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Stephen's Jewellers in Frederick Mall is closing. The couple that has run it (parents of a former coworker of mine) are retiring.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BpWvFfcFbGu

There's a new halal supermarket opening up at the former shoppers drug Mart at hazel and Albert.

According to Cushman & Wakefield's leasing PDF, Structube will be opening a new store in Waterloo at the Kingspoint Centre in the empty pet store unit beside Bouclair, across from Homesense.

There are plans in motion to expand the shopping centre at Lackner and Ottawa St.

Building permits:
Work Type Shell - Only - Retail/Wholesale Store
Permit Description Permit is for shell only construction of a new one storey building attached to an existing plaza by a firewall and includes underground plumbing and façade alterations to existing building. See permit

Issue Year 2018
Work Type Site Services - Non-Residential Plumbing
Permit Description Permit is for site servicing for a future addition onto the existing building.

Site plan:
https://centrecorp.net/property/lackner-.../#property

Conestoga Mall Hits $1k-Per-Square-Foot Productivity Milestone


Conestoga Mall is the first shopping centre in Canada not located within a major metropolitan region to see annual sales per square foot surpass the $1,000 benchmark

I'm curious what their numbers would be without Apple. Apple is the leader in $/sqft in retail. An article from 2017 put it at $5500/sqft in US dollars.

(02-06-2019, 04:06 PM)MacBerry Wrote: [ -> ]Conestoga Mall Hits $1k-Per-Square-Foot Productivity Milestone
Conestoga Mall is the first shopping centre in Canada not located within a major metropolitan region to see annual sales per square foot surpass the $1,000 benchmark

Thanks for that post!
Conestoga Mall just needs a Tesla store now.

(01-01-2019, 05:44 PM)undelivered Wrote: [ -> ]According to Cushman & Wakefield's leasing PDF, Structube will be opening a new store in Waterloo at the Kingspoint Centre in the empty pet store unit beside Bouclair, across from Homesense.

Thanks! Was wondering what that was going to be. Looks like renovations finished up with the front entrance, imagine it may open in the near future.

Starbucks set to pour into old public utilities building in downtown Kitchener

Quote:This scuffed 87-year-old downtown gem of fine-cut stonework was once an energetic three-storey house of hydro and natural gas.

It's the weary old public utilities building across from Kitchener City Hall.

Now, coffee-giant Starbucks is poised to caffeine-jolt the decades-empty bottom levels of the 1932-built joint back to life with daily cup-and-saucer doses of espresso, caramel frappuccinos and cinnamon lattes.

Yes, a Starbucks restaurant is coming to King and Gaukel streets.

"The permit was just issued recently," city spokesperson Nicole Amaral said in an email on Thursday. "They can now proceed with construction."

About $400,000 worth of interior renovations is about to begin on the privately-owned heritage building, according to a permit application submitted by Les Carney of Starbucks Coffee Canada to the city Feb. 7.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/923...kitchener/

Storefront at Kitchener City Hall won’t be leased until 2021

Quote:City officials won't permanently fill the storefront at City Hall until at least 2021.

The retail space at 220 King St. W., on the western edge of Carl Zehr Square, has been empty since the end of February when the arts shop Open Sesame closed after a three-year stint in the space.

Open Sesame's owner Lauren Weinberg said the lack of foot traffic made the 1,150-square-foot location challenging. The space has been a tough sell over the years, housing a computer store, clothing store and bookstore.

The square will be under construction in 2020 and 2021, and access to the shop could be limited at times, so city officials decided not to lease it to a new tenant. Instead, the city will use the space for city programming that could include temporary art installations, a pop-up retail shop or community programs.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/923...ntil-2021/

(03-22-2019, 08:44 AM)Spokes Wrote: [ -> ]Starbucks set to pour into old public utilities building in downtown Kitchener

Quote:This scuffed 87-year-old downtown gem of fine-cut stonework was once an energetic three-storey house of hydro and natural gas.

It's the weary old public utilities building across from Kitchener City Hall.

Now, coffee-giant Starbucks is poised to caffeine-jolt the decades-empty bottom levels of the 1932-built joint back to life with daily cup-and-saucer doses of espresso, caramel frappuccinos and cinnamon lattes.

Yes, a Starbucks restaurant is coming to King and Gaukel streets.

"The permit was just issued recently," city spokesperson Nicole Amaral said in an email on Thursday. "They can now proceed with construction."

About $400,000 worth of interior renovations is about to begin on the privately-owned heritage building, according to a permit application submitted by Les Carney of Starbucks Coffee Canada to the city Feb. 7.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/923...kitchener/

I was really hoping for  craft brewery with restaurant for this beautiful building.  Another Star Buck ???  No thanks....

It will be interesting to see what you get for $400,000 of interior renovations.

(03-22-2019, 09:14 AM)Rainrider22 Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-22-2019, 08:44 AM)Spokes Wrote: [ -> ]Starbucks set to pour into old public utilities building in downtown Kitchener
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/923...kitchener/

I was really hoping for  craft brewery with restaurant for this beautiful building.  Another Star Buck ???  No thanks....

I always thought a microbrewery would be cool here too.  Have a brewhouse and call it the Pub (Public Utilities Building).  Seemed too easy.

(03-22-2019, 09:55 AM)panamaniac Wrote: [ -> ]It will be interesting to see what you get for $400,000 of interior renovations.

I was surprised by that number too.  I would think $400k gets you a lot more than the typical Starbucks furnishings.  I wonder if there is a lot of retrofitting that needs to be done.

They say it's going to be their largest in the area, so I imagine there's going to be a bit of a 'flagship' feel to it.