It appears that seven is a not-so-lucky number for Rexall Drugs in New Westminster.
Seven years after opening in uptown New West, Rexall Drugs is getting set to close the doors to its store at the corner of Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue. Staff confirmed the store is closing April 21, but referred all questions to head office, which has yet to respond to the Record’s calls and emails.
The site at 700 Sixth St. was the longtime home to Blockbuster Video. In 2013, city council approved a development permit that allowed the construction of a two-storey commercial building.
In 2014, a former planner at city hall told the Record that Rexall's new building would include an escalator, saying it was a sign that the city is "growing up a bit" as most retail in the area is on the ground level and the second level of those buildings is usually filled with medical offices. The 10,226-square-foot store opened in 2014.
In 2018, a number of media outlets reported that the U.S.-based McKesson Corp., which purchased the Rexall chain 2016, would be closing 40 stores in Western Canada and Ontario.
More to come.
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