{"id":1381,"date":"2012-09-21T18:56:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T22:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2017-03-03T15:29:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:29:30","slug":"m2m-vancouver-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/21\/m2m-vancouver-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of M2M Vancouver Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And then there were two. The bathhouse M2M Vancouver closed after an 18 percent increase in their rent. With business continuing to be flat, the owners felt they had no choice but close down.<\/p>\n<p>From Daily Xtra<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Tuesday, Sept 11, the former M2M was empty and its doors unlocked. Partitions and fixtures had been stripped from the walls. Power tools and sawdust lay on the bare cement floors. A single discarded mattress lay next to the dumpster in the back alley. No one appeared to be on site.<\/p>\n<p>A sign was posted on the entrance to M2M that reads, \u201cWe would like to express our sincere thank you for your support and patronage over the past 10 years. Times are changing and with much regret we will be closing this location on Monday, August 20, 2012 at 8am in the morning.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This leaves just two bathhouses in the Vancouver area: <a href=\"http:\/\/steamworksonline.com\/Vancouver\/vancouver.html\" TARGET=\"BLANK\" title=\"Steamworks Vancouver\"><b><u>Steamworks Vancouver<\/u><\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/f212.com\" TARGET=\"BLANK\" title=\"F212 bathhouse\"><b><u>F212 bathhouse<\/b><\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>The entrance to the M2M Vancouver Closed had a sign that read &#8220;We would like to express our sincere thank you for your support and patronage over the past 10 years. Times are changing and with much regret we will be closing this location on Monday, August 20, 2012 at 8am in the morning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To read go to <b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyxtra.com\/vancouver\/news-and-ideas\/news\/outrageous-rent-increase-drives-gay-bathhouse-business-3588\" title=\"'Outrageous' rent increase drives gay bathhouse out of business\" target=\"BLANK\">&#8216;Outrageous&#8217; rent increase drives gay bathhouse out of business<\/a><\/b><\/u>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>And then there were two. The bathhouse M2M Vancouver closed after an 18 percent increase in their rent. 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