What will go into the empty Zellers Location?

[MeganR]

You mean give your business to China don't you?

Everything comes from China nowadays, Canadian Superstore? Canadian Tire? what a joke.

Anyway, everybody knows that Ikea is opening in that building.

[Fancy]

Know that's not happening. Can think of better stores.

[Spocky]

Ikea needs far too large of a market to open. The Okanagan is too small by at least two thirds. Check the Ikea locations and you'll not find any where the metro area isn't at least a million people. The OK is about 350K. Don't get me wrong, I'd be thrilled to not have to drive over the killer Coq to get to an Ikea but it's not going to happen here.

[kay-c]

we dont need an Ikea. its all junk. that being said I spent 400 bucks on little "junk" the one time I was in one. Im willing to bet most westbankers are stocked right up with chinese crap. junk drawers,junk rooms ,junk sheds overflowing. garbage bins overstuffed with hidden plastic and cardboard packaging. We are the cottage cheese thighs of the Okanagan. located right below the #&& ho!e of it.

[bystander]

Like Extra Foods, Zellers will be dark for a long long long time. Loblaws (Superstore and Extra Foods owner) has a restriction on the titles restricting any grocery use. It's scorched earth...Loblaws are happy to let the Extra Foods sit empty forever - they own it.

[Fancy]

They don't own the land and I would think there is something in the lease regarding empty premises. I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being a warehouse of sorts.

[Spocky]

With the new Loblaws REIT, I'm sure that they don't want the WK Extra Foods on their books as a ghost store.

[bystander]

They have to keep it on their books to maintain the restriction.

[Fancy]

With the new Loblaws REIT, I'm sure that they don't want the WK Extra Foods on their books as a ghost store.

Becoming a warehouse doesn't mean open to the public.

[Spocky]

Loblaws is highly leveraging their properties through their new REIT. Empty shell stores are a black eye in a REIT. It won't be long until something is done with that store, even if it's razed to the ground. Weston is not an amateur or an idiot. A parking lot looks better on a REIT sheet than an empty building.

[Jim Dixon]

Has anyone checked to see if anyone has applied for a casino and/or hotel application? Perfect location.

[fall]

Rats and mice will probably move in to zellers just like superstore and several other buildings that have shut down

[Fancy]

Like Extra Foods, Zellers will be dark for a long long long time. Loblaws (Superstore and Extra Foods owner) has a restriction on the titles restricting any grocery use. It's scorched earth...Loblaws are happy to let the Extra Foods sit empty forever - they own it.

Guess not.

I have received word that the empty Extra Foods store in West Kelowna is going to be designed into a major outlet for the City Furniture chain in B.C. They have carved a niche for themselves across the province and in this case there isn’t a lot of competition in their back yard.

from John Thomson's column.

[fall]

It certainly won't be a city furniture they just packed up in Westbank and called it quits here after lack of sales there is no way they would reopen they lost over here. Which reminds me of another sizeable building that will never be leased!

[Fancy]

I would imagine different ownership.