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[G-Man]

Haynes helped me keep me 1975 Volvo station wagoon running for years. I miss the days of simplicity.

[Bingo]

 But the Haynes manual never disappointed. Great $20 investment for every car I ever owned.

I helped a friend install a used window winder in an old Toyoto. We found the parts at Chapman Motors in Cobble Hill, and I think we used a similar manual.

I think Haynes also makes mens underware.

[Bingo]

The stones were removed just to the right of Thrifty Foods to install this.

It doesn't seem to be part of Canadian Tire.

 

[VicHockeyFan]

[Mixed365]

 

Thanks for the photo VHF. 

Quite something. A true large scale store, turning it more like a warehouse than a retail store. Omni channel! Reminds me of the new pick-up location at the Save-On-Foods at Gateway Village. 

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 04 November 2016 - 06:11 PM.

[VicHockeyFan]

https://www.cnet.com...or-900-million/

 

Sears offloads Craftsman to Stanley Black & Decker for $900 million

[VicHockeyFan]

Would anyone mind if Hillside Mall converted some space to rental apartments, with customer parking underneath?  It's in the CoV, where they want more housing, and it's on multiple bus routes, and away from most residential that might object.  Allow a signage variance so that mall tenants can have their sings on the outside of the towers.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...4260054?cmp=rss

 

First it was Woodward's. Then it was Zellers.

 

Now, the next thing Lower Mainland malls could lose are their vast parking lots.

 

Mall owners are realizing they can make far more money housing people rather than cars and some are pursuing high-density residential developments.

 

One such development will be the subject of a public hearing in Burnaby on Monday.

 

Shape Properties is planning a 37-storey residential tower on the parking lot of Lougheed Town Centre Mall, one of four planned for the mall site.

 

The proposed development aligns with others at other mall sites in the city — like Brentwood Town Centre and Metrotown — and even elsewhere in Metro Vancouver.

 

No one from the City of Burnaby was made available to comment for this story.

 

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 26 August 2017 - 10:08 AM.

[Nparker]

Would anyone mind if Hillside Mall converted some space to rental apartments, with customer parking underneath? ...

If it covers over some of Hillside's acres of asphalt, then to quote a local personality, I say "Bring it on!"

[VicHockeyFan]

I can't think of a better place for it (housing).  And make the street frontage very interesting at level 1 and 2.  

 

Replicate St. John's maybe.

 

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 26 August 2017 - 10:36 AM.

[Nparker]

Perhaps the next expansion at Mayfair can include a housing component as well. That eastern side parking lot is calling out for some better land usage.

[VicHockeyFan]

You'd think the car dealers, both downtown and along Douglas/Cloverdale/Saanich could figure out a better way to use their land too.

[aastra]

I'd say Hillside's residential setting makes it really suitable for something. Maybe a couple of strategically placed 8- or 9-story buildings with fairly small footprints so as not to display displace too much parking (which would thus dictate a new parkade or underground parking).

Edited by aastra, 14 October 2017 - 09:53 AM.

[VicHockeyFan]

You could have above-ground parkade levels that only face into the centre.  

 

See, it makes me wonder why we did not see residential above place like the new car shop on Bay/Douglas.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 26 August 2017 - 11:15 AM.

[Nparker]

...it makes me wonder why we did not see residential above places like the new car shop on Bay/Douglas.

Because locally, we rarely see anyone think outside the box. The Crystal Pool replacement is the perfect example. It should absolutely come with a residential component, but it wont.

[Mike K.]

Residential is part of Hillside's long-term strategy. I think it was in the late 90's or early 00's that they released a long-term vision document to outline the mall's future and how it would fit into the existing neighbourhood.

Tillicum has a 13-storey rental tower approved for the rear lot. Uptown will also incorporate a residential building, so this trend is starting to materialize

[Nparker]

...Tillicum has a 13-storey rental tower approved for the rear lot. Uptown will also incorporate a residential building, so this trend is starting to materialize

Based on what has been built to date I would say that locally, this trend is more theoretical than material.

Speaking of the Uptown residential component, any word on when this might actually get started?

[Bingo]

An Ontario Superior Court judge has approved a request by Sears Canada to liquidate all of its remaining stores.

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...ities-1.4353011

 

[tjv]

I was thinking they could renovate/demolish the old Sears for a new Costco.  Victoria does need a 2nd Costco

[sdwright.vic]

Thrifty's has a no compete clause in their lease. It had to be worked out for Target to have its food section.

[tjv]

there is your answer, get rid of Thrifty's