One of the last residential homes on Main Street Niverville is set to be demolished to make room for another commercial strip mall. Local real estate developer Ray Dowse is poised to transform 31 Main Street.
Dowse says that the new building will have 4,960 square feet, divided into three retail units. He also owns 41 Main Street, right next door.
“Upon its completion, 31 Main Street will have a very similar look and feel to the completed building next door at 41 Main Street, where BSI Insurance and Urban Flavours are operating,” Dowse says.
There will be a joint parking lot for both buildings and a single access from Main Street.
“The combined 31/41 Main Street commercial site will offer a total of six commercial units and 13,325 square feet of space in two separate buildings,” he adds.
Dowse hopes to start construction of 31 Main Street by the end of this year and anticipates completing the building in the late spring. At that point, the new commercial renters will be able to start finishing out their respective units to meet their specific needs.
One of those three new units has already been scooped by Dean Delorme of Niverville and Kos Simeonidis, the primary owner of Santa Lucia Pizza. They will occupy the unit at the far west end of the new building. They will be opening a takeout-only Santa Lucia location with a 12-seat patio.
“As landlord,” Dowse says, “it has been great working with the Santa Lucia team to develop a site and space that will meet their long-term needs in the community.”
News on other tenants and businesses will be coming soon. Dowse is already working with two additional businesses to rent the remaining units.
“We are optimistic that things will become official with them in the coming months,” he says, “so we can begin construction by the end of the year.”
The Town of Niverville requires that 31 Main Street provide 25 parking stalls and that 41 Main Street provide 41 stalls. These 66 total stalls will be spread out as 11 street parking spots, 55 spots in parking lots behind and between the two buildings, plus eight additional spots in the back lot, if needed.
“It is really exciting to work together with all of these different entrepreneurs and organizations and help bring their plans to reality,” Dowse says.
