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Originally Posted by tjernobyl
they'd have a mild rocky shore with access to fresh water from McVicar Creek and another since-disappeared creek that I believe ran down Pearl.
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The spring that fed that creek still bubbles under Waverly Park. It was actually used by the Friends of Waverly Park (there are always "Friends of..." Movements it seems) back when developers were trying to build condos at the Central School site as part of the reason for not developing a condo there.
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Originally Posted by TbayON
Rona and Best Buy are hurting. Best Buy is actually closing large format stores and moving more towards an on-line store. I don't see either coming to town in the near future until they get their financial houses in order. On the other hand, Princess Auto is a likely one. Having their headquarters in Winnipeg will help. We have seen quite a bit of investment come in from Winnipeg that past few years. I think Tractor Supply Co. is another likely candidate. They have made it up to Sault Ste. Marie now, so Thunder Bay is a logical next step. Canadian Tire needs some competition here, and TSC would do just that. Giant Tiger has missed out on their opportunity with Dollarama's basically covering the whole city now. The demise of Big Lots at the Northwood Mall does present a real good opportunity though. I think a small format Golf Town (or some kind of golf store) is also likely.
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BestBuy had Thunder Bay on its radar for many years but has since cancelled those plans as they slowly changed their business model to smaller format stores and e-commerce from giant commercial footprints.
If a new commercial development were created, centered around a Costco, then Princess Auto and Rona would be the most likely stores to be introduced to the local market. London Drugs is not interested in expanding to Eastern Canada at this time. They've not even really entered the Winnipeg market after all. Giant Tiger might join the development depending on its location.
It will be interesting to see what stores move back into County Fair as it undergoes it's own redevelopment.
There is also no Rexall in the local market either. There was, once, but they've long left. Hallmark has all but completed a fairly quiet exit from the Thunder Bay market as well.