Another Quebec based retailer is planning on moving into the Moncton market.
There is a job posting online on Indeed.com for a sales associate for a new store opening (
Cazza Petites) in CF Champlain.
http://www.cazzapetite.com
This makes three upcoming store openings in CF Champlain:
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Roots
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Envy
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Cazza Petites
On a darker note, online chatter seems to be veering from something exotic or exciting in the old Sears location towards a rather more mundane possibility - a commercial office space or (horrors) a call centre!!!
Nothing confirmed of course, but certain people (possibly in the know) are openly voicing this possibility, perhaps to tenderize the populace into accepting the inevitable.
I also have been growing more pessimistic over the last several weeks. HBC is having challenges, and Simons is running short of cash for future expansions (unless they get private equity partners). As such, the possibility of a single retailer taking over the Sears space is becoming unlikely. I still hope for the space to be subdivided for retail, and there are interesting possibilities out there (like an Indigo relocation, Rec Room or several other fashion retailers like F21 Red), but the rumours on the street are getting more persistent........