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Originally Posted by fizzle
And some of the ideas...Shoppers, Walmart, etc., are pretty hilarious.
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Why?
As I mentioned I'm not a fan of Walmart, but I should have chosen my words more carefully: I f*%#ing HATE Walmart. I don't want to see them here.
However, I can imagine them both wanting to and being successful at it. They're building stores everywhere and have somewhat embraced the urban format, and they have no presence downtown. There are a lot of people walking around with not much money and not many options for general retail.
I hope you're right though, and Walmart does not move downtown.
Shoppers Drug Mart has already invested in a big store near downtown at Cannon and Wellington. I don't think they would open a new one in Kresge's as it is large even for them and close to their existing store. Drug stores are not a rarity here either.
Rona would be awesome but they are losing money. Their management structure has been a disaster and franchises are sinking. One can dream though. Any building supply store there would be great.
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