{"id":85,"date":"2017-11-21T17:03:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T01:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2017-11-21T17:03:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T01:03:37","slug":"mec-opening-a-brand-new-store-in-ov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/mec-opening-a-brand-new-store-in-ov\/","title":{"rendered":"MEC Opening a Brand New Store in OV!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada\u2019s leading outdoor retailer, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) will open a new flagship store at East 2nd Avenue and Quebec Street in mid-2019 and will replace the current store on West Broadway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Outdoor lovers must rejoice, as this high-quality company will bring the best of the products for beginners to expert level outdoor activities (and as we know, Olympic Village is a hot spot for outdoor entertainment and exercise!).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"678\"\n\t\t height=\"509\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FB-MEC-VIDEO.mp4'>MEC Store in Olympic Village<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":false,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":false,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/FB-MEC-VIDEO.mp4\",\"type\":\"video\\\/mp4\",\"title\":\"MEC Store in Olympic Village\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:38\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":960,\"height\":720},\"resized\":{\"width\":678,\"height\":509}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.png\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.png\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>The new MEC store in Olympic Village is scheduled to open in 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will measure 60,000 sq ft., with two levels of retail space, one floor with office and amenity space, three levels of underground parking, the multi-purpose room for fitness and yoga classes, and more than 50 bicycle parking stalls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new building in Olympic Village was designed by Proscenium Architecture + Interiors and will be constructed to a LEED Gold standard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Ready for the grand opening? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s leading outdoor retailer, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) will open a new flagship store at East 2nd Avenue and Quebec Street in mid-2019 and will replace the current store on &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/mec-opening-a-brand-new-store-in-ov\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olympicvillagelistings.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}