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Wasn't that where Halloween Alley was set up? Maybe now that Halloween is done they cleared it out for it to sit empty again.

I really wish something would be done with it. The plan on a sign that has been sitting at the southeast corner looks great but nothing has been done. We need stores like 'Old Navy' or something and it could go somewhere like that. A new restaurant would've fit a lot better in that large parking lot instead of having 3 packed into the small 'Shoppers Mall' parking lot.

I have heard that it is being demolished so a new sobeys can be built

They already have the old Zellers garden centre removed

owner here in Brandon there’s one thing I can say is that Brandon don’t need more restaurants, the market is totally saturated. But that’s another topic altogether......

Yep, have been saying that for a long time,' it will eventually get demolished'; what a shame, thats a spacious building, and excellent location.

It is not necessarily a good space. A major predictor for retail success is location. While a major tenant would drive traffic in, nothing brings in sustainability more than prime location. 18th is the golden goose for business, not 34th. People want to do proximity shopping, where they can get to many different stores, in close distance to each other.  
 
As someone who has also worked in that building within the last 10 years, I can assure you that it needs upgrading. I'm not certain the roof has been repaired or not over the years, but I know that it was close to needing work a few years ago.  
 
Only a large tenant with a fair amount of investment capital would want to take on the whole structure, and only if a feasibility study gave them enough belief that the location would be a success long term.  
 
I'm not saying it can't happen, but the likelihood is that it won't. It would be better for a major anchor to tear down and rebuild, which I just can't see happening.  
Like many Brandonites, I also hope for success, but only because I have nostalgic memories of what the building used to be.  
 
Nostalgia doesn't equate to financial success though, which is another reason why the building is mainly used seasonally for tenants.  
 
Edited by brianathome99, 2019-11-08 12:54:33

Should go into the old Zellers they need more space or less stuff .

I agree Giant Tiger has to much stuff. I don’t like shopping at the store because it is to crowded. And turning to go west from the parking lot is awful.

Learned a little more today and have attached a post.  
 
In a nutshell:  
- Sobeys is going nowhere  
- the whole prev Zellers space is 83,300 sqft. There is a tenant for 6500 sqft of it.  
- they are planning updates for that whole part of the building that are expected to take place between now and summer

Then my guess is that the new tenant will be Garden Variety.

I heard a local dentist office is relocating there

Heard popeyes Louisiana chicken will be opening up... not sure if this is the location or not..

Then I can always add Red Lobster is coming???

Or Cosco!!! Yay :o)

Mystery solved... Princess Dental will be moving to the space under renovation in the Fall:  
https://ebrandon.ca/buzzpost.aspx?buzz_id=678

Thats going up just off the highway.