After close to two years without an anchor tenant at the Torbay Road Mall in St. John’s, the property will be home to at least three new commercial tenants this year.
Montreal-based Toulon Development Corporation is in the process of renovating a sizeable portion of the facility, originally built in the early 1970s, to become the new home for a Good Life Fitness and a Home Hardware.
Documents on the Toulon website indicate that Goodlife — replacing the fitness chain’s location in Torbay Road Plaza — will have a 22,492-square foot footprint, while Home Hardware will occupy 29,000 square feet. Both spaces combined were formerly home to an ICT Group call centre — closed in the spring of 2014 — and many years before that was occupied by a Zellers department store, which ceased operation in 1996.
Before those operations get underway, the newest tenant will be Global Pet Foods, the largest Canadian-owned specialty retailer catering to all things pets.
The Atlantic Canada-based operation will occupy a 4,000-square foot home in between East Coast Mortgages and Campus Rings.
Floor plans for the building indicate there is still some commercial space available for lease.
Meanwhile, long time tenants China House Restaurant are looking to sell the business, hoping someone will keep the 40-year-old Chinese food restaurant alive.
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Not too far down the road from the Torbay Road Mall, Breen’s Deli at 44 Elizabeth Avenue is closed permanently after the owners decided not to renew the lease with Parkland Fuel, the building’s owner.
The Logy Bay Road location and the Portugal Cove deli and convenience store remain open for business.
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Since opening its doors in Kelligrews in 2012, Tiny’s Bar and Grill has built a loyal following and customer base.
Now the restaurant, owned and operated by Conception Bay South entrepreneur Dave Cluney, has expanded into St. John’s, taking up residence in the former home of Redrock Bar & Grill at 686 Topsail Road.
Redrock closed its doors last January, after nearly eight years in business
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For those curious about what’s going on at the corner of Kenmount Road and Kelsey Drive, a previously unoccupied lot, sources say it is going to be a North Atlantic gas bar and orange store.
A number of the older homes and sheds nearby on Kenmount Road have since been demolished.
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TJX Companies must be doing well with its first Newfoundland Marshalls location on Stavanger Drive, because the parent company is advertising for a number of management positions for a new Marshalls HomeSense location planned for Mount Pearl.
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