CALGARY – Walmart Canada is building a second massive distribution centre in the Balzac area just north of Calgary, part of a $500-million national expansion announced today.
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Walmart Canada says expansion plans will create 7,500 jobs
CALGARY – Walmart Canada announced Tuesday it will invest close to $500 million for supercentre, distribution network, and e-commerce projects across the country, creating more than 7,500 new jobs, including construction positions.
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Walmart opens Friday
Walmart is busy preparing their new store in the Quarry for their grand opening on Fri. Jan. 24.
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The 10 largest employers in America
Walmart is the largest American employer, with a workforce of nearly 2.2 million people. However, because of its international reach, only 1.3 million of those were employed in the United States.
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New stores for old Walmart?
The old Walmart building could soon become Medicine Hat’s newest standalone box-store development.
Real estate listings show new owner North American Development Corp. is offering leases in a redeveloped 100,000-square-foot building on Strachan Road as well as in a proposed expansion and satellite buildings.
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New Walmart to open at Westmount Shopping Centre
EDMONTON – Walmart will open its new discount store located in Westmount Shopping Centre, in a former Zellers location, Friday morning at 8 a.m.
Walmart said “customers will appreciate the store’s updated design, which includes easy-to-navigate aisles with directional signage, and a bright interior colour palette, which help define the store’s merchandise areas, and lower shelving throughout for an improved sightline.”
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Walmart Canada announces major expansion plans
CALGARY — Walmart Canada announced Tuesday major expansion plans that will have the giant retailer invest $450 million for supercentre and distribution centre projects.
The company plans to complete at least 37 supercentre projects, adding 1.4 million square feet of retail space, in its next fiscal year, which runs from February 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014. It said the expansion projects will create more than 7,000 new store, trade and construction jobs. And it will open its first supercentres in the Maritimes.
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How Alberta’s new logistics hubs bring it all together
Not surprisingly, most of Alberta’s transportation infrastructure and shipping activity is centred around Edmonton and Calgary. Those communities, and the ones surrounding them, have been busy building the connections that give Alberta’s businesses access to markets in Canada, the U.S. and overseas. Over the past decade, both Edmonton and Calgary have planned and begun development on multimodal transportation and logistics hubs at their airports. Here’s a look at those facilities, as well as some of the others that have sprung up around the province.
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Rocky View Business Park adding more than 400,000 square feet in three buildings
CALGARY — A business park, just east of the CrossIron Mills shopping centre, will add more than 400,000 square feet of industrial real estate development in three buildings.
Rocky View Business Park is located along CrossIron Drive and Dwight McLellan Trail.
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Unidentified company shows interest in old Walmart property
Although few details have been released, someone may soon buy and move into the former Walmart location.
The old Walmart store has sat vacant at the corner of Dunmore Road and the Trans-Canada Highway for about three years but that may soon change, a city official says. Someone came along in recent weeks and slapped ‘Pending’ signs on one of the two extra large ‘For Sale’ signs standing on the property.
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