“After a two-year absence, the Yuk Yuk’s chain of comedy clubs is coming back to Vancouver. …
Yuk Yuk’s founder Mark Breslin said a franchisee dispute forced the closure of the previous location in the Century Plaza Hotel on Burrard Street two years ago.
“We thought we’d be able to open up something a lot faster, but it’s not easy to find a good piece of Vancouver real estate that hasn’t been used yet,” he said. “We loved it [the new location] and we had to wait to negotiate it. The hotel was in transition. So we’re actually opening up about a year after we thought we would.”
- ‘Yuk Yuk’s comedy clubs returns to Vancouver’, Georgia Straight, 22 Mar 2012
Q: What do you call a comedian who can only afford to live a two hour commute from his Vancouver gig?
A: Successful!
- vreaa
Actually, there’s plenty of space underused in Vancouver. It’s being held by speculators of one kind or another.
I see so much commercial space empty, waiting to be leased, apparently for prices which shop owners can’t afford.
There are real space constraints on the city. The bubble becomes another thing reducing the effective usable land. Another way things will unravel when the implosion starts.
You think owners of commercial properties are keeping them empty to make money?
Absolutely. In our area one (large, arrogant, rapacious company) owner deliberately forced (by locking doors to reduce hours and then raising rents) about 25 small businesses out of the shopping centre they had leased space in since 1974. Then he went to City Council and claimed the shopping centre was no longer financially viable, so City Council rezoned the property for 500 condos to save the “environment” by building “green density”.
So much for protecting the environment and sustaining neighbourhood businesses so people can shop locally.
hastings sunrise (err pardon, EAST VILLAGE as it was renamed last week by the business whores) has many empty shops awaiting new leases – several dollar stores and bakeries, tobacconists, etc have packed up.
Harbour Center had perfectly good tenants, they have started evicting long term tenants for no reason other then to hold empty and raise rents. Most have built there clientele for years and are small mom and pop shops.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/03/13/bc-mall-stabbing.html
Speaking of comedy, my friend just sent me this listing.
Seemed normal enough, until I saw the agents photos.
http://www.realtylink.org/prop_search/Detail.cfm?MLS=V904147&REBoards=All&From=MLS
Yuk-yuk-yuk!
A few shots of the apartment…. Intermingled with shots of furniture at… Ikea??
I bet the closure of Sears mentioned real estate too. The bottom of the barrel is being well and truly scraped here.
you just don’t want us discussing anything
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