Shoppers Drug Mart & Residential Condominiums

Mixed-Use Project
Shoppers Drug Mart & Residential Condominiums
Bagot & Brock Streets, Kingston, ON

Jensen was selected as General Contractor for a Project in Downtown Kingston involving the conversion of a former Zeller’s department store into a Shoppers Drug Mart and other retail, coupled with a renovation and addition of upper floors to accommodate eighteen (18) new residential units.

The Project involved demolition, complete renovation of exterior and interior as well as significant upper floor residential work. Project Scope included:

• Demolition of interior of Zeller’s store & warehouse;
• Subdivide interior into Shoppers Drug Mart and three (3) additional retail units;
• Convert upper floors into high-end residential units;
• Add third floor above one retail unit;
• Complete electrical, mechanical overhaul as well as significant structural work;
• Tenant fit up work (shoppers);
• All residential finishes.

This was a complex project, with constraints of time and space, given the site location in downtown Kingston. As well Shopper’s had a static Occupancy Date so delays would expose the owner to significant potential cost. The Project was constructed in two phases to minimize disruption, with the Shoppers Drug Mart and other retail units constructed over a nine month period and then the Residential Units over the subsequent thirteen months.