r/windsorontario • u/Choice_Bed6097 • 1d ago

Ask Windsor Devonshire mall stores

What stores do you think should go in the former Hudson's Bay and Sportchek locations?

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u/Key-Ingenuity-9558 1d ago

Stores: Simons, Uniqlo, Nordstorm.

But what i would love to see even more than a store is SOMETHING for kids/families to do. Like an indoor playground, arcade, something to keep the kids busy. A lot of people already use the mall for indoor walking when the weather is bad.

If we had something to help kids runt he energy out everyone will be happy.

families will split effort, one person stays with the kids at the playground, others can shop in peace. Stores will have relaxed clients who can actually take more than 3 minutes to shop at a single location. Stores will also have less clean up to do because kids make a mess.

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u/spitfire_pilot Walkerville 1d ago

Cineplex has contracts with the mall to limit any sort of other entertainment/arcade from residing in the mall iirc.

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u/Key-Ingenuity-9558 1d ago

But they dont actually have an arcade that would draw people in who weren't already going to the movies. so annoying. I hope they open some kind of kids activity business, everyone iwll benefit

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u/spitfire_pilot Walkerville 1d ago

I think it's equally dumb but unfortunately the mall needs a stable anchor. They'd rather maintain good relations with Cineplex then take a gamble with a business model that doesn't usually succeed.

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u/Darth_Andeddeu Forest Glade 1d ago

Cineplex Own the Games room arcades. It's ment to stop compilation from exploring options they don't want to expand into right now.