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[aastra]

No need to be negative, either:

 

"New development will have abundant open space"

 

in the form of surface parking

[Victoria Watcher]

that last one is good.

I thought already that pharmacy upstairs at uptown was slow. now it gets a competitor.

[Mike K.]

Headline B was “Saanich pocket park to make way for corporate enterprises,” but I wasn’t sure if they’d all be enterprises. We could see a government office in there, like the new Ministry of Social Distancing.

[grantpalin]

Pretty underwhelming. That corner needs something of prominence, not a low-profile building and a parking lot. That location doesn't need on-site parking given it is at the convergence of multiple bus routes and has plentiful parking within Uptown next door.

[Matt R.]

One thing is for sure, gonna need a bigger LRT!!

Matt.

[Victoria Watcher]

according to the directory now and the wayback machine back to september 2019, the centre has about 95 shops/services/offices now, to 91 back then.

 

gone since september 2019:

 

chai fashions

cupcakes at uptown

flavour

dr. bernstein diet

ecotique salon

forever 21

l/l suppply

the north face

the studio design and marketing

zennkai salon

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 November 2020 - 04:38 PM.

[Darren14]

I work at uptown and we just got phase 4 plans for the gravel pit beside wholefoods.

300 units

[Nparker]

I work at Uptown and we just got phase 4 plans for the gravel pit beside wholefoods. 300 units

Have the plans altered from the "skyscraper" (11 floors I believe) that was envisioned for this location?

[Mike K.]

At over twice the density I'd have to think so.

[zoomer]

Whatever happened to that Fort McMurray based pub/games venue proposal?

[Darren14]

Have the plans altered from the "skyscraper" (11 floors I believe) that was envisioned for this location?

 

 

Looks like it

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[Nparker]

Let's hope some better renderings emerge.

[Rob Randall]

Fed up with low wages and high-risk pandemic conditions, janitors at Uptown Shopping Centre have voted to strike.

The group of workers unionized with SEIU Local 2 in June 2020 and since then has been demanding its employer, Everclean Facility Services, provide workers with a living wage and paid sick days. Currently, janitors are paid $15.25 per hour, 65 cents above B.C.’s minimum wage.

 

 

https://www.saanichn...-vote-to-strike