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[adma]

The place is toast, then. When shoppers stopped going to Village by the Grange, they turned the shopping area into ground level condos and retained just a basic truncation of a mall with a food court. Tnis latter survives only because of OCAD; at least to my thinking.

Though it also happens to be practically the rootsiest food court in town...

 

[climacus]

I miss the old skating rink, too.

Where was this skating rink? I'm trying to visualize what it looked like.

 

[adma]

It's where the skylighted south court now is--it was once open air...

 

[Mustapha]

Though it also happens to be practically the rootsiest food court in town...

I rushed my post, without even a nod to the food court here, thanks. Yes, this food court is an underappreciated gem. Interesting non-franchised independent stall owners and for the cautious, a McDonalds.

 

[greenleaf]

Yeah, Whole Foods is moving. Probably to the corner of Bloor and Bathurst, whenever Dishonest Ed's is bull-dozed....

I really highly doubt that WF would move that far from its customer base.

 

[urbandreamer]

Most WF customers live in Forest Hill, the Annex and the rich areas in between. Sure, they get the lunch crowds from Yorkville area weekdays, but the big buyers live further west and north. I get my info from a girl that works for the owner of Hazelton Lanes.

 

[gregv]

Greg Couillard’s Spice Room in Hazelton Lanes is closed per Toronto Life/mall management:

http://www.torontolife.com/daily/da...-liquor-licence-and-thousands-in-unpaid-rent/

 

[deerparker]

I noticed that too. It's been closed for a while, leaving a huge dead zone in an already quiet lower courtyard.

 

[Northern Light]

Don't know the truth in it.............but I hear rumours that Whole Foods is actually going to expand into the space currently occupied by TNT BLUE.

 

[ardwold1]

Wouldn't that be excellent...now if only all the great shops (TNT, Hugo Nicholson- that's about it these days) could move somewhere else in Yorkville with a street presence and then Hazelton Lanes could be demolished!

 

[adHominem]

Speaking of Avenue, the space formerly occupied by Rolls-Royce has been leased. I don't know by whom, but since it's part of Hazelton Lanes, I'm going to assume it's another iteration of TNT, since they seem to be gradually taking over the whole mall.

 

[prosperegal]

Looks like the old Teatro Verde location at Hazelton Lanes has been leased. Any idea who's moving in?

 

[deerparker]

Not sure who is moving in. Noticed today that the Tea Emporium is no more, and that the former Spice Room has been boarded up and a work permit issued.

 

[johnr]

I believe TNT Blu is taking over the space because Whole Foods is expanding into the TNT space downstairs.

 

[adHominem]

I believe TNT Blu is taking over the space because Whole Foods is expanding into the TNT space downstairs.

Really? Where'd you learn that? That's very exciting. I'm very tired of fighting my way through that cramped Whole Foods.