UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
That would be terrible.
I don't see the Shoppers' on the list. I wonder if it's still going ahead?
I spoke to the former retail planner for the developer and he said the Shoppers got cut.
That's an awfully large store. I know the drop in centre is right around the corner, but is the market really that large to support a liquor of that size?Yep, 22K sq ft is huge for a liquor store, not only larger than a Safeway or CO-OP liquor store, it's slightly larger than the size of the Mission Safeway.
Originally the plan was for a Loblaw's Urban Market branded grocery store and a Shopper's. Shopper's Drug Mart is a division of Loblaw's. The new plan is for a Real Canadian Superstore. Superstore is also a division of Loblaw's and every Superstore includes a pharmacy that replicates the product offerings of a Shopper's. Essentially by replacing an Urban Market + Shopper's with a Superstore Loblaw's is offering an identical product but under a consolidated brand. The only difference is that some Shopper's are open late night but that is becoming a rare occurrence so really East Village isn't losing anything through this rebranding.
And how is Superstore at 77k? How big are they typically? The only source that I was able to find was wikipedia and it said they can go up to 220k which would make this one a fairly small Superstore if they do indeed go to more than 200k in size. Just wondering...
shoulda, woulda, couldaAre you saying "should" as in "shoulda, woulda, coulda"... or as in you have actual information and that is what will be happening?