While many of us assumed that the Canadian Tire on Richmond Road would be closing with the opening of the supersized one* on Carling and Cole, many are also wondering if might happen sooner than later.
Surveyors have been seen working around the Richmond Road location. Rumour has it the store is closing January 9, 2008. No one seems to be sure if the two are related. Anyone out there able to verify? And what about the closing of the Canadian Tire. Will it affect you, or not?
Surveyors have been seen working around the Richmond Road location. Rumour has it the store is closing January 9, 2008. No one seems to be sure if the two are related. Anyone out there able to verify? And what about the closing of the Canadian Tire. Will it affect you, or not?
* This project consists of a two storey retail complex which will include a 9,300 square meter elevated Canadian Tire store built on a suspended concrete slab. A 1,600 square metre undesignated CRU space (5 units, one in a separate building), all at grade as well as a 1,250 square metre designated CRU space - Mark's Work Warehouse at grade (base building only). 351 parking stalls will be added both under the building at grade and exterior to footprint with full development of a 6.0
acre site. (source)
2 comments:
Well, it seems that it has closed. We noticed the signs today as we drove home. (We live on Patricia Avenue, just a few houses over from the store.)
Will the closure of Canadian Tire affect us? I'd say so! As strange as it may sound, living half a block away made things awfully convenient, not to mention being able to say to folks looking for our house, "just turn left at the Canadian Tire!"
The real question for us is, at this point: what's going in there instead? It'll be interesting to watch, as things develop... literally!
Nicole
I worked on the parts counter 40+ years ago to earn some pocket money. Convenient and friendly and you knew everybody.
When I saw the notice confirming the closing I thought wouldn't it be nice if CTC had the names of all the former employees and we could have some sort of 'last hurrah' where customers, neighbours and former employees got together and reminisced.
Wouldn't that be a party.
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