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Toronto Eaton Centre

WLKN has shuttered its pop-up location on the 2nd level, doors down from the reported closure of Shoo by Steve Madden.

RI covered the opening back in July. We'll see if the brand will transition to a permanent location soon.

https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...n-with-plans-for-several-locations-interview/
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A few more pics of the "Queen's Cross" hoarding:

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At first glance, concept-wise, it does seem similar to the old Richtree, just with new names for the restaurants inside. Did they really need to demolish the interiors? Just crazy glue some new signs and slap on some paint!

This does confirm that "Constance Taverne" upstairs in the old Duke of Richmond will be a different restaurant concept than the upcoming food market here.
 
Herschel and Warby Parker are now open.

Fox Home will be opening in the former Eddie Bauer store. Retail Insider has done an article on them:
https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...and-into-canada-with-multiple-stores-in-2023/

"Kiokii and..." will be opening in the WLKN space, next to Reiwatakiya, which is a related store brand. I'm assuming that they will close the Reiwatakiya shop once Kiokii is open, since it's practically the same thing, just in a larger space.
https://kiokii.com/pages/our-stores

Alo Yoga will be replacing Victoria's Secret Pink.
https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...rkets-and-open-several-more-stores-in-canada/

More info on the Queen's Cross food court concept by O&B from UT and a press release:
https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2023/0...ueens-cross-coming-toronto-eaton-centre.51370
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releas...liver-amp-bonacini-hospitality-809829951.html

To me, the pictures look like the setup will be similar to Richtree - the bar appears to be in the same place, just with different design.
 
Yea - this was from Saturday at CF TEC. Still tracking to figure out what's going on, but the location was always slow and it may have been in the wrong location for the product line.

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As posted in the Nordstrom thread by @Northern Light , Nordstrom will be closing all their stores and leaving the Canadian market.

https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...trom-rack-to-exit-canada-and-shut-all-stores/

This is rather disappointing, as I enjoyed the store and their staff quite a lot, even if it was a bit quiet. Now there's going to be another gigantic 3 storey void in the Eaton Centre again...the nightmare of Eatons and Sears part 3...

Who will (eventually) replace that space, I wonder?
 
soundmuseum said:
As posted in the Nordstrom thread by @Northern Light , Nordstrom will be closing all their stores and leaving the Canadian market.

https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...trom-rack-to-exit-canada-and-shut-all-stores/

This is rather disappointing, as I enjoyed the store and their staff quite a lot, even if it was a bit quiet. Now there's going to be another gigantic 3 storey void in the Eaton Centre again...the nightmare of Eatons and Sears part 3...

Who will (eventually) replace that space, I wonder?
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I think Maison Simons will be in kicking the tires shortly. Whether they actually sign for many of those spaces is TBD.

I concur w/R-I that Sherway is unlikely to get taken by anyone; though it's possible. But TEC and Yorkdale should be 'gold mine' locations if handled correctly.

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As to your comments on the store, I didn't really shop there much, dining in the resto a couple of times.

Overall, I felt they missed the mark on the TEC store. To me it never quite read as a flagship; the ceilings felt too low, they didn't have a large central atria; and they made the store next to invisible from the Dundas side; where the entrance felt like an afterthought.

I'm not suggesting they didn't have great staff and I would let others speak to the product assortment; but I felt they didn't get the vibe right.
 
I think Simons would be a better fit than Nordstrom in the Eaton Centre, but the space is larger than any of their current stores.
 
soundmuseum said:
As posted in the Nordstrom thread by @Northern Light , Nordstrom will be closing all their stores and leaving the Canadian market.

https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...trom-rack-to-exit-canada-and-shut-all-stores/

This is rather disappointing, as I enjoyed the store and their staff quite a lot, even if it was a bit quiet. Now there's going to be another gigantic 3 storey void in the Eaton Centre again...the nightmare of Eatons and Sears part 3...

Who will (eventually) replace that space, I wonder?
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Wow I'm pretty disappointed to be losing this. Was a great place for mens clothing, staff was always on point, I also preferred the in-store Suit Supply to the Yorkville location.
 
Slowly the good parts get replaced...
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From link.

Opened on April 19, 1979, the 18-screen complex was once cited in the Guinness Book of World Records and was an enormously popular venue for years. By no means a true Cinema Treasure, this theater once contained the world’s largest number of theaters in one multiplex, a forerunner of today’s megaplexes.

As the 1980’s and 1990’s wore on, however, the theater’s small screens began to fall out of favor with audiences and the multiplex was converted into a second-run house.

Unable to turn a profit, the theater finally closed on March 14, 2001, a victim of Loews' policy of retraction. It was demolished a few weeks after closing. Local moviegoers are not completely left in the dark, however, as the AMC Yonge & Dundas 24 opened nearby.
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I could see Simon’s take the second and third floor of the TEC Nordstrom and I could see the main floor become a connected hallway to the former atrium at Dundas Square. Or some sort of configuration like that makes sense. I agree that the TEC Nordstrom never felt “special”.
 
pw20 said:
I could see Simon’s take the second and third floor of the TEC Nordstrom and I could see the main floor become a connected hallway to the former atrium at Dundas Square. Or some sort of configuration like that makes sense. I agree that the TEC Nordstrom never felt “special”.
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Do you think a split configuration like that would be something that Toronto is ready for? Or would it be non-obvious to customers walking across that there are "flagship" store/stores that start above on the 2nd level instead of the ground level?

I'm thinking of something like Takashimaya Times Square in Shinjuku, Tokyo, where the gigantic building is split over different levels over North/South buildings between Takashimaya, Tokyu Hands, UNIQLO, various specialty Shops, Bookstores and Restaurants, etc.

https://www.takashimaya-global.com/en/stores/shinjuku/shinjuku-floor/

Takashimaya Department store itself takes up major sections from the basement to the 11th floor of the main building, Tokyu Hands takes parts of the 2nd to the 8th floors, Nitori Furniture is on the 1st to 5th of the South Building, Kinokuniya Books is on the 6th Floor, UNIQLO is on the 12th floor, various restaurants are on the 13th and 14th floors. I'm using this just as an example that seems fairly common in Japan.

I think that BMO has taken over the 4th floor and upwards from TEC Nordstrom, so of course the Eaton Centre spaces would be limited up to the 3rd floor (for now). The only comparable split I can think of is the Saks/Hudson's Bay divide at Queen and Yonge, and I don't think they did that very well.
 
pw20 said:
I could see Simon’s take the second and third floor of the TEC Nordstrom and I could see the main floor become a connected hallway to the former atrium at Dundas Square. Or some sort of configuration like that makes sense. I agree that the TEC Nordstrom never felt “special”.
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Isn't Nordstroms TEC only two floors already?
 
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