Bridgehead will be opening their Preston location in the fall. While the building faces Preston, their entrance will be just around the corner, off Anderson, approximately where the Preston&Leif Glass doors are now.
Above: view of building along Preston St
Above: view along Anderson Street. The boulevard along the sidewalk will be much improved and landscaped, and will include a patio.
Bridgehead is proposing some major renovations to the building façade, closing up some doors, opening new ones, extending openings the full height. The mis-matched brick, which apparently is not original to the building, will be reclad in new material.
The coffee shop will be face Anderson; the interior of it will be open to the coffee roasting operation and warehouse beyond. Here is what the gutted but as yet unimproved interior space looks like:
Cool! One more reason to come back to the neighbourhood!