Specially-built for Tim Horton’s
Tim Horton’s has “slowed down” a decision to open at the Metro grocery-Beer Store complex at Bayview Ave. and Roehampton Ave. The newly constructed premises, clearly designed and painted to Tim’s colour scheme, now bears a For Lease sign. Agent John Amos said it is possible the deal may go through but it is uncertain. He said the landlord was making sure that he had a tenant ready to go if the coffee chain decides to opt out. It is a surprising move for the aggressive firm although it was noted here that it already has an outlet just up the street in the Imperial Oil On-the-Run at Bayview and Broadway Ave. The Metro arrangement was made before Tim Horton merged with Burger King. It is said the decision-making process is slower now. At the Metro store Saturday morning, there was a slightly more final spin on the empty store. “They pulled out,” said a senior employee of Metro. He speculated Horton’s may wish to locate in the 1860 Bayview shopping complex now underway. It might be that similar specialty firms, including Starbucks, might be lined up to open in a spot near the Whole Foods But who knows. Whole Foods has long owned its own coffee company, Allegro, which it promotes as a thoroughly healthy drink.
