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I hope some day we can attract businesses like America Latina to Midtown. There is a nice spot on Margaret Street that seems like it would be ideal and they would be surrounded by a very supportive neighbourhood.
(02-07-2018, 12:53 PM)welltoldtales Wrote: I hope some day we can attract businesses like America Latina to Midtown. There is a nice spot on Margaret Street that seems like it would be ideal and they would be surrounded by a very supportive neighbourhood.
Totally! Midtown needs some independent businesses badly... it needs any businesses for that matter (beyond doctors offices).
(02-07-2018, 12:53 PM)welltoldtales Wrote: I hope some day we can attract businesses like America Latina to Midtown. There is a nice spot on Margaret Street that seems like it would be ideal and they would be surrounded by a very supportive neighbourhood.
Totally! Midtown needs some independent businesses badly... it needs any businesses for that matter (beyond doctors offices).
Hear, hear. I would make a point of supporting almost any kind of new food business that opened up in Midtown.
A bar is opening up in the old Enterprise spot, on Victoria right by Lancaster. I think I saw the Molly Bloom's logo (heavily tagged on all windows though).
(02-07-2018, 04:11 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: A bar is opening up in the old Enterprise spot, on Victoria right by Lancaster. I think I saw the Molly Bloom's logo (heavily tagged on all windows though).
Rana and Unity have announced their last days. Friday and Saturday respectively.
Neither have announced new downtown locations, though for purely selfish reasons I do hope Rana gets a spot in the new building or somewhere else nearby.
I'm a little surprised that none of the displaced businesses opted to move into the vacant storefronts across the street. Are the rents on those units just untenable? Perhaps city taxes on empty storefronts should be adjusted to make filling them a more attractive option.