At2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 19, 1997 , TERRACE STANDARD Business REVIEW CANADIAN TIRE’s arrival in Terrace in 1997 will mean tough times at smaller outlets, like Elker Auto Supply. That's parts counter worker Steve McCulloch. Small shops brace for Canadian Tire THE ARRIVAL of 2 Canadian Tire store in town is expected to mean some hardship for local retailers. The 47,000 square foot department store with 10-bay auto service centre and a gar- den centre is to be open by mid-October. Architect Rob Young said corporation of- ficiais arc convinced Terrace is an ideal store site. “They don’t know why they didn't look al it much earlier,”’ he said. The store will be built on three parcels of land at the northeast corner of Brooks St, and Hwy 16 West. The land presently houses Peterbilt, Excel Trucking and Cedar River Timber. Nobody opposed rezoning the rezoning of the land from light industrial to service commercial at a public hearing before city council last week. But not everyone is thrilled at the pros- pect, Home Hardware co-owner Norm Mantel watched the public meeting and later admitted he has mixed feelings about the new store. He said he and other small retailers around town will lose market share to the large Toronto-based retailer. "J think we can weather it,’’ he said. “It’s not going to be easy.’’ Mantel said on balance it’s a good thing for the cily, but added other show owners will be counting on locals to continue to Support them. “Looking at the store plans, you know their sales are going to be in the millions of dollars,’? Mantel said, ‘‘Where are those millions going to come from? They're going to come from the lawn and garden slores, the automotive service garages, auto supply outlets, building supply stores. Even Sports stores,”’ “It affects everybody,’’ he said. Elker Auto Supply will also be affected, said the store’s Gerry Elkiw. “It’s going to hurt us,”? he said. ‘“We’re getting prepared in the way we stock our shelves. We're petting in new items we know they won't carry,”’ “We're going to have to lower some Prices too,”’ he said. The key strategy for many competitors, Elkiw said, will be to specialize a bit more than Canadian Tire. “Tf it aint high-volume and high margin, they don’t carry it.” The store also means opportunity, he said, because it will draw more people from the region to Terrace. That can pay off if shoppers go to Cana- dian Tire but want something more special- ized than is carried there. “The more people that come into town, the more opportunity there is for them to walk through our doors,’’ Elkiw said. He predicted some of the small auto ser- vice garages will be hardest hit by the new- comer, “You don’t bring in 10 bays and not af- fect the ones that are here already.” City officials who have worked with the developers behind the scenes for months were happy to reach the point of rezoning and public announcement. “We believe it’s a good project for Ter- race, creating a draw and solidifying Ter- race’s position as a regional centre,’’ said planner David Trawin. Access to the Canadian Tire property will be via three points — two entrances from Hwy 16 West, and one at the back end of the property onto Park Ave. The Canadian Tire Corporation builds four sizes of stores, designated ‘A’ through ‘D’. The Terrace store is to be a class ‘C’ store — small to mid-sized. The back quarter of the properties being bought will be kept in reserve for future ex- pansion. But Young said that would likely be at least 15 years away, if it happens. Long-term provisions have been made for the extension of Park Ave. all the way to Kalum Lake Dr, and to extend Brooks to connect to the future Park Ave. The deal on the land has not yet closed, Young said, but he’s not anticipating dif- ficulties. Out & About Propane fuel | tue. march 25 and Wed. March 26 tax coming 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. DRIVERS of propane- M Ita Coal Ltd. h lied h powered vehicles wiil soon ana a dal hte. nas appile to the be paying more, Provincial Environmental Assessment The provincial govem- | Office for approval to develop the Telkwa ment is placing a 2.2 cent-. | Coal perlite fax on propane motor fucl, effective June 1. It’s expected to raise $7 mil- lion fer provincial coffers. A press release last week from Victoria defended the move, saying all other pro- vinces tax auto propane, and‘ promising the new tax will be frozen at the 2.2 cent level for at least three years. . | into the . Review, New in town || 3 ..ween THE MANAGER of Can- ada Safeway is leaving. 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