Hillside Centre expansion proceeds slowly
Manager hints large fashion retailer will anchor addition
BY DARRON KLOSTER
Times Colonist business editor
Hillside Centre has started discussing traffic issues with Victoria, but is still months away from a specific timeline on when it will start a proposed 100,000-square-foot addition that will make it the region’s largest shopping mall.
Hillside manager Rene Dickman said yesterday the centre has prospective tenants, and hinted the large anchor for the addition will likely be a fashion retailer. She refused to name specific clients and did not comment on sources that say Old Navy and trendy Swedish clothier H&M are interested in the space. H&M, which sells runway-inspired apparel at affordable prices and is endorsed by stars such as Madonna, is opening its first B.C. store in Coquitlam this fall and has plans for 10 more.
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#1
Posted 17 February 2007 - 11:08 AM
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#2
Posted 17 February 2007 - 02:13 PM
As mall-centric as Victoria is, those Nanaimo numbers show us that things could be much worse in this regard.
#3
Posted 17 February 2007 - 03:41 PM
#4
Posted 18 February 2007 - 11:34 PM
#5
Posted 19 February 2007 - 08:50 AM
Could be a good way to bring a street wall to Shellbourne and North Dairy.
Just a thought...
#6
Posted 19 February 2007 - 10:48 AM
What if they did the Parkade kind of like the Broughton Street Parkade. Three levels of parking above first floor shops.
Could be a good way to bring a street wall to Shellbourne and North Dairy.
Just a thought...
A real good thought...
Hope that the powers that decide get that kind of advice..
PS.. When I saw the overlay of Hilside Mall over downtown, I was quite impressed with the comparative area..
One thing though and it would probably be a shocker is to include all of the retail and commercial (roads included) along Hillside, Shelbourne, North Dairy) adjacent to the Mall to show how much more land is taken up for "auto-centric" activities...
#7
Posted 19 February 2007 - 11:20 AM
In one sense the mall is trying to entice more pedestrian use and in another its destroying the opportunity to build street-side retail or a street-side entrance to the mall. Hillside's retailers should be begging for the sort of exposure the Bay Centre's merchants have on Douglas with store windows leading right up to the sidewalk.
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Posted 19 February 2007 - 11:24 AM
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Posted 19 February 2007 - 11:30 AM
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#10
Posted 02 May 2007 - 08:59 AM
http://www.hillsidecentre.com/renovations
#11
Posted 02 May 2007 - 09:06 AM
There's a rendering on their website:
http://www.hillsidecentre.com/renovations
Some long-winded article in today's TC too.. I lost interest 2 paragraphs in.
#12
Posted 02 May 2007 - 09:15 AM
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Posted 02 May 2007 - 09:15 AM
#14
Posted 02 May 2007 - 09:20 AM
#15
Posted 02 May 2007 - 09:32 AM
The parkade idea is particularly out of date with current planning principles. Perhaps their theory is "we mustn't let the west comm big box stores dip into our local economy any longer!" Council would fall head over heels for something like that.
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#16
Posted 02 May 2007 - 09:54 AM
Having said that, I suppose they will require all their staff to park in the parkade, I'm thinking.
#17
Posted 02 May 2007 - 10:10 AM
#18
Posted 02 May 2007 - 10:10 AM
Wonder if it's based on the developer's peak needs as opposed to the City's average requirements..
But then again...
#19
Posted 02 May 2007 - 10:34 AM
It looks like they have re-aligned the entrances on Hillside. They may have Oaklands onside on this because of that. I remember when this came up last time they wanted an entrance aligned with Shakespeare with lights to relieve traffic on Doncaster.
#20
Posted 02 May 2007 - 10:51 AM
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