Greentree Mall, which once housed the Drumheller Co-op grocery store, is set to be demolished.
Westview Co-op general manager Mike Isaak confirmed with the Mail the building will be knocked down.
“They are mobilizing right now to knock down the mall,” said Isaak. “Everything has been completed, the contract has been awarded, so Shunda is the one that is going to be leading that project."
In 1973, The Drumheller Co-op purchased the site of the former Sky-Lite Drive-in Movie Theatre. In 1977, the service centre was constructed, housing the Agro and building centre.
The next year, Greentree Mall was constructed with a price tag of about $7.5 million.
Greentree Mall housed the Co-op grocery store, cafeteria and tire shop/garage. It has also provided retail opportunities with stores such as Mark’s Work Wearhouse and Liquidation World.
The Co-op grocery store closed in the spring of 2017, and a few of its tenants remained. The Drumheller Co-op amalgamated with Westview Co-op later that year, and the last of its tenants were gone by the end of 2018.
“We are not utilizing it for anything, and to repair the building, the costs are too high to bring it back to where it needs to be to run a business out of it, said Isaak.
He is confident the project will go smoothly.
“Hopefully it's down by winter, but it depends on what they run into,” he said.
There are no immediate plans for the site.
