The Lloydminster and District Co-op is expanding with a new store near the Costco development.
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At an official March 23 announce, Peter Brown, CEO of Lloydminster and District Co-op, announced the $9.5-million project.
“One of our newest editions that we’re planning on opening early 2027 is our (Lakeside) gateway car wash and convenience store,” he said.
The new store will be part of the city’s newest development, Lakeside Gateway. For Co-op, this building is new territory.
“It’s kind of a first for us, moving into just a straight convenience store,” he said.
The facility will offer food, ice cream, and a car wash.
“It’s going to have some new offerings,” Brown said. “Looking at an ice cream program and fried chicken program and some other hot food programs.
“The facility will have an eight-bay barn wash, wand wash and a two-bay automatic.”
He says the location looks like it will have good traffic, which lead to the choice of location.
“There’s a lot of estimates on high traffic volume in that new development,” he said. “This is right on the corner where new proposed multi-family developments will be behind here. I believe the biking paths and walking paths that link with Bud Miller will connect and go right by here, too.”
The building itself will go up pretty quickly once everything is in place.
“This will also be a precast building, so it’ll erect rather quickly,” Brown said. “When you do a precast concrete wall, it lasts much longer.”
Construction is expected to begin April 1 with the site opening early in 2027.
“The site’s currently cleared off. It’ll thaw out faster so they can start construction right away.”
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