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[sebberry]

You don't have to prepay, you can use a credit card at the pump.

 

Before you pump  

[LJ]

^Yeah, I guess, prepay to me always meant you had to go to the counter, tell them how much you thought you might need, give them that amount, go back and pump the gas, then go retrieve your change or add to the total. a royal PITA.

 

I call the credit card thing "pay at the pump" rather than prepay.

[Matt R.]

You're splitting hairs.

Matt.

[RoadRunner]

There is a sign in the window at 1102 Government Street (@Fort) that says Lugaro Jewellery will be opening in the space next spring.

 

The space was previously occupied by a souvenir shop.

[Mike K.]

A vape supply store has opened on Quadra between Pandora and Johnson.

[HB]

I just saw one in Fairfield Plaza today

[29er Radio]

vaping is the new pot shop

[spanky123]

vaping is the new pot shop

 

They should combine the two. Then again, vaping has a few rules that are enforced so probably not a good idea!

[VicHockeyFan]

Momease Baby Boutique will open a new location soon on Hillside, in addition to their Mattick's Farm store.

[jonny]

Lowe's has agreed to purchase Rona for $3.2B. Lowe's has valued the company at over two times yesterday's closing share price of $11.77.

 

This compares with Lowe's offer three years ago of only $1.8B.

 

Apparently they will be keeping the Rona store name (for now).

 

http://business.fina...provement-giant

[lanforod]

Hmm. Will this one be looked at by regulators first? I hate the loss of competition here. Soon there won't be any home improvement left beyond Home Depot and Lowes. That sucks.

[VicHockeyFan]

Hmm. Will this one be looked at by regulators first? I hate the loss of competition here. Soon there won't be any home improvement left beyond Home Depot and Lowes. That sucks.

 

I'd generally say the regulator will be fine with the two.

 

That's all we get for cable, media etc.

[dasmo]

Hmm. Will this one be looked at by regulators first? I hate the loss of competition here. Soon there won't be any home improvement left beyond Home Depot and Lowes. That sucks.

Rona sucks so not a big loss.... We also have Slegg and Castle....

[jonny]

Hmm. Will this one be looked at by regulators first? I hate the loss of competition here. Soon there won't be any home improvement left beyond Home Depot and Lowes. That sucks.

 

Huh? Locally, we'll basically be just replacing Rona with Lowe's. What about Canadian Tire, Wal Mart, Costco, Home Hardware, Slegg, Castle, Lumberworld, Windsor Plywood, Sears and the myriad number of paint stores around?

 

Now that I think of it, I don't think I have ever been inside a Rona store.

 

On the bright side, at least Rona wasn't bailed out by the Quebec or Federal government...

[amor de cosmos]

There are fewer boarded up storefronts in downtown Victoria now than there were a year ago.

The downtown retail vacancy rate fell last year to 8.5 per cent, from 10.2 a year earlier, according to the annual market survey from commercial real estate firm Colliers International.

The increase in activity is mostly in the form of restaurants, with demand driven largely by a growing downtown population of tech industry workers.

Meanwhile, the shopping centre vacancy rate rose slightly, from five to 5.2 per cent, but Colliers says that s not bad considering the year started with the closure of two Target stores, vacating large chunks of Hillside and Tillicum Centres.

http://www.cfax1070....toria-this-year

[Jason-L]

Increase is mostly restaurants?  Not the 23 weed stores?

 

Interesting spin.

[sebberry]

Increase is mostly restaurants?  Not the 23 weed stores?

 

Interesting spin.

 

 

I suppose if the weed stores sell brownies....

[Mike K.]

Has Colliers brokered commercial leases involving dispensaries?

[VicHockeyFan]

I'm not sure how wide their downtown is.

I think by DVBA boundaries only one weed shop is downtown.

[Mike K.]

Green Dargon, Shadow Mountain, pot shop in 500-block of Yates, Bong Bros, pot shop in 700-block of Fort, Weeds Club are in downtown as far as the DVBA is concerned, no?