ronaRona’s western Canada vice president of retail says he thinks the new location in the former Target space in Cottonwood mall will be a big success.

A store on Sumas Way in Abbotsford closed down a couple of years ago, but Dave Carr says that wasn’t because of lack of customer demand.

“The decision to close that one a couple of years ago is basically, it was a site that wasn’t working for us. We’re still looking to expand in that area, we do have a site in Clearbrook currently, and we’re looking for opportunities to improve or relocate that store as well.”

Carr says the plan is to add a lumber and building material section the location, although exact details on remodelling will have to wait until they assess the space.

He says even though people will be lugging out lumber and other large items he doesn’t  think there will be any problems with the parking lot setup.