Broadway on 17th | 154m | 47s | Vesta | Zeidler

[IanBray]

Also I just realized it looks like they're demolishing this building which is actually super lame View attachment 654741

I was going to ask about this. The last rendering had this building being kept and it hasn't been demolished with the rest of the buildings. Odd that it will now be demolished unless it is just hard to see from the new rendering angles?

 

[UrbanWarrior]

The last thing anyone needs is a downtown Wal-Mart. But yes agreed on the rest.

 

[DiscoStu]

The last thing anyone needs is a downtown Wal-Mart. But yes agreed on the rest.

While it may not add style points, I'm sure many in the Beltline would appreciate access to more affordable shopping options for basics. One of the things I noticed during my time living in the Beltline is you either had to put up with significantly higher prices, or make a trip to the suburbs.

 

[O-tac]

I want to see a daylight rendering. Is it just square with night lighting adding that design? Do the balconies make a similar pattern? What colour is the building? It’s really hard to tell.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

While it may not add style points, I'm sure many in the Beltline would appreciate access to more affordable shopping options for basics. One of the things I noticed during my time living in the Beltline is you either had to put up with significantly higher prices, or make a trip to the suburbs.

I understand that, but I'd really prefer for a bunch of downtown businesses to not go out of business. No Frills is a newly opened affordable grocery store, which I think should fill that niche.

 

[ByeByeBaby]

I understand that, but I'd really prefer for a bunch of downtown businesses to not go out of business. No Frills is a newly opened affordable grocery store, which I think should fill that niche.

This comment doesn't make sense to me. It's been a while (since there isn't one in the centre city!) but I thought Wal-Mart sold mostly clothing and general merchandise. And I haven't been to the No Frills, but I thought they were only groceries.

If all Wal-Mart sells is groceries, then they can't endanger a bunch of downtown businesses, only a handful of big chain supermarkets. If they still sell all that other stuff, then a No Frills is hardly satisfying that niche.

I think that the Centre City has relatively few options for inexpensive/basic clothing beyond Winners and maybe some of the stuff at Simon's. A lot of the home ware type stuff is covered by Canadian Tire, but a second store doesn't seem excessive.

 

[CallmeCatbread]

They're (likely) talking about how statistically smaller businesses are unable to compete with Walmart and they usually have to go out of business when Walmart enters a market. This is certainly true for small towns, I'm not sure how true it is for the downtown of a big city.

 

[badc0ffee]

They're (likely) talking about how statistically smaller businesses are unable to compete with Walmart and they usually have to go out of business when Walmart enters a market. This is certainly true for small towns, I'm not sure how true it is for the downtown of a big city.

Yeah, Walmart will put the small hardware stores, grocery, sports/outdoor stores, toy stores, and pharmacies out of business in small towns, but I can't see the parallel in downtown Calgary. Where we have those small shops they're going to be targeting a higher end market anyway.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

*Shrug* Either way, the less evil, exploitative American corporations here, the better. But yes that is what I was referring to.

 

[1875]

in that case maybe a pocket woodwards or hbc

 

[Joborule]

Would a Walmart on 17th in the Beltline be even how they operate in Canada? They don't have downtown locations in Vancouver or Toronto. I think they like to have a location just on the outskirts of it. So with the Westbrook location, that's as close as they would want to get. At least until they decide that is a thing they want to start doing.