it's pretty hilarious they're suggesting people just casually go to the Queensway location instead (which if you don't have a car, thats basically a non-starter). Hopefully we get something decent as a replacement.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
The basement of the building where the restaurants are looks like a service corridor.
WillTo
Senior Member
This is from Sept 3, 2020
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Of course, this is true (and a rather second rate service corridor at that) but we all commented, at length, and with remarkable unanimity about this and about the shortcomings of Aura in general when the building opened. Let's not start again. This from Nasty Post sums it all up: https://nationalpost.com/entertainm...gloom-as-in-the-solitude-of-the-shops-at-aura
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IKEA confirmed:
Northern Light
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You mean all my hint-dropping wasn't enough? LOL
AlvinofDiaspar
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Details:
www.newswire.ca
Sounds like the holding company for Ikea outright bought two levels:
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Ingka Centres acquires Toronto shopping destination to be anchored by IKEA Canada's first downtown store
/CNW/ - Ingka Centres and IKEA Canada (both part of Ingka Group) are excited to announce plans to make IKEA more accessible to Torontonians with the retailer's...
www.newswire.ca
Sounds like the holding company for Ikea outright bought two levels:
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Richard White
Senior Member
NL what I have learned since I first saw you posting is that you have more insight than most people into things that most people should not.
When you say something or drop a hint I take it at face value.
Northern Light
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I haven't seen the drawings for this one; but I thought that they had a part of the basement, 132,000ft2 is more than double the size of BBB's floor area.
To my understanding, they also purchased parking, I don't know if that's in the calculation.
AlvinofDiaspar
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I can imagine they could also displace Marshall's and whatever that gym is called now in the future if they want to snap it up as well (and perhaps even the Shops @ Aura completely?)
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Rascacielo
Senior Member
Ground and second floor? Most of the ground floor is taken by the now out-of-business restaurants on Gerrard. Are they going to evict the bank on the Yonge side? There's also a camera store and I think bubble tea place facing the park, but they're small. I don't know if this will help animate the basement, which is deader than Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.