It could be a win-win for bargain shoppers.
A new 20,000 square foot, two-level commercial store will be opening next year in The Bay Centre in downtown Victoria, the mallB次元官网网址檚 management announced Monday in a statement.
Media reports claim it will be a new Winners store. Currently that discount retail chain has two locations in Greater Victoria B次元官网网址� one at Tillicum Centre in Saanich and the other in Westshore Town Centre in Langford.
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The addition of a large new anchor store to complement The Bay is expected to generate more traffic to the Douglas Street retail hub, which already attracts seven million visitors per year.
Currently, The Bay Centre has more than 90 stores, with the other largest spaces taken up by Sport Chek, GoodLife Fitness, Urban Planet, Coast Capital Savings, Le Chateau, EarlB次元官网网址檚 Restaurant and Passport Canada.
