AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
The way this ensemble terminated the Eaton Centre atrium really doesn't work well - it looks like a mess (i.e. a more upscale version of the 10 Dundas E exterior facade).
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TossYourJacket
Senior Member
Needs more fake fans lol
officedweller
Senior Member
Agreed that the black ceiling treatment for Simons should have skewed to the right towards the entrance.
Eataly's sign is off-centre to the right on its facade and aligned at the top of its window.
Nike is centred on its facade relates well to its store facade.
I wonder whether a uniform background treatment with 3 logos would have worked?
Simons would probably have wanted their signature green.
It could have been worse:
queenseagle.com
I think Simons sign is lined up down the atrium, but is off-centre on its facade and sits on the bottom sill of the window.
Eataly's sign is off-centre to the right on its facade and aligned at the top of its window.
Nike is centred on its facade relates well to its store facade.
I wonder whether a uniform background treatment with 3 logos would have worked?
Simons would probably have wanted their signature green.
It could have been worse:
Queens Center and Queens Place Malls will stay open, with some restrictions — Queens Daily Eagle
Queens Place Mall is located in the yellow “precautionary” zone, while Queens Center Mall down the street is in the orange “warning” zone
queenseagle.com
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Tuscani01
Senior Member
Eataly opens November 25th!
TossYourJacket
Senior Member
So something we have kinda missed on here lately in the massive expansion of Aritzia, who are expanding their existing store to include the entire former Le Chateau space on Level 2. After the expansion is done it's going to be one of the largest stores at TEC. And tbh this mostly came to mind for me today as they were announced as the 1st of 4 tenants for the former Nordstrom box in Vancouver (they're taking over the corner of Robson and Howe) with a new 40,000 sqft store in 2027. Meanwhile the new TEC store should be done this winter, if signage is to be believed.
nightstreak
Active Member
Are they taking over the little space next to Aldo too?
I really hope CF reconsiders their outside envelope and how stores turn their backs on the street. Look at the Albert St entrance. It’s usually fairly lively out here yet the stores have opaque windows. What a waste not only for the street presence but the stores who could have better engagement with passersby.
I really hope CF reconsiders their outside envelope and how stores turn their backs on the street. Look at the Albert St entrance. It’s usually fairly lively out here yet the stores have opaque windows. What a waste not only for the street presence but the stores who could have better engagement with passersby.
TossYourJacket
Senior Member
I think so. I'll have to check next time I walk through TEC but I'm pretty sure the construction hoarding is all the way to Aldo.
As for the Albert St entrance, it would be nice if Aritzia added one of their cafe's (which I believe is part of the plan for the expanded store) and had it open out onto the patio space there.
nightstreak
Active Member
That would be nice. James and Albert could be a nice quaint street, a rare “small town” outdoor space for a mall of this size, but CF doesn’t understand the benefit of making their outside spaces attractive.
Not inside ≠ Not selling is the mentality here when it should be: create attractive spaces and people will be drawn here and stay longer, returning inside to make purchases.
Opposite Aritzia but on the second floor, Lululemon could totally support a 2 level flagship if they took the ground level as well.
shortbranch
Active Member
Eataly opens today at 3pm
officedweller
Senior Member
I see that Simons is prepared for a riot with the roll down door.
soundmuseum
Active Member
WHY ARE YOU CLOSED?! THE PEOPLE OF TORONTO WANT TO SHOP!!!!
Northern Light
Superstar
As this is not the Urban Vancouver Forum, I will not drop the other Pacific Centre tenant's names....
But I will say.........its CF............so maybe you won't be surprised.
nightstreak
Active Member
The final piece of the Eatons/Sears/Nordstrom box reconfiguration is finished:
It's not bad but it's sadly far more opaque than I was expecting. The Simons/Nike/Eataly corner feels like an endpoint nook rather than the continuation of the mall through a corridor that this was initially billed as. Eataly has its cafe on one side, and an escalator up on the side closest to Simons.
Outside, the windswept Yonge entrance remains so. I still have my hopes up for an activation of this space as a patio in the Spring.
Back inside, the so-called "corridor" which is more of a cul-de-sac could use some seating and/or planters by the pillars :
It's not bad but it's sadly far more opaque than I was expecting. The Simons/Nike/Eataly corner feels like an endpoint nook rather than the continuation of the mall through a corridor that this was initially billed as. Eataly has its cafe on one side, and an escalator up on the side closest to Simons.
Outside, the windswept Yonge entrance remains so. I still have my hopes up for an activation of this space as a patio in the Spring.
Back inside, the so-called "corridor" which is more of a cul-de-sac could use some seating and/or planters by the pillars :
pw20
Senior Member
So... Simons, Eately, Nike.
Tuscani01
Senior Member
I mean, it turned out exactly how I said it would prior to all this work happening. The idea that this was going to be a mall corridor was nothing but speculation.