Is the combined McDonald's/Cultures/Grand & Toy all that much bigger than Harry Rosen's current location? Will it include the space that was the upper level of Atomosphere? Who will then move into the old HR location mid-mall? It used to be that the prestige was up in the north end of the mall (back when there was the big Birks store and Eaton's was still around), but perphaps HR sees itself better located near The Bay, whose menswear dept. is also on that level just across Queen?
The current HR is about 11,000 square feet. Which is small for a HR.
According to the leasing plan:
Grand and Toy is: 2650
Cultures: 1276
McDonalds: 2665
It says that the SportCheck Atmosphere was 8888 square feet, I'm just confused if that is the basement and main floor... The Good Life square footage isn't on the leasing plan.
Regardless... I could see Harry consolidating those second floor spaces (plus the Goodlife) and maybe the first floor atmosphere space...
Harry Rosen's have gotten fairly big - Bloor Street is over 50,000 SqFeet, Calgary's Flagship is 30,000 square feet, Yorkdale is about 15,000 ( I think they were looking to expand in the new wing), and First CDN place is about the same size as Yorkdale...
I don't think 20,000 square feet is out of the question it would be great if they have a street presence via the old atmosphere.
As for luxury in that area - I think it is moving south, the in store Burberry shop at the Bay faces Queen, as does the Coach boutique... adding Harry to the intersection is a great idea.
I guess what is unclear is