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A downtown landlord is offering bike storage that puts street-level racks and bike cages to shame.

Oxford Properties Group, which owns several downtown buildings including Edmonton City Centre mall, is putting the finishing touches on an upscale bike-storage space for people who cycle to work at their properties.

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“We get people asking, ‘If we can’t take (bikes) up and we don’t feel safe leaving them on the street, what can we do? Where can we put our bikes?'” property manager Debra Edwards said.

With room for 65 bikes, the space is equipped with bright green racks and a special pebbled floor that’s easier to walk on in cycling shoes. Edwards said for a “minimal fee” users get a locker, lock, use of the change rooms and showers and towel service. The bike room is also equipped with a repairs-and-tools station as well as a bike bath for hosing down dirty bikes.

The new amenity will be available to people working in Oxford Tower, TD Tower, Centre Point Place and people working in retail in the City Centre mall. Staff can access the room through a hallway between the mall and one of the parking garages.