Regina Retail

[esquire]

Any word on what will happen with the existing store?

[HomeInMyShoes]

^An appearance in the Ugly Canada thread?

[esquire]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

^An appearance in the Ugly Canada thread?

I think all Costcos are honourary members of that thread.

[jigglysquishy]

Worst kept secret?

I expect it to open Q4 2017 so that the bypass is open first.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by jigglysquishy

Worst kept secret?

I expect it to open Q4 2017 so that the bypass is open first.

You realize we are 2 weeks away form Q2 2017 right?

[jigglysquishy]

Yes. It's an easy build and they intend to start late Q2.

Everything I've heard is that they want to be open for Christmas.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by jigglysquishy

Yes. It's an easy build and they intend to start late Q2.

Everything I've heard is that they want to be open for Christmas.

I guess you are right. They got Saskatoon's open on Nov.10 with a similar time line. Pretty amazing. I guess stocking shelves is a lot quicker.

[yveseluj]

Chad Novak, heh.

Anyways, this has been the worst kept secret. Wonder how far away Regina is from getting a second Costco now that Saskatoon has gotten its second.

[brithgob]

It's literally a big box. I assume with a Costco there are fewer fixtures to assemble than a typical supermarket/discount store.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by SaskTaxpayers

If this has already been posted elsewhere, please remove or merge. I had thought it was already publicly announced, but based on the way the post has gone viral over the past 72 hours, it is my assumption that this is to be treated as breaking news.

Yeah, more of a retail related addition to a larger project, but if it's big news in Regina we can let it ride in a separate thread rather than the Regina Retail Thread.

..welcome to the forum..

[SkydivePilot]

I wonder what the chances are of having a small IKEA placed in there somewhere.

[pappcam]

That link to Chad Novak's facebook page is a nice touch.

I really don't think a relocation of Costco needs its own thread separate from the Regina Retail thread.

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by pappcam

That link to Chad Novak's facebook page is a nice touch.

I really don't think a relocation of Costco needs its own thread separate from the Regina Retail thread.

That's because Chad posted it...

And no, it really doesn't.

[SaskTaxpayers]

Like I said, didn't realize it wasn't publicly announced already. New to the Forum, and wasn't sure of the procedural practice here. Been visiting occasionally, but thought this was worthy of discussion. Feel free to merge it into the Regina retail if you see fit.

As for other buildings in that development, really not sure. I know the theatre has been formally announced, but I think that was the only official announcement made. As for a second Costco, it's my understanding that this won't happen in the forseeable future, unfortunately. I agree that we needed a better location for this Costco, so it's good to see this, but it would have been nice to see a second one built first in another area of the City, rather than build a much larger one further East.

With that said, I'm confident that we will get a second one someday, given that Saskatoon is pretty identical in population and retail sales. Just give it some time. My money is on an area by the GTH/Westerra.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by BrutallyDishonest2

That's because Chad posted it...

And no, it really doesn't.

Yeah, I know it was Novak but the link just went straight to the top of his facebook page and not even to the story on his facebook page.

[jigglysquishy]

The second Costco is more or less guaranteed to be in Coopertown

[SaskTaxpayers]

Originally Posted by pappcam

Yeah, I know it was Novak but the link just went straight to the top of his facebook page and not even to the story on his facebook page.

Honestly, human error. Link fixed.

[Drofmab]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Speculation on what the small, slightly detached building on the north side of the store could be? Liquor store perhaps? Can't think of anything else.

It may just be a sketchup of the garden centre. I'm not certain from the drawing that it's an actual building.

When/where was that poster that SaskTaxpayers linked to displayed? It's weird that it includes Costco, but not Landmark Cinemas... but the Aurora website/brochure currently includes Landmark Cinemas, but not Costco.

[StealthGirl]

That leaves a very large space where the current store is. I assume it will close when the new one opens. Odd they just added the gas station a couple of years ago and now it will no doubt sit brownfield because our council is so wishy washy about letting gas stations walk away before cleaning up.

[SaskTaxpayers]

Yes, it is closing when the new one opens, and it's my understanding that it has already been sold and will be redeveloped. Not sure about the gas bar though.

As for the Landmark Cinemas/Costco question - not entirely sure why they had only Costco on this board at the Community Meeting and not the theatre, or vice versa. I would have expected them to make a big public announcement on the Costco, since they did the same for the theatre. That's why I was shocked when I posted it that it's literally garnered about 100x more views than any other of the regular posts on the page. It's insane, I thought it was already common knowledge and I was the one out of the loop.