Does anyone have an update on the progress of H&M. They had been quiet since the announcement. The windows are covered but there's no activity over any continual build out going on
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Does anyone have an update on the progress of H&M. They had been quiet since the announcement. The windows are covered but there's no activity over any continual build out going on
H&M will open somewhat in October.
Thanks Danny
There’s work going on behind the window coverings. They go in and out through the alley. From the beginning they announced a fall opening. Patience.
Until they open, you can visit the one at Macomb Mall...
Forgive this ex-Detroiter who gets back but once a year, at best. WTF is H&M????
clothing store
It's a clothing store. You might like the clothes there
What does it mean to "open somewhat?"
They have locations all over Las Vegas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray1936
https://m2.hm.com/m/en_us/index.html
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Trendy clothing for the younger set [[those in their 60's & 70's).:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ray1936
Don't hold your breath with the opening. Here in Chicago, they closed one of the downtown stores. The brand is in trouble.
This article states they had a big inventory problem but are getting back on track, closing 160 stores this yr. but also opening 330:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicago48
https://www.styledemocracy.com/hm-closing-stores-2019/
I think the Detroit location will do very well, based on the success of the Nike sore [[which is more of an outlet). It's an easy store to wander into a leave with a few items under $50.
Last pair of Nikes I had gave me giant sores on my heels and toes.Quote:
Originally Posted by EGrant
Take them back? Not sure what to tell you hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by rb336
H&M has put up their signage ! It's pretty cool seeing another national retailers sign up in downtown Detroit.
I would dare to say ,downtown Detroit is poised to be better than it was back in it's prime?
In my opinion downtown Detroit is as beautiful as any downtown that I've seen. I've travel a lot and internationally.
If things continue at this pace and when the new construction is done downtown Detroit will be just as nice or nicer any other city in the country.
I love your optimism, but Detroit had nearly 2 million people at one point. We're hopefully going to see a population gain for the first time in decades during the next census, but there's a looooong way to go before getting back to the prime. One H&M at a time!Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroitdave
You need to get out more. A lot more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroitdave
Saying that would be awfully naive of you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroitdave
Detroit already has an amazing downtown. I've been to other cities around comparing them and most of them are just nowhere near as beautiful, definitely one of the best in the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroitdave
Oh it'll definitely be better but it's going to take some time.
Agree. I’ve also lived and traveled all over the world and have to say that Detroit has an amazing DT already and can only improve. Once the inner city patches start merging [[Brush Park, Midtown, Corktown etc) to create a solid ring around DT, it would help the expansion outwards and direct population inwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metro25
I know this won’t last but the current foot and vehicle traffic is just right for scootering/biking around town. Can’t do that so easily anywhere else.
H&M opening will be great for that section of Woodward. Takes up several buildings and will really draw the foot traffic up there.
That's cute lol, you'd be surprised how much I get out. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by 401don
Being ex military and being station overseas and though out the US I've been out a lot. I've also lived abroad several times, college, ect and I travel to somewhere in Europe once a year, outside of my travels somewhere in the US a couple times in the year. After living in California for 20 plus years, LA 15 of those years.
Basically I'm a nomad lol.
Certainly no offense intended, but to say Detroit is poised to be better than it's prime? I guess it was meant to be tongue in cheek.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroitdave
For those not familiar, here's a peek of Detroit in its prime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Gwvq6zdSw
I had been to Manhattan and Chicago. Detroit has the potential to have a better downtown and in it's 1950s heyday Detroit was a much better city than them both. What Detroit doesn't want is the overcrowding of people in it's downtown that they other two have.New York and Chicago downtown's are too dense to even ride scooters let alone walk your dog down their main avenues.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
Really? Why Not?Quote:
Originally Posted by 313WX
Yes you can. Detroit had a bustling downtown in its hey but it wasn't pack with shoulder to shoulder people that New York had. There still could be a bustling downtown without the overcrowding. I fi want to see more foot traffic on Woodward from Jefferson to Grand Blvd. H&M and hopefully a City Target on Woodward near Mack will increase the foot traffic and the use of the QlineQuote:
Originally Posted by 313WX
I totally share your visionQuote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
PS. Not that it changes the meaning but I think the correct phrase is “you cannot eat your cake and have it too”
Thanks for that ,
I have seen that video before, I wish I could have seen that in person, I caught the tail end in the early 70’s.
being from detroit you have to have a thick skin.
Those were a great time for businesses in downtown and detroit. Times were very different ,people respected each other a lot more and definitely dressed better.
I can’t say much about people respecting each other anymore or anytime soon.
It doesn’t look good for the respect issues but a better downtown and detroit looks promising.
Qwikee doughnuts , where was the one in downtown that had the hand dunking the doughnut?
I’m speaking about the one in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Gwvq6zdSw
https://youtu.be/L0Gwvq6zdSw
This isn’t what this thread is about, but it was in the ground floor of the Stanley Building at 35 W. Grand River between Woodward and Griswold. Currently loft apartments called 35W. The former Qwikee space is for lease.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroitdave
Thank you
I spoke to someone that works at the H&M in fairlane and she informed me that the downtown store should be open by late October, definitely before Black Friday and the holiday shopping season.
Also she said it will be larger than the fairlane location by about 10,000 sq ft
Has anyone heard any updates about when this will be open? My 16 year old is eagerly awaiting the opening and hoping the mens section will be larger than the one at Macomb Mall.
Heard that the date, as usual dealing with Detroit, had been pushed backQuote:
Originally Posted by Danny
Didn't see that comment coming.Quote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
Their community benefits agreement hasn't been finalized yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by 401don
About a week ago the front door was open and the space is finished [[lighting, clothing racks, etc.), but was filled with merchandise boxes. So I'm assuming they're working on that now.Quote:
Originally Posted by courtney
Community benefit agreement?Quote:
Originally Posted by ASilvaman
Will it open before Black Friday
Could be wrong but I believe that refers to “pay for play”Quote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
I dont think that you are farfetched to this theory. I think that Pay to Play practice still exist in Detroit especially when it come to national retail opening in Detroit. It could be Pay to play in a different way. National retailers may be forced to hire at least 70% of Detroiters no matter if they are qualified or not. It may come into an agreement of H&M or other retailers being forced to sell local entreprenuer's items no matter how flimsy those items are. Ferne, a national woman's boutique, are selling Detroit is the New Black logo merchandise eventhough there is a Detroit is the New Black store just a few miles down. I am still suspicious of the Planet Fitness gym not being able to open near the Riverfront eventhough contracts were signed and the build out was in progress. I had spoken to a few managers of these chains that had opened in the city in the past 10 years. Some of them had said that the city inspectors would find something at the last minute for them to fixed in order to open. Many on this site would say that we are naysayers or kooks but they are forgetten the number of inspectors whom had gotten caught and went to jail due to these practices while taken the fall for the big person behind the sceneQuote:
Originally Posted by ASilvaman
You guys should really open your own H&M conspiracy thread. I'm sure it'll be a big hit.
Conspiracy thread. Lol. You have to ask why Detroit has a time moving forward? I always wondered had Council person Mel Ravitz had won the 1973 mayor's race instead of Coleman Young how would Detroit would had been. What direction would it had went in?
The city would probably have been better off in the immediate aftermath if Ravitz had won. [[The Free Press really should not have endorsed Mogk) It would also probably have been better off if Dick Austin has won the previous election.
Having said that, it's impossible to know how much difference that would have made over time. I'm not a Young fan, but the forces emptying out Detroit from the 70's to the 90's were not primarily in the control of any mayor. Maybe the depths would have been a bit less deep, or maybe they just would have been a little delayed.
I have found H&M Clothing to be a bit nondescript. Nothing really unique or particularly well made. Wonder if the stuff will hold up more than an few washings or dry cleaning?
There's no clothing store inside the city, excluding Nike, UnderArmour, and a couple of boutiques, that has anything of quality from downtown to the so called Avenue of FashionQuote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
Yeah I think people here are more interested in seeing retail that the masses want. The fact is that H&M will act as a bit of an anchor tenant on Woodward, which is all that matters IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
H&M is hit or miss. I've bought some items that have lasted me years, and some that shrunk immediately in the wash. You can't beat the price, however.
It would be cool to see a Uniqlo open up too. Their stuff is of higher quality, the company cares a little more about sustainability and it would be unique [[pun) to the metro area.
Oh yeah... Considering that H&M would be a start, especially heading upscale men/ women's beyond boutique. BTW, sorta low rent, but we do have three Forman Mills stores [[Conner, Eight Mile and Woodward Ave. Location).
Oddly, I've found nice clothing there from time to to time including Talbots, Addidas and Anne Klien etc [[Forman Mills is sorta lower level Burlington/ TJ Maxx ala gleaned/ remnant stuff - off retail/ tag striked)!
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Originally Posted by stasu1213
Forman Mills is good for the neighborhoods and for the working class families such as Spartan Atlantis were also on Warren and Conners and had benefitted mine and other working class families then. Were talking downtown and the stores that would be a good draw for other businesses. I am surprised that H&M had taken so much space. I wish that someone would buy the Hudson's name and open a store downtown with that name selling good quality clothing and household items. I will also be glad if an Art Van or Restoration Hardware open a store downtown or in one of the empty warehouse like buildings that sits on Jefferson. I'm thinking of the one where Globe Bible Bookstore were before it had relocated just a block or two westQuote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
Agree here. I have several $15 easy iron men’s dress shirts that I have worn daily for 10+ years. The cut and quality have held up against any CK shirt or other premium label.Quote:
Originally Posted by EGrant
Your forgetting about Rachel Lutz's shops The Peacock Room, Yama, and Frida.Those are all high quality clothing stores in the city. also Good Neightbor, Detroit is the New Black, John Varvatos, BIRD BEE, Bonobos, Madewell, and G Star Raw.Quote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
There’s also the Forman Mills on Grand River, Moosejaw and Ferne Detroit in New Center.
Everything my son has gotten there has lasted a surprisingly long time, and has held up well after multiple washings. I will also say it's one of the few places that have cuts in men's clothing that aren't geared for the average American, which my son greatly appreciates. It doesn't look like he's put on a massive paper sack, which is often the case, even getting something in smaller sizes at other clothing stores.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
Their women's clothing, on the other hand, generally seems to look cheap. It isn't my style in the first place [[I did see a cute skirt once, but it was overpriced for how cheaply it was made) but it has more of a "disposable single season fashion" look, meant only to last a season and by then the style will have changed that the purchaser wouldn't want to be seen in it anyway.
They've got a target market and they cater to it. It's going to be teens/20somethings, not those who are looking for heirloom quality high end clothing.
h&m is the only place I know of that carries extra small sizes for men's clothes, it's impossible for me to find that size anywhere else at any other store. Most places only carry down to a small and even then they only have one item.Quote:
Originally Posted by courtney
Officially opens November 21st.
https://detroit.curbed.com/2019/11/5...drock-woodward
Keeping my fingers crossedQuote:
Originally Posted by JonWylie
I did say saving a few boutiques. I think that and was told by a acquaintance that Detroit is the new Black has a one size fit all concept meaning an XL size tshirt will be unisexQuote:
Originally Posted by TheDapperMaleDetroit
Ya know this new H&M is technically considered a department store.
I think people are really understating what a big deal this is to finally get a major anchor shopping tenant like this back on Merchants Row. We've been working toward this for a long time. This is a milestone and will allow downtown retail and shopping to get even better from now on.
Besides the newish Ferne Boutique on Woodward, there are 2 new women's boutiques in New Center:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDapperMaleDetroit
Busted Bra
https://www.bustedindetroit.com/
Coup D'etat [[opening on Friday, Nov 9 in the Former GM HQ building)
https://www.modeldmedia.com/devnews/...at-110519.aspx
There are also little independent clothing stores scattered around in Eastern Market, Corktown, and Midtown such as
Brightly Twisted in Corktown
https://www.brightlytwistedtiedye.com/
Cyber Optix in Eastern Market
https://www.cyberoptix.com/
Bleu Bowtique in Midtown
https://bleubowtique.com/
There are boutiques scattered throughout Detroit and many are tasteful. Im focusing on downtown Detroit. H&M will get the ball rolling when it come to retail on Woodward that's not too urbane eventhough there's a place for that too. The spot the H&M is occupying could as well been good for a City Target to take up or a store similar to Macy's. We need a independently own department like store that's comparable to Hudson's but not on a massive scaled as Hudson's was. A store that sell good quality items as Hudson's had sold that kept up with the style of the time without being too funky and too flimsy. It doesn't have to have Detroit logo on its apparels but carry different designer's items as well as the store's own brand. I would also like to have SEE optical to open in Detroit eventhough I had heard the Goldman, the owner, doesn't think that it will not do good in downtown Detroit for some reason. I also would love to see a computer store or electronics store as well as Art Van or Bright Ideas in downtown midtown Detroit
A hot new place to eat just opened in "District Detroit" , right behind the Fox. http://fritabatidos.com/detroit/
Also a new U of M store is opening today right across the "alley" from Frita's.
I didn't get the name but the store looks beautiful.
Now back to H&M.
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Originally Posted by masterblaster
H&M Gilberttown Detroit Clothier superstore will open on November 21st.
It look appealing to me despite the negative comment that was made 9n that site
Should I alert the H & M store at the Santa Fe Place Mall in Santa Fe, NM of the new name...:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Danny
I just drove by about 5 minutes ago. The wraps are off the windows in anticipation of today's opening. The store looks great!. The footnprint makes a big impression on that section of Woodward too.
I hope it does well. It's the 1st clothing store downtown following the lower prices/large volumes model of the malls and will need strong foot traffic. It will have very little competition in its price range for now.
Huge line outside this morning around 9 am. Not just Quicken Bros either, good mix of age, gender, and race
Can we get some pics in here? You guys must have smartphones.
Some photos in this link.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metro25
https://www.freep.com/story/money/bu...rd/4252049002/
I will go when the crowd dies down. Its anazing that the thought of opening an H&M probably originated from one of the bloggers on this site. Kerp the good ideas coming DYesers
Really? Who was it?
Lmao it definitely wasn't a forumer who "suggested" it. Businesses do years of studies before determining where to open a new store. Its likely that Gilbert reached out to several different stores years ago and began convincing them to rent his space and then they researched if they could make a profit at the location.
By coincidence Nike, Under Armour, H&M, and stores for women were suggested in this site years ago. Maybe Gilbert or others are also viewing this site for ideas
No, lmao. I sincerely doubt it. Businesses don't take chances based on random people's opinions online. DYes has been "very subtly" suggesting a Cheesecake Factory location somewhere in Detroit for something like a decade. If they ever decide to open a location in the city it'll be because it makes sense financially, not because its posted a few hundred times on DYes.Quote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
I think Nike, H&M and Under Armour opening in Detroit have more to do with being internationally recognized brands, and not the result of a few posts on DetroitYes. We're still waiting for our Cheesecake Factory [[the sign of a revitalized city), Apple store, Chipotle, Uniqlo, City Target and mini Best Buy!
I would pass on the Best Buy, they are essentially obsolete with being able to buying basic electronics online. Something like a microcenter would be better, where you can get more detailed computer hardware [[Many things you can't find on Amazon), and still test out the basic stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by EGrant
I was just mentioning stores that people have asked for on this forum previously, but I'll add the illustrious Microcenter to the list of "ideas" we have given to developers.
Haha sorry I wasn't trying to be negative. I guess I have seen so many posts of what would and wouldn't work downtown, I just decided to jump on the fact that Best Buy is not as popular as it once was. Who knows though, maybe it would thrive downtown, it was just my opinion!Quote:
Originally Posted by EGrant