Downtown Vancouver Hudson’s Bay faces ongoing challenges
Global News
Despite redevelopment promises, the iconic Hudson's Bay store at Georgia and Granville in downtown Vancouver is a shadow of its former self with ongoing maintenance issues.
Downtown Vancouver has taken a few hits in recent years including the closure of Nordstrom last June and the flagship Hudson’s Bay store is showing its age.
Despite redevelopment promises, the iconic retailer at Georgia and Granville is a shadow of its former self.
On a rainy Saturday afternoon, the largest department store in downtown Vancouver should be full of people, but the top floor is virtually empty. Getting up to the top floor is a challenge as only a small number of escalators work and only one elevator is in use in the six-storey store.
Even the service elevator is out of service.
“(The shopping experience is) not good. Six storeys up, six storeys down,” shopper Andrew Chance said. “It is a pain in the ass.”
Shoppers are directed to a large staircase by stickers on the floor.
One shopper said some people got stuck in the only working elevator for about 45 minutes on Saturday.
“Yeah, I saw it happen,” Ryan Ajouz said. “It really sucked for them. I took the stairs.”
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