03-23-2017, 01:32 PM
(03-23-2017, 01:19 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: This is a bit out of downtown, but there is a Home Hardware on Park near Victoria. I would imagine these types of stores require more land, and a larger population base than most grocery stores. They're also a less frequent trip for most. This happens to be across the street for me, which is very convenient for me, but I wonder if there's any feasibility of one operating closer to DT while this one is open.The distance from the Uptown HH to the Weber/University one is about 1.7km on roads
The distance from the Park HH to King/Queen is about 1.7km on roads
So there's precedent for proximity.
However, the bigger problem is that no one seems to be opening up new, urban format hardware stores. It's a format, more than any other, that has taken well to the big box warehouse.