A popular suburban Metro 麻豆传媒映画grocer is moving into the city. Fresh St. Market is opening its fifth location, and its first in 麻豆传媒映画proper, with a store in downtown's 麻豆传媒映画House that also contains a licensed restaurant.
, which has two Surrey locations, as well as one in West 麻豆传媒映画and another to the north in Whistler, is the more upscale and locavore-oriented sibling grocer of I.G.A., which are both run by , the recently rebranded food division of H.Y. Louie. The latter, of course, has roots in 麻豆传媒映画dating back to 1903 and is perhaps now best known for owning London Drugs. London Drugs will of Westbank's听麻豆传媒映画House.
For this Fresh St. Market location, the concept is said to be drawn from "a public market like experience," according to company president Gary Sorenson.听
The shop will feature a full-time cheesemonger, click-and-collect service, and local bike delivery. On the shelves and in the cases will be听many familiar local brands 鈥� shoppers will see vendors such as One Arrow, Lepp Farms and Two Rivers, among others. The seafood is Ocean Wise certified, and the store will not have any single-use plastic grocery bags.听
The in-store 50-seat restaurant is called Fork Lift Kitchen & Bar. The menu offers casual eats such as fried chicken, smash burgers, fries and a veggie burger option. To drink, they'll be puring B.C. craft beer and cider, B.C. wines and Abbotsford's Healthy Hooch Kombucha.听
麻豆传媒映画House is Westbank's "Super Prime" mixed-use building at the north end of Granville Bridge. Its听52-storey luxury residential tower, designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels of the firm BIG, is largely finished and the first phase of residential occupancy is complete. In addition to the giant public art chandelier, with the arrival of 麻豆传媒映画House comes what the developer is as an entirely new neighbourhood: "麻豆传媒映画House is not only an听architectural breakthrough, but the active core of a new听waterfront neighbourhood called the 鈥楤each District.'"
Grocery stores and other 鈥渘eeds of life鈥� retailers are proving nearly immune to online competition, according to a November听GWL Realty Advisors听study, which notes that food-anchored neighbourhood shopping centres are now among Canada鈥檚 top-performing retail platforms.
鈥淣eighbourhood shopping centres catering to needs of life with grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants and experiential food destinations appealing to millennials and ethnic communities are proving to be resilient and profitable investments,鈥� said听Steven Marino, GWL senior vice-president of portfolio management.
Speaking of "experiential food destinations," 麻豆传媒映画House is set this year to be home to David Chang's first 麻豆传媒映画venture, an oupost of his Momofuku Noodle Bar concept from NYC.
Fresh St. Market and Fork Lift Kitchen & Bar will have a soft open on Feb. 6, with a grand opening on Feb. 7.听
麻豆传媒映画House is located at Pacific and Howe.
With files from Frank O'Brien/Western Investor and Naiobh O'Connor/麻豆传媒映画Courier.
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