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[St. John's] Retail Thread
Since there seems to be a lot of discussion about retail projects in some of the development threads, it probably warrants a thread of its own. Feel free to discuss power center development, mall developments, or retail in the downtown area.
Retail Map http://i45.tinypic.com/352pz0n.png http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msid=2...65677,0.169086 Downtown Completed/Open Smoke's Poutinerie (165 Water Street) Relish Gourmet Burgers (11 Waldegrave Street) Happy Humus Hut (208 Duckworth Street) Legros and Motti (127 Harbour Drive) Jack Astors (125 Harbour Drive) The Club (223 Duckworth Street) The Works (36 George Street) Opening Soon Boston Pizza (367 Water Street) Stavanger Drive Power Center Completed/Open Montana's Steakhouse (13 Stavanger Drive) Target (24 Stavanger Drive) Kent Building Supplies (10 Stavanger Drive) Costco (28 Stavanger Drive) Best Buy (3 Stavanger Drive) Starbucks Coffee (2 Stavanger Drive) Starbucks Coffee (24 Stavanger Drive) Second Cup Coffee (9 Stavanger Drive) Tim Hortons Coffee (25 Aberdeen Avenue) Wal-Mart (90 Aberdeen Avenue) Winners (60 Aberdeen Avenue) Future Shop (20 Stavanger Drive) Old Navy (22 Stavanger Drive) McDonalds Restaurant (14 Stavanger Drive) McDonalds Restaurant (90 Aberdeen Avenue) Boston Pizza (415 Stavanger Drive) Princess Auto (410 Stavanger Drive) La-Z-Boy Furniture (50 Aberdeen Avenue) Dominion Groceries (55 Stavanger Drive) Staples (34 Stavanger Drive) Harvey's Restaurant (699 Torbay Road) Swiss Chalet (70 Aberdeen Avenue) Subway Restaurant (95 Stavanger Drive) KFC Restaurant (2 Stavanger Drive) Sun Sushi (16 Stavanger Drive) RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) (40 Aberdeen Avenue) Opening Soon Cineplex 8-screen Theatre Milestones Restaurant Canadian Tire Starbucks Coffee Kelsey Drive Power Center Completed/Open Kent Contractor Supplies (10 Messenger Drive) Swiss Chalet (75 Kelsey Drive) Royal Bank of Canada Branch (61 Kelsey Drive) TD Bank Branch (30 Kelsey Drive) Subway Restaurant (9 Kelsey Drive) Sobeys Groceries (45 Kelsey Drive) Wal Mart (75 Kelsey Drive) The Home Depot (70 Kelsey Drive) Canadian Tire (50 Kelsey Drive) Staples (65 Kelsey Drive) McDonalds Restaurant (75 Kelsey Drive) Kenmount Completed/Open Wingin' It (394 Kenmount Road) Menchie's Frozen Yogurt (191 Kenmount Road) Chapters (70 Kenmount Road) Starbucks Coffee (191 Kenmount Road) Starbucks Coffee (70 Kenmount Road) Value Village (161 Kenmount Road) Tim Hortons Coffee (275 Kenmount Road) Tim Hortons Coffee (92 Thorburn Road) Tim Hortons Coffee (151 Kenmount Road) Tim Hortons Coffee (460 Kenmount Road) Toys 'R Us (58 Kenmount Road) Quiznos Subs (58 Kenmount Road) McDonalds Restaurant (54 Kenmount Road) A&W Restaurant (68 Kenmount Road) Salvation Army Thrift Store (51 Kenmount Road) Wendy's Restaurant (35 Kenmount Road) The Avalon Mall -Approximately 140 retail stores & restaurants -Major Anchors: Sears, Winners, The Gap, Cineplex -Cineplex Studio 12 -Notable Stores: Jump+, Victoria's Secret, American Eagle -Coming Soon: Starbucks Coffee West End (Topsail Road, Hamlyn Road, Waterford Valley) Now Open/Completed Wal Mart (470 Topsail Road) Wendy's Restaurant (430 Topsail Road) McDonalds Restaurant (506 Topsail Road) Burger King Restaurant (520 Topsail Road) The Village Shopping Center -Major Anchors: Bed, Bath & Beyond, Labels, Rossy, Dollarama, Goodlife Fitness -Notable Anchors: Coles |
Coffee Matters looks to be closed and there's a poutine restaurant opening on Water Street.
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Coffee Matters is still open, I know someone who was there last night actually. The Poutine shop is called Smokey's Poutinerie, and it's a part of an Atlantic Canadian chain I believe. Do you know the address of their store? I think it's going to be on Duckworth street?
A specialty burger shop is also opening downtown this summer. Also a chain, Relish will be located in the abandoned building currently sitting on the corner of Water, Waldegrave, Harbour drive, and George Street W. (the building right next to the Ultramar gas station). |
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Smokey's Poutine is going on Water Street near the Fortis Building. |
Looks like I'll have plenty to try when I get back in August.
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http://smokespoutinerie.com/ The burger place opening up on Waldegrave is called Relish Burger. I'm a huge fan of burgers so I can't wait for this place to open! Check out their website: http://www.relishyou.ca |
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I noticed that the space behind Starbucks on Kenmount Rd. will be a Menchie's Frozen Yogurt store, a sign was posted in the window.
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Some of those poutines look a bit over the top, I cannot wait to try them. There's very few fast food restaurants downtow. |
I'm all about poutine, especially REAL poutine. Enough of this shredded cheese mess, give me cheese curds and make me happy!
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The Zellers that is closing on Topsail Road next to the village will reportedly become a Wal-Mart express.
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EDIT: Looks like Target sold their Topsail road location to Wal-Mart, interesting. |
89,000 square feet of Walmart. That's a lot of space for an "express".
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http://interstratics.com/targetcanad...uisitions.html The Zellers on Stavanger will be a Target. I guess walmart is stepping up their presence to compete with Target. Funny considering they moved their old store in the village a few years ago which was across the street. |
Walmart bought out the lease from Target for the old Zellers store on Hamlyn Road as Target did not want that space. I think I heard that Walmart is experimenting with a new smaller concept in Canada called Walmart Urban 90 which utilizes a smaller space than the regular size Walmart stores.
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I would say once Target is firmly established in Canada and Newfoundland, you will see other Target Stores opening. Most likely in either the Kelsey Drive area or in the new Southlands Big Box area which is suppose to start construction this year. Time will tell.
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I noticed that Wingin' It is opening a second St. John's restaurant on Kenmount Road. It's in the newish strip mall building that's been vacant for many years just west of Kelsey Drive. Looks like it's going to be a pretty big location, so I have no excuse not to try and go there now ;)
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I've updated the main page with a list of up and coming retail openings around town, along with a link to a google map. The list isn't extensive at all, so if anyone can think of anything I haven't thought of please post (there's a lot I know, so lets brainstorm an extensive list). I can also add businesses that are already open around town. It'd be impossible to list every store in town, so I'll just try and add any notable stores.
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I heard on the radio this weekend that the new Wingin' It location will be at 93 Kenmount Rd. Apparently it's where the old Taiwan restaurant used to be. I guess they'll have a lot more space than the downtown location, also less hassle with parking! I Google mapped it below:
http://g.co/maps/g97s5 |
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So, what's happening to Kenmount Road Swiss Chalet? Was supposed to reopen in the spring?
Doesn't look anywhere near to re-opening. Heard a rumour that they might not re-open, instead build a new restaurant in the Kelsey Drive area. |
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According to the Smart Centres website, there is a piece of property available in front on Mark's Work Wearhouse entrance marked with a number 10 on the site map. That is probably a good location for Swiss Chalet. Here is a link to the site plan for Kelsey Drive. Though I think this site map needs to be updated as some newer stores have since gone there.
http://www.smartcentres.com/site_sum...hns(C)_ss1.pdf |
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An excavator was there during the winter to dig some test holes,presumably for a geotechnical report for a new building. It could be Swiss chalet. Also, there is still a lot left to be developed directly between the Staples and WokBox. That location would work as well.
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I remember when I lived in Sydney N.S. there was a McDonald's which had been the site of a murder. After that business trailed off and eventually a new restaurant was built about 500 metres away in a neighbouring parking lot. Picked up again after that. |
I heard that the new Wing'n It location on Kenmount Rd. will be opening this coming Monday, May 7.
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Confirmed. I need to get paid, I'm dying for some wings :P
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I noticed Moxies sponsoring shows on NTV earlier the week. Any rumours of them opening a restaurant in St. John's?
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http://www.comproperty.ca/powercentr...rant-Sites.pdf |
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"A pad site is a freestanding parcel of commercial real estate located in the front of a larger shopping center or strip mall. Desirable because of their visibility to consumers. . ."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pad_site |
Well let's see. There is already a McDonald's (two if you count the one in Walmart), Burger King, A&W, KFC, Subway, Montana's, Boston Pizza, Pizza Delight, Swiss Chalet, Starbucks and Second Cup already set up in the east end. Hopefully it will be something new over at the Field Power Centre when that area opens up. I am kinda hoping for a Harvey's or Arby's. A Jack Astor's would be nice too. Time will tell I suppose.
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I also saw an ad for Moxies on CBC this evening, so there's a possibility that there could be a location opening in the near future. |
Was just out for a lunchtime stroll on Water Street and noticed that the old Melendy's building on the corner of Adelaide and Water Street is being totally gutted and renovated and in the window is sitting an illustration of a "Second Cup" coffee shop designed for that location. Anyone know of a confirmation of this?
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As thought Swiss Chalet will not reopen their Kenmount Road location.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...0.html?cmp=rss |
I hope they're planning to occupy a site as large as the Kenmount Rd location. The one on Stavanger is considerably smaller than the Kenmount Rd site, if that's the typical size. The Kenmount Rd. site was always busy and had a couple of large "group" areas that were popular.
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