(06-26-2017, 01:39 PM)timc Wrote: Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

(07-09-2017, 10:14 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: I could have sworn we had a Toronto Premium Outlets thread in the outside of Waterloo Region section, so I apologize that this is not related Waterloo Region retail, but also didn't think it warranted a thread of its own.

It sickens me, and frustrates me, every time we come past Trafalgar Rd @ 401 and see the sea of parking and the line of vehicles backed up to the 407 all trying to get to the Toronto Premium Outlets, but now they are building a parking garage:


I seriously wonder how much this particular mall has cost society in lost productivity from traffic congestion and excess pollution.

I suspect that as the novelty of this overhyped, marketing experiment will wear off in short order as the frustration about traffic issues mount, people will stop going. Much look the big box/power centre retailing of the last 20 years is now having to re-invent itself I wonder what will happen to the property when it does fall out of fashion as there are not a lot of repurposing possibilities.

Probably not a surprise, but I have not been, and have no interest in going, but from what I have heard and read it is really just an outdoor mall with "premium" brands and no "outlet" prices. I really do not understand the appeal of this particular set-up: driving long distances, queuing to get in the parking lot, circling the lot endlessly looking for a parking spot, walking a long distance, queuing up to get in to a store, fighting a crowd to maybe finding a semi-decent deal, etc., but congratulate the marketing team for a job well done in generating such intense hype. Even if one is looking for a shopping "experience" this does not sound appealing to me; how little people must value their time to put themselves through all that.

Sorry for the rant.

(07-09-2017, 10:14 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: I could have sworn we had a Toronto Premium Outlets thread in the outside of Waterloo Region section, so I apologize that this is not related Waterloo Region retail, but also didn't think it warranted a thread of its own.

It sickens me, and frustrates me, every time we come past Trafalgar Rd @ 401 and see the sea of parking and the line of vehicles backed up to the 407 all trying to get to the Toronto Premium Outlets, but now they are building a parking garage:


I seriously wonder how much this particular mall has cost society in lost productivity from traffic congestion and excess pollution.

I suspect that as the novelty of this overhyped, marketing experiment will wear off in short order as the frustration about traffic issues mount, people will stop going. Much look the big box/power centre retailing of the last 20 years is now having to re-invent itself I wonder what will happen to the property when it does fall out of fashion as there are not a lot of repurposing possibilities.

Probably not a surprise, but I have not been, and have no interest in going, but from what I have heard and read it is really just an outdoor mall with "premium" brands and no "outlet" prices. I really do not understand the appeal of this particular set-up: driving long distances, queuing to get in the parking lot, circling the lot endlessly looking for a parking spot, walking a long distance, queuing up to get in to a store, fighting a crowd to maybe finding a semi-decent deal, etc., but congratulate the marketing team for a job well done in generating such intense hype. Even if one is looking for a shopping "experience" this does not sound appealing to me; how little people must value their time to put themselves through all that.

Sorry for the rant.