Lagimodiere Rona store to be converted into a Lowe’s
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Customers at the Rona store on Lagimodiere Boulevard may soon have to go without their popcorn.
Lowe’s, which purchased the Canadian-owned Rona chain in 2016, has notified the City of Winnipeg it plans to convert that Rona into a Lowe’s.
The popcorn machine, which always attracts a crowd in Rona stores, isn’t typically part of the Lowe’s decor.
It didn’t take long for Lowe’s to start converting Rona stores. A month ago, Lowe’s officially opened its first store in Winnipeg in the Linden Ridge Shopping Centre on Kenaston Boulevard.
Its application to change the Lagimodiere location name and add to the existing building has been submitted to the planning, property and development department at city hall. It surfaced on the agenda of Tuesday’s community committee meeting for East Kildonan-Transcona.
The committee withheld a decision because it would like to explore the possibility of having the aesthetics of the site improved.
Coun. Jason Schreyer (Elmwood-East Kildonan) has requested a meeting with Lowe’s officials to discuss adding some trees and landscaping along the Panet Road side.
“There are spots where there were trees before and perhaps this is an opportunity to refresh that,” Coun. Jeff Browaty (North Kildonan) said.
“It’s not a rezoning. It’s zoned appropriately. There are no variances required. It’s not a public hearing where people register and speak out. It’s more of a technicality,” Browaty said.
Lowe’s plans to enclose part of the existing garden centre and expand it on the northwest corner along Panet, Browaty said.
“It looks like they’ll be refreshing the site a little bit, establishing a garden centre compared to what they have currently and at least some level of investment in property.”
Lowe’s said it couldn’t comment before negotiations and permits involved are settled. “We do not comment on any potential store growth or conversion projects,” a spokeswoman said.
However, she said Lowe’s announced previously it planned to “progressively convert select Rona Home & Garden stores to the Lowe’s banner.”
The North Carolina-based company’s first Lowe’s in Winnipeg cost $34 million for a 95,000-square-foot retail space, plus a 20,000 square-foot garden centre. The store employs 130 people full-time and 35 to 40 seasonal workers.
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