{"id":491353,"date":"2026-02-22T04:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491353\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T04:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:42:23","slug":"east-vancouver-starbucks-permanently-closes-after-more-than-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491353\/","title":{"rendered":"East Vancouver Starbucks Permanently Closes After More Than 15 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you swung by the Killarney Shopping Centre recently looking for your usual order, you already know something is wrong.<\/p>\n

The Starbucks at 2685 East 49th Avenue, tucked into the same plaza as 88 Supermarket, has permanently closed as of Feb 14, 2026.<\/p>\n

Yep, a Valentine\u2019s Day closure\u2026<\/p>\n

A sign on the door reads \u201cMiss You Already,\u201d directing customers to nearby locations at Champlain Mall, River District, 49th and Fraser, and Victoria Drive and 41st.<\/p>\n

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The interior has also already been completely gutted.<\/p>\n

The signage has been pulled from the storefront, and peering through the glass, you can see nothing but an empty shell where the cafe used to be.<\/p>\n

This location had been part of the Killarney neighbourhood for a long time.<\/p>\n

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The earliest Google Maps imagery showing the Starbucks here dates back to 2009, meaning it served the area for more than 15 years before going dark.<\/p>\n

For a lot of residents in this pocket of East Vancouver, it was one of the few sit-down coffee options in the immediate area.<\/p>\n

\"\"2009 Kilarney Centre Starbucks | Source: Google Maps<\/p>\n

Starbucks has not publicly commented on why this specific location closed.<\/p>\n

But it comes on the heels of a massive restructuring that has seen the company shut down hundreds of locations across North America.<\/p>\n

In late September 202<\/a>5, Starbucks closed roughly 68 stores across Canada in a single weekend, including 13 in British Columbia alone.<\/p>\n

Metro Vancouver locations that went down in that wave included spots on Robson and Denman, at Bentall 4 downtown, and on Grandview Highway.<\/p>\n

At the time, CEO Brian Niccol said the company was targeting stores that were \u201cfalling short of financial performance targets or failing to create the environment customers expect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Killarney location does not appear to have been part of that September wave, which makes this a more recent and quieter closure.<\/p>\n

Starbucks has said it plans to grow its store count in fiscal year 2026 and invest in upgrading more than 1,000 existing locations.<\/p>\n

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Address: 2685 East 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC (Killarney Shopping Centre)<\/p>\n

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