Urban Fare in Coal Harbour

So a second Urban Fare store has now opened in Vancouver - this time at the other end of the city's axis of affluence, Coal Harbour.

Specifically, it's in the newly-completed, geothermally-heated Cielo building at 305 Bute Street, not far from the emerging Triangle West district.

As Price Tags contemplated a couple weeks ago, the new Urban Fare may very well do for the dead zone that is Coal Harbour, what the first store did to Yaletown. That is, lure anti-social Vancouverites out of their apartments and into a high-priced retail setting where they can size each other up.

Indeed, Bute street is destined to become a much livlier corner of the city, once several of the area's new buildings are filled up with fresh residents. Projects under construction include the Flatiron, Ritz, and Sapphire, among others. And of course, there's the local 'yacht trade'.

It turns out that there's more to the Urban Fare story: according to this article from the Sun, another two outlets are scheduled to open by 2011 - one at the Shangri-La tower, and another in the heart of the South East False Creek neighbourhood.

For more info on the Coal Harbour location and store hours, click here.

Comments

[Dejan K]

Nothing beats buying veggies with 500% profit margin...

[LisaB]

I guess a grocery store may finally reveal if anyone actually _lives_ in Coal Harbour for more than a week or two out of the year!

[renante solivar]

lol. yes it will be a good test to see if there are people living in CH. it's a great addition to the area. i wish the some of the details were thought through. the ramp is a fine example of after-thought design. and yet attention was paid to the stairs at the front lobby to the condo. oh well...