Hudson’s Bay will not open at Vancouver’s redeveloped Oakridge Park, allowing QuadReal an opportunity to bring new retailers, wellness, and unique community spaces to the project.
Activities at the property will aim to drive foot traffic and connect with the community as the former Oakridge Centre prepares for its overhaul unveiling next year.
Craig and Lee discuss the latest Oakridge Park announcement, highlighting the addition of luxury and upper contemporary brands to Vancouver's retail landscape and how it will impact downtown.
The massive mixed-use project, developed by QuadReal and Westbank, will create a significant luxury retail node in Vancouver with brands such as Louis Vuitton and Prada.
This week Craig and Lee discuss the Vancouver luxury retail market including upcoming changes. While downtown Vancouver has dominated in terms of luxury retail offerings, two landlords are building malls that will also target luxury brands and may split the market into three separate luxury retail nodes that could have an impact on the region for years to come.
Canadian cities are seeing new food halls that are creating increased footfall and drawing in consumers from a wider area. But will we become oversaturated if too many are built?
We spoke with QuadReal Executive VP of Retail, Andy Clydesdale about the retail component of a new municipal town centre that will be unlike anything seen in Canada to date.
A new report by Statistics Canada shows a significant increase between 2004 and 2016 that far exceeds population growth, with shopping centres playing a big role.
Vancouver City Council has approved an expansion of Oakridge Centre. The mall will see its retail component expand substantially, including at least two newly-built department stores. Other features and amenities will be added to the project with a total estimated cost of about $1.5 billion.
Joe's will open its first Canadian store tomorrow at Vancouver's Oakridge Centre. The popular denim and apparel brand will be located adjacent to the mall's current Hudson's Bay store.
The store will be 1,483 square feet according to the mall's...
The landlord for Vancouver's Oakridge Centre is courting high-end American department stores including Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstrom. We've highlighted part of a report noting this, in a new space estimated to be about 155,000 square feet.
The image below is part of page 51 of the...
Oakridge Shopping Centre is getting three newly-built anchor stores, as well as a new Safeway grocery store. We recently reported on Oakridge's substantial renovation that will double its retail square footage.
These floorplans are only initial renderings and anchor tenant sizes and...