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The parcel next to Arcola immediately SE of the Sterling Manor apartment complex is zoned medium density residential. More info on Acre21 http://forsterprojects.com/assets/Ac...2016-09-27.pdf |
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None of the documents that I can find specify the east-end as an underserved area... though the fact that Quance is the busiest SLGA store in the province does tend to imply there's strong demand. I only question the southeast location because Emerald Park/White City will also be getting a private store. Add to this the fact that current Off-Sales (e.g. Birminghams & 4Seasons) will operate under the same retail store permit as all other liquor retailers (including private stores and government ones)... so the southeast should be well-served even without a new liquor store in Acre21. Not saying it a liquor store in Acre21 won't happen, just that the southeast should be better served than it currently is once the liquor retailing changes are fully implemented. |
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Sobeys looks to be the big winner in cities: Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Emerald Park, Yorkton, Melville, Kindersley, Battleford, Tisdale. Regina & Saskatoon are also each getting a Metro Liquor, and Stoon is getting a Liquor Depot. http://leaderpost.com/news/local-new...n-saskatchewan |
So are any SLGA stores in Regina closing?
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(if you're asking if any new closures/conversion were announced - no, this list of 40 SLGA locations are still the only ones being converted to private). 20th St W & Market Mall in Stoon are also being converted (which explains why Stoon has 3 new private operators while Regina only has 2: both cities are net 1 more store, but Stoon has 2 SLGA stores that are being converted, whereas Regina only has 1 store being converted)). |
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Interesting. It seems quite clear that one store will go in the east, wonder where the other area will be. SLGA did evaluate site proposal during the RFP, so one would expect it'll still be a location in Regina that SLGA considers to be 'underserved.' I guess extreme NW could be in the running. |
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It'll be interesting how the rules ultimately play out. |
I was in Edmonton recently and noticed that Loblaw had done the same type of box build-out at its Edmonton South Common store as they have done in Regina. The startling thing is that the buildings were completed but were 100% vacant in contrast to the Regina projects that are virtually 100% leased.
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A niche store in the downtown core might work well - the downtown crowd could be a perfect target market for niche products (not you high-volume, mass-market products like MolsonCoors, E&J Gallo, Constallation, Diageo, etc) - think of deVine Wines & Spirits or Vine Arts in downtown Edmonton & Calgary, respectively. Assuming Sobeys goes in the east, that means Metro Liquor got the Broad Street SLGA... Metro's website sure doesn't mention anything from the major breweries (no MolsonCoors, AB-InBev, etc). I'm not a wine guy, but I don't see very many of the major brands. Maybe they are looking at a niche store downtown. ==== EDIT: scratch that. I stuck around their main page for a few seconds & see many major labels on their splash images... they just don't list them in their online catalogue. |
^ Yeah, I thought the same thing regarding downtown actually being the most "underserviced" area of the city. Not sure where they'd really locate though... They could possibly take the Michi space and pull in the Amy's Winehouse since they likely wouldn't be able to compete on price, or perhaps one of the still open spaces in the Ag building on Hamilton. Can't really think of any other sizable vacant storefronts (if downtown was actually their aim, which as others have mentioned, is somewhat doubtful).
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Don't get me wrong, I still think a niche store is a tough sell in the best of markets - but if that's what they're thinking of, that block of Hamilton is probably the best bet. |
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