Update: (1/31/09) Speaking with friend who lives right above the site where construction on the Sobeys is well under way. The Sobeys would serve the Cityplace buildings, just to the east and west of Spadina. This is huge for the neighbourhood as it has not too many options within a few block walk. There's the Rabba on Front Street near the Rogers Centre and the Fresh and Wild at King St. and Spadina is pretty busy, but still too far to lug around a tonne of groceries.
Original Post (1/05/09): Is another Sobeys coming to the waterfront area? Not technically part of the Queens Quay neighbourhood, they are north of Lake Shore at Bathurst and east of the Exhibition is developing quickly with quite a few condos going up the area. (see map)
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We were looking through building permits for the neighbourhood and it looks like in development, if not already in latter stages, near opening, is a Sobeys store in Fort York
Judging from the small format (a unit in a condo) and the need for kitchen exhaust, it could be a Sobeys Urban Fresh or Express. We know well the Sobeys Urban Fresh store at 207 Queens Quay (The Terminal at York and Queens Quay). It's a small-format store for the East-coast based chain that does "ready to serve, 'fresh fill-in' and 'today's meal' market. We gleaned that from their corporate website. Clearly, with 181 of these smaller stores, they're smartly going after urban markets.
Issued on Nov. 14, 2008
Ward 20: Trinity-Spadina
Application#: 08 201018 HVA 00 MS
Issued Date: Nov 14, 2008
Project: Multiple Unit Building Building Permit Related(MS)
Description: HVAC - (inc 2 kitchen exhasuts) Interior alterations to portion of ground floor (new condo with commercial building) for new grocery store. Unit 1. Convenience address - 22 Fort York Blvd. Tenant - "Sobeys".
Now if only they'd build that Loblaw's at Lakeshore and Bathurst they've talked about forever.
yes! when is the Loblaw's going to be built?
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