This one-storey, 28 by 80-foot brick building on Logan Avenue in Winnipeg was constructed in 1936 by Malcom Construction at a cost of about $6,500, as a grocery for Safeway Stores Limited. It was in use as a pawn shop at the time of a 2020 site visit.

Former Safeway store on Logan Avenue in Winnipeg (April 2020)
Source: George Penner
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92117, W97.19424 denoted by symbol on the map above |
See also:
Manitoba Business: Malcom Construction
Manitoba Business: Safeway Stores Limited
Sources:
“Plan new theatre,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1936, page 7.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 April 2020
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