MindMe
New Member
I wouldn't buy groceries there but I do enjoy hitting their little hot bar/salad bar on a rainy saturday morning for a make your own brunch. The food is good and not horribly priced.
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gregv
Active Member
Whole Foods Market Square One construction continues. Roof and walls should be done by end of the month!
http://twitpic.com/3h5ibm
kondoz
Active Member
A friend at wholefoods said they are back to looking for a queen/king west location. Can anyone verify this?
Northern Light
Superstar
SQUARE ONE location, opens August 10, 2011
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For Kondoz: My info is that they are looking for a south-west Downtown location, where exactly that will be, I'm not sure, I suspect its a space that has yet to be created (ie. it will probably go under a new tower, but ya never know.
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For Kondoz: My info is that they are looking for a south-west Downtown location, where exactly that will be, I'm not sure, I suspect its a space that has yet to be created (ie. it will probably go under a new tower, but ya never know.
Dan416
Senior Member
Wow Whole Foods and Zara are sure taking their time opening at Sq1!
kondoz
Active Member
Ah ok thanks. Just curious. Their yorkville location is quite big and expanding so I assumed they would want a standalone. I thought they purchased the Stephenson's lot on Augusta/Richmond but no one can verify this so maybe not.
Northern Light
Superstar
New Whole Foods Location announced....(today's quarterly earnings release, by the company)
Markham, ON
Highway 7 & Warden area
Not sure if this will be part of 'downtown' Markham, or a free-standing box nearby.
But it will be open fairly soon, in 2012.
That's ahead of the North York, Yonge/Shepp. store which is under the huge Hullmark project, which is 2013.
Markham, ON
Highway 7 & Warden area
Not sure if this will be part of 'downtown' Markham, or a free-standing box nearby.
But it will be open fairly soon, in 2012.
That's ahead of the North York, Yonge/Shepp. store which is under the huge Hullmark project, which is 2013.
bAuHaUs
Active Member
It's part of Uptown Markham project (it will be on Highway 7 on the south-side opposite the Sheridan Nursuries).
taal
Senior Member
Are they still going ahead with the Yonge and Eglinton location ?
Northern Light
Superstar
My understanding......
bAuHaUs may well know better........
Was that Whole Foods took a pass on the space under the Madison Condos....(probably because of all the delays, but not sure)
They have/had a tentative deal for Bayview & Eglinton (Bayview just north of Eglinton, the old car dealership site)....
But that's been the subject of an OMB appeal. So I'm not sure what the status is on that, its not public either way.
They are however, finally, in a serious expansion drive in Ontario, so I would expect a few more announcements over the next few quarters.....
bAuHaUs may well know better........
Was that Whole Foods took a pass on the space under the Madison Condos....(probably because of all the delays, but not sure)
They have/had a tentative deal for Bayview & Eglinton (Bayview just north of Eglinton, the old car dealership site)....
But that's been the subject of an OMB appeal. So I'm not sure what the status is on that, its not public either way.
They are however, finally, in a serious expansion drive in Ontario, so I would expect a few more announcements over the next few quarters.....
taal
Senior Member
That sucks regarding madison ... it would have been great to have it at that location. The metro at Y&E center is small and crummy ...
Any idea what was behind all the delays with the condo by the way? They finally look like they're ready to go into sales now though.
The Eglinton and Bayview location is literally 100m from the metro at Eglinton and Bayview, seems like the Madison would have been a better fit.
yyzhyd
Active Member
Indeed on the south side, beside Sheridan Nurseries.
Link: http://www.yorkregion.com/news/article/1003444--whole-foods-market-to-open-store-in-markham
bAuHaUs
Active Member
Northern Light...all of what you say is correct. Unfortunately I'm on the outside looking in now as far as WFM is concerned. I have heard that they are kicking tires in Ancaster now....so measured growth in Ontario is still the case.
airplane-dude
Active Member
I don't believe that date is correct. There's been a sign up for quite sometime saying "Opening Spring 2011".
And driving by today, they were putting up the lighted signage on the store. Me thinks it will open up within the next few weeks max.
Northern Light
Superstar
Update on the proposed store on Bayview, north of Eglinton.
Its heading to the OMB this fall.
The local community is apparently OK w/the stated use(s) but there issues around parking and building size.
The Building size I think is excellent (essentially maxing out the lot area)
Parking is underground
The only real question...is 220 parking spaces enough for a Whole Foods + LCBO totally 7,600M2 or roughly 76,000 sq ft?
As I'm generally for less parking....I want to say yes (its plenty), though.....pre-Eglinton LRT I can see it being congested.
We shall see what the OMB has to say.
Article here:
http://mytowncrier.ca/grocery-plan-for-vacant-lot-heads-to-omb.html
Its heading to the OMB this fall.
The local community is apparently OK w/the stated use(s) but there issues around parking and building size.
The Building size I think is excellent (essentially maxing out the lot area)
Parking is underground
The only real question...is 220 parking spaces enough for a Whole Foods + LCBO totally 7,600M2 or roughly 76,000 sq ft?
As I'm generally for less parking....I want to say yes (its plenty), though.....pre-Eglinton LRT I can see it being congested.
We shall see what the OMB has to say.
Article here:
http://mytowncrier.ca/grocery-plan-for-vacant-lot-heads-to-omb.html