HMV Robson is closing
 

even though i saw this coming and i dont shop there much at all...this is a little sad.

i've always had good experience with their staff even though their prices are far from being competitive...and they have the odd movie that amazon/futureshop/bestbuy doesn't carry.

wonder who's gonna take up this space?

If you'd ask me I thought they closed along time ago... Haven't been DT in ages

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I rmbr going there in grade 7 when it was Virgins and playing GTA on the pc they had set up there. Kicked out many times.
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perfect place for Cheesecake Factory ;)

Playdium? :troll:
nah Rainforest Cafe :fullofwin:

It's totally going to be a Microsoft Store.

It was awesome when it was Virgin Megastore, but HMV... Just a music store who cares?

I buy all my music, and in the last 3 years I have only bought it on physical media TWICE.

On the radio they said something about an apple store and then joking about how theres the pc one like 2 blocks away. Not sure if they were serious or just making a joke cause i just heard the tail end of it

I'd bet money that it will become an Apple flagship store. There couldn't be a more perfect spot for one.

Ya the Apple flagship store rumor has been floated around for a while.

"International retailers interested in HMV space
Friday, 04 November 2011 09:13

Morguard Investments Ltd. is speaking with more than one international fashion retailer about leasing 42,000-square-feet of space at the corner of Robson and Burrard streets, where HMV Canada has operated since 2005.

HMV announced yesterday it plans to close its store in the 140,000-square-foot heritage building in January.

Morguard, which handles leasing on behalf of the building’s owner, Healthcare Of Ontario Pension Plan, has been in talks with HMV about staying past January on a month-to-month basis at a reduced rate.

“The whole retail mix there is going to change,” Morguard retail asset manager Bob Nicholson told Business in Vancouver after HMV’s announcement.

“Off the Wall, once their lease expires in the middle of next year, has advised us that they’re going to be leaving.”

CTV, which leases 80,000-square-feet of space on four floors, also intends to downsize. CTV is expected to lease two floors, with an option for a third floor, when its lease expires in August 2012, Nicholson said.

The only other tenant in the building is Bang-On T-shirts, which has a 1,000-square-foot Robson Street store.

“It’s safe to say that the tenants we are speaking with are international fashion retailers,” Nicholson said.

Glen Korstrom
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richmond ctr hmv closing too

Uniqlo please.

Topman/topshop please.

Apparently they're doing some massive sale at the downtown location this weekend. If it's true might pick upa bunch of CD's and Movies(Blu-Ray)!!!

2012?

can't say we don't see this coming.

odd that hmv and blockbuster are still doing well in the UK but disappeared here


dont care about HMV not going to miss it like i did SAMs

hmm maybe they should open a target there or Macys?

macys? :crazy2: are they even in canada?

target would make sense since they're taking over

:seriously:

Target or Macys in the DT core, hell no
Robson/Burrard is the HEART of downtown. That spot is golden.
HMV wasn't going to survive long. The ONLY physical media I buy are blurays and usually FutureShop/BestBuy is cheaper to begin with already.

I will admit, that the HMV in the DT core has the LARGEST collection of obscure things.

I can see Apple going in there, I have read that the future telus building will house a 2 story apple store on ground level

I can see the space being divided up into smaller spaces.

I would love to see Uniqlo there, sadly, that isnt going to happen

The HMV space isnt big enough for a big box department store unless CTV completely leaves that location, which isn't going to happen.

I think HKS should open up a store there.

Sell exhaust, turbo, etc.

Could have been a Forever 21 there if they didn't take down the plaza behind aldo.

H&M maybe?

I see that Apple would want that space but the article says fashion retailer.
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I cried a little when Kelly's closed down in the 80's. Then Sam the Record Man, then A&B Sound. HMV, meh.

Looking forward to the Apple Store, though.

I still have my 45's and LP's.......... nothing like listening to CCR on vinyl.

lol got a feeling its gonna be another apple store.

Maybe Victoria's Secret.
There's stores all over Calgary and Edmonton now, and a bunch in Ontario, so maybe they'll look further out west.