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RE: General Retail News - Rainrider22 - 03-12-2021
My family would go in there every once in a while. The owner is awesome and I wish him well. They will be missed..
RE: General Retail News - dtkvictim - 03-12-2021
On the bright side for that block, this sign is up on 100 Queen St S (unit to the left of where Goldie's Convenience is going in)
![[Image: r9hwimo.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/r9hwimo.jpg)
RE: General Retail News - Spokes - 03-12-2021
(03-12-2021, 07:58 AM)Rainrider22 Wrote: My family would go in there every once in a while. The owner is awesome and I wish him well. They will be missed..
Agreed. So friendly
RE: General Retail News - ac3r - 03-15-2021
Walmart will be closing their Stanley Park Mall location and turning the one at Fairview Park Mall into a Supercentre: https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-news/walmart-closing-stanley-park-store-3545768
RE: General Retail News - neonjoe - 03-15-2021
The Supercentre at Fairview Park gives another grocery option for people living in the area. Unfortunate about the loss of the Stanley park store for those living in the area. I do remember seeing another post on this forum for leasing at Stanley park that showed the walmart being replaced with a Shoppers.
RE: General Retail News - tomh009 - 03-15-2021
What's a Supercentre? Is it just a bigger Walmart?
RE: General Retail News - KevinL - 03-15-2021
(03-15-2021, 04:41 PM)tomh009 Wrote: What's a Supercentre? Is it just a bigger Walmart?
Correct; a bigger and fresher grocery selection is their main difference. Sunrise, Boardwalk, and St Jacobs Market are all Supercentres already.
RE: General Retail News - ac3r - 03-16-2021
(03-15-2021, 04:04 PM)neonjoe Wrote: The Supercentre at Fairview Park gives another grocery option for people living in the area. Unfortunate about the loss of the Stanley park store for those living in the area. I do remember seeing another post on this forum for leasing at Stanley park that showed the walmart being replaced with a Shoppers.
Shopper's Drug Mart is going in the old pet food store. This is apparently becoming a Canadian Tire: https://fcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Stanley-Park-Mall_CURRENT-SITE-PLAN_APRIL_2020.pdf
RE: General Retail News - jamincan - 03-16-2021
It seems like it is a bit small for Canadian Tire. I assume that would replace the very small Victoria St. location?
RE: General Retail News - GarthDanlor - 03-16-2021
(03-15-2021, 07:41 PM)KevinL Wrote:Definitely needs interior renovations...not much has changed in there since the Woolco days. So it will get a physical expansion too? Wonder which direction they will expand in? At the front or side (by the little garden centre)? Not much room at the back I wouldn't think?(03-15-2021, 04:41 PM)tomh009 Wrote: What's a Supercentre? Is it just a bigger Walmart?
Correct; a bigger and fresher grocery selection is their main difference. Sunrise, Boardwalk, and St Jacobs Market are all Supercentres already.
RE: General Retail News - Rainrider22 - 03-16-2021
They need to demo it completely and start over....
RE: General Retail News - tomh009 - 03-16-2021
(03-16-2021, 02:17 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: They need to demo it completely and start over....
It's really just a big box. No need to demo the exterior structure. Even inside, there is not much there, a "reno" in a store like this is mostly flooring, possibly a new ceiling, some paint, new shelving etc.
RE: General Retail News - Rainrider22 - 03-16-2021
It is an old building with low ceilings and it is ugly.....
RE: General Retail News - neonjoe - 03-16-2021
The mall itself is an older building, built in the late 1960s and its reno in 2007 was about $35M.
With the right work the store it can be brought into the current millennium. I believe the Woolco addition was from the 70s.
Remove the dropped ceiling, change the lighting and reclad the exterior and it will look okay. 16M in upgrades will go pretty far in what is generally a box.
RE: General Retail News - danbrotherston - 03-16-2021
(03-16-2021, 03:56 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: It is an old building with low ceilings and it is ugly.....
Yes, you are describing a big box store.