That's a nice looking Rexall you've got there...
Do you know what opens today?
A big and shiny Rexall Drugs, in a new office building on Jasper Avenue, at 108 Street.
Formerly known as the Professional Building this is a re-design under ProCura, an Alberta property company. It’s going to be called the Intact Building, named for its main tenant, Intact Insurance (also a formerly known as), formerly known as ING.
A couple of things to note about this; the building looks pretty sweet, it’s been built and designed with LEED Gold Standards in mind (LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), which should make it an example of environmental design in Edmonton, it’s stealing my post office.
The new Rexall going in at the corner of Jasper and 108 is an expanded version of the drug store that was at Jasper and 112 Street. That housed the post office I used for work because it was super-convenient. I like your style, ProCura, but I also like not having to walk very far for a post office. Let’s call it even.
This means there is a nice new Canada Post bureau in the building for those of you lucky enough to work near 108 Street. (The building itself is still under renovation, and it doesn’t look like office tenants are moving in quite yet.)
ProCura may also sound familar because they were in the news when Journal columnist Scott McKeen was talking about their ownership of land near Jasper and 109 Street (including this building and the old Mayfair Hotel) and how bullish the company appeared to be on downtown Edmonton’s future.
This all, also, means that if you’re looking for some storefront retail space on Jasper, I know a spot over in the 112 Street block that’s available…
