GROCERY STORE TO ANCHOR RETAIL PORTION OF WATER TOWER DISTRICT PROJECT
Grocery store to anchor retail portion of water tower district project.
Winnipeg developer Shindico Realty Inc. has acquired 14.34 acres of the Water Tower District project to develop a retail component, and a grocery store will be the anchor tenant.
The former meat plant in St. Boniface was demolished in 2001 and has been vacant ever since. The new retail development will include restaurants, drive-thrus, and a 30,000- to 40,000-square-foot grocery store.
Shindico CEO Sandy Shildleman said they’re reaching out to the big chains like Safeway, Co-op, Sobeys, and Loblaws.
“There’s enough market share, and there hasn’t been a new grocery store or new retail in the area for a long, long, long time,” he said.
The 165-acre property, at the corner of Marion St. and Archibald St., will also include hundreds of residential units, offices, industrial lots, and park space, so customers for the retailers, are built in.