Costco is holding a barbecue today (Saturday, September 28) between 1 and 5 p.m. for residents of Thorncliffe Park. It will be on the Coca Cola site at 42 Overlea Blvd where the wholesale club hopes to build a new store and service station. The event will be conducted in association with the Thorncliffe Park Tenants Association and no doubt Costco hopes to make a good impression prior to public meetings on the proposed development to be held early next year. It is said that thousands of residents are expected to attend today’s barbecue. Support is likely to be high for the Costco plan among local residents with the prospect of well paid jobs and further business activity in the area. Opposition to the plan will come from heritage groups who say that the Coke office building, which would be demolished for a new Costco, should be saved for its architectural value.
