Rexall Pharmacy in the former Brunswick House is closing after only three years, on June 11. Employees will be re-assigned by the corporately-owned store, but the future of management is uncertain, according to an employee.
NEWS: Brunny Rexall to shutter (May 2021)
June 15th, 2021 · Comments Off on NEWS: Brunny Rexall to shutter (May 2021)
FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (Apr. 2020)
An updated guide of Annex resources By Gleaner Staff Staying home to help stop the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be the new normal for the foreseeable future. Read on for our updated guide to Annex resources during COVID-19, the second issue since we all started to hunker down and stay […]
CHATTER (JULY 2017): Larry Sdao receives Community Builder Award
August 1st, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (JULY 2017): Larry Sdao receives Community Builder Award
The Harbord Village Residents’ Association (HVRA) has given Larry Sdao its Community Builder Award. Sdao owns 481 Bloor St. W., formerly home to the Brunswick House. HVRA chair Gus Sinclair said that Sdao worked with the community to deal with “an intractable problem that was the Brunswick House business [Sdao’s former tenant]”. Local residents’ associations […]
NEWS (MAY 2017): Restored Brunswick House reopens
May 26th, 2017 · Comments Off on NEWS (MAY 2017): Restored Brunswick House reopens
Exhibition features musical memorabilia By Annemarie Brissenden It was a grand opening for a grand old dame. Approximately 45 community members, music aficionados, and company dignitaries celebrated the transformation of Brunswick House from a notorious student dive bar into a boutique flagship drugstore when Rexall/Pharma Plus officially opened Rexall Brunswick on Bloor Street West late […]
LETTERS
May 13th, 2016 · Comments Off on LETTERS
Beware the corporatization of Bloor Street Re “Rexall replaces Brunswick House” (April 2016): Anyone who sees Rexall’s move into the Brunswick location as a good thing or as a positive addition to the neighbourhood is sorrily mistaken. I am not sentimental regarding the loss of the Brunswick House itself, but sad to see a large […]
NEWS: Rexall replaces Brunswick House
April 7th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS: Rexall replaces Brunswick House
Pharmacy drugstore chain says it will respect building’s heritage [pullquote]“This will be a relief to the neighbourhood”—Sue Dexter, HVRA[/pullquote] By Annemarie Brissenden After one last weekend-long blowout, the doors of the Brunswick House closed for good, leaving the neighbourhood eagerly anticipating the site’s next, presumably quieter and more agreeable, incarnation. “Identifying a new tenant is […]
Rexall to take over Brunswick House
March 23rd, 2016 · Comments Off on Rexall to take over Brunswick House
Pharmacy drugstore chain says it will respect building’s heritage By Annemarie Brissenden The Brunswick House has a new tenant. Rexall, a pharmacy drugstore chain, will be taking over the first floor of the building at 481 Bloor St. W., confirmed landlord Larry Sdao. The betting lounge on the upper floors will be moving out, and […]