Popular downtown comic book shop seeking new location
Posted Jan 2, 2013 05:24:46 PM.
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Halifax’s favorite comic book store will be relocating in the next 8-12 months.
‘Strange Adventures’ owner Calum Johnston tells News 95.7 the building has new owners who are looking to redevelop and he thinks it will be too pricey to stay.
“It will be brand new space going for market value, which is probably going to be way to high for me,” says Johnston.
Right now, the store employs full time staff and a couple of part time and casual workers and Johnston says he wants to avoid laying off any staff.
He says he’s not sure where the new location will be, and that he would personally like to stay in the downtown Halifax area, but is considering posting a poll online to see what customers think.
“If I hear from our customers that they all want the store somewhere else, I would be perfectly willing to look,” says Johnston, adding that it has to be affordable.
The current location at 5262 Sackville Street opened in 1995, it’s one of three locations including Dartmouth and Fredericton, NB.
