St Albans has lost more shopping opportunities at the Edgeware Village. The block of shops at the corner of Colombo St and Edgeware Rd was evacuated today for at least a month or until further notice. The closed shops include a greengrocers, a KB’s bakery, the Edgeware Blues Lounge, the TAB and an United Video shop. A sign at the video shop invited returns of DVD as usual and stated that they will re-open asap. All shops were suddenly red-stickered after being open for business for the last 3 months since the February earthquake. The St Albans Pavilion and Pool which had scheduled their 2011 AGM at the Blues Lounge will be looking for a new venue.
The Fruit and Vegetable shop conducted an emergency sale of its stock today outside their premises on the carpark.
Update: See this link in The Press about the same story: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/5094310/Edgeware-shops-unsafe