Prince Rupert's Parade of store closures continues into March, with Little Anchors set to shut down operations

Little Anchors will weigh anchor at the end of this month, making for the
latest of empty spaces in the city's downtown area

Another For Lease sign will soon pop up along a stretch of the Third Avenue West's shopping district this month, with word that Little Anchors Consignment is putting the final touches to their departure from the city's commercial scene.

The Prince Rupert consignment store started its commercial journey in 2014,, hopscotching upwards along Third Avenue west, finally settling in at its current location in October of 2016.

A notice on the store's Facebook page notes that the decision to close the store comes as the owner, Barb Lippke prepares to change career paths, the Store Closing Sale is currently underway with the final day of business scheduled for March 24th.

More background on the decision can be found here.

The pending closure of Little Anchors, follows the announcement that Oceanside Sports is also set to close the doors, making for the second of now three storefronts on that same 500 block of Third that will be empty, Carter's Jewellers left the city in late 2016 and to this point the space has not found a new tenant.

The stretch of Blue awning on Third Avenue will soon feature three
empty storefronts as the city's business sector continues to suffer more closures

In what has become an ongoing situation, that 500 to 800 blocks of  the downtown core has seen a number of empty store fronts become prevalent over the last year or so.

From the departure of Pacific Northwest across the street, as well the old WF Stone building remaining empty in the same block, the brown paper and empty window look is becoming one of the more dominant images of the area.

Further to the west, the old Northern Drugs/Shoppers storefront and Imperial Palace have been empty for a number of years and on towards the old KFC and the Old Paul's Convenience, are just a few of the now empty spaces to be found from Fulton Street to Eighth street of the once bustling downtown area.

Third Avenue West's empty lots and empty buildings make note
of some of the erosion of the city's once thriving business sector

Earlier this year, Acklands-Grainger also announced their plans to leave Prince Rupert, with that long time fixture on George Hills Way now in the midst of its clearance sales prior to closure.

For more items of note from the City's business sector see our archive page here.




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