Owner looks to develop new Tim Hortons site
Posted Mar 4, 2010 By Tara Gesner
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Tweet ThisEMC Business - Carleton Place residents could soon have a new Tim Hortons to get their double-double coffee fix, after TDL Group Corp. applied for a building permit mid-January.
The proposed site for the single storey restaurant is the corner of Franktown Road and Coleman Street - the area in front of the local Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment.
The subject land is legally described as Part Lot 17, Part Lot 18, Plan 230 Sec. E, Lanark, North Beckwith, Part Park Lot 19 and Part Park Lot 20, Plan 230, Sec. E, Lanark, North Beckwith, Plan Lot 14 Concession 11, Beckwith being Parts 11, 12, 12 & 20, Plan 27R-5617, Town of Carleton Place. The property is designated Central Business District.
According to Lisa Young, director of planning and development, Town of Carleton Place, the new 2,400 square foot restaurant would encompass approximately 40 seats and a drive thru.
The Policy Committee of the Town of Carleton Place will hold a meeting on March 9 at 8 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Town Hall (175 Bridge St.) to consider the application for a Class III Development Permit. Any person may attend and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed development permit.
The new restaurant would replace the Tim Hortons downtown, located at 2 Lake Ave. W.
Owner David Peters said that business has doubled since he took over 16 years ago.
"This is for expansion," he said. "There is too much congestion downtown. It's a good business decision."
Another Tim Hortons franchise is located at the corner of Highway 7 and McNeely Ave.
HISTORY
Tim Hortons got its start in Hamilton in 1964. By 1967, Ron Joyce, a franchisee of that company, had started an additional three stores, and he and Tim Horton, a National Hockey League legend, became official partners. In 1974, Horton was killed in a car accident and Joyce became sole owner of the company. Tim Hortons merged with Wendy's International Inc. in 1995 and has more than 1,800 locations in Canada and the United States.
The first Tim Hortons stores offered only two products - coffee and donuts. As consumer tastes grew, so did the menu choices in the Tim Hortons stores. In 1976, the popular Timbit, a bite-sized treat was introduced. Over the next several years, items like muffins, cakes, pies, croissants, soups and chili were added to the menu.
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