JoeUrban
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I was watching a Conan O'brien clip last night and they mentioned the Spreckels theatre in San Diego and it reminded me of the Bay, how about a new downtown theatre
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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion
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FCC1982
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^I like that idea for the Bay building.
trtcttc
Senior Member
It probably doesn't help that RioCan owns The Bay building but CDPQ and AIMCo owns Core Shopping Centre. I hope RioCan puts it up for sale and a Pension Plan takes it. They're slow but they're also willing to wait out cycles and take longer view on their investments
YYCguy
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On the topic of Hudson Bay, we will find out this week if Ruby Liu will be approved to take over the leases she’s requested.
FCC1982
Senior Member
^Is the Calgary DT Bay store on her list ?
Nawads
Active Member
No, but she wanted Chinook and Market Mall. Interestingly, the article in the retail thread about Chinook mentioned that CF plans to split the Hudson's bay space for multiple retailers but is waiting out the court decision on the leases. Which makes sense, as CF has always been strongly against Ruby Liu in any of their malls.
trtcttc
Senior Member
The primary reason they are against is that her business plan is pretty thin on details, but also her plans for "mall within a mall". Where there will be food and other services within her space. That's problematic for mall operators because they want to determine the product mix. When they sign a food retailer to the food court, they have to be able to tell them what other food retail is in the mall. If she's allowed to do what she wants with her space, it'd be much harder for the mall to lease out other spaces since other tenants have very little control over the rest of the mall.
adamyyc
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I really want the DT bay to be used for a public use. If Glenbow wasn’t already under renovation, I feel like they could have stayed open while renovating this property then doing a big move.
Speaking of the HBC and art, a bunch of HBC’s art is going up for auction:
www.heffel.com
Speaking of the HBC and art, a bunch of HBC’s art is going up for auction:
Heffel | Canadas National Fine Art Auction House - Live Art Auction
Heffel fine art live auction. Buy artworks by: Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips, Adam Sherriff Scott, George Franklin Arbuckle, Charles Fraser Comfort, Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Would the downtown Bay work as a new AUA campus? Assuming they added some floors somehow.
darwink
Senior Member
I doubt they would need to add floors.
It would probably work. What is it, 360,000 square feet? Nothing in the interior has heritage value.
A hundred million or so could go a long way, depending on how much remediation would be needed.
Would be nice if they could have some sort of atrium so as to allow natural light into the campus. Would be a nice central location and also tied to an historic building, it would be a cool spot for an arts campus.
YYCguy
Active Member
I love so many of those paintings but sadly they are way way way out of reach for me!I really want the DT bay to be used for a public use. If Glenbow wasn’t already under renovation, I feel like they could have stayed open while renovating this property then doing a big move.
Speaking of the HBC and art, a bunch of HBC’s art is going up for auction:
Heffel | Canadas National Fine Art Auction House - Live Art Auction
Heffel fine art live auction. Buy artworks by: Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips, Adam Sherriff Scott, George Franklin Arbuckle, Charles Fraser Comfort, Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
adamyyc
Senior Member
Right?!!! I would love to own a piece of Canadian history, especially one as beautiful as some of those paintings.I love so many of those paintings but sadly they are way way way out of reach for me!
ByeByeBaby
Active Member
Interesting that the most valuable painting by far (more than the other 26 put together) is by an amateur hobbyist rather than a professional artist.I love so many of those paintings but sadly they are way way way out of reach for me!
Nawads
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I presume there will be many more auctions, considering this is only 27 pieces out of 4400 Heffel is meant to be auctioning off?