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DATE: May 30, 2003 Sobeys Inc. is Coming to Pickering The City of Pickering's Planning & Development Department has received an application from Sobeys Inc. for construction of a 48,400-square-foot grocery store at First Pro Shopping Centre. Sobeys Inc. is a national retail grocery and food distributor established in 1907. It has more than 1,300 corporate and franchised stores in 10 provinces. First Pro Shopping Centre is located at the 48-acre site of the former Metro East Trade Centre at Brock Road and Highway 401. When complete, the new buildings at the shopping centre will have a combined gross floor area of approximately 531,000 square feet. The trade centre had a gross floor area of 292,000 square feet. Developed and operated by First Pro Shopping Centres, Canada's largest retail developer and operator, the site is home to Wal-Mart and will welcome Sam's Club, one of the first to open in the Greater Toronto Area, this fall. First Pro Shopping Centre will be home to about 25 tenants that includes Bonnie Togs, Danier Leather, Everything For a Dollar, Joggers/Adidas, Mark's Work Wearhouse, Reitmans, Thyme Maternity, Town Shoes, and SM2, as well as McDonald's, First Choice Haircutters and the LCBO. - 30 -
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