is looking for a new location

By Alan Shackleton

TEX THOMAS has been running Pro League Sports on Queen Street East in the Beach for more than 30 years, and he would like to continue doing so.

However, his business is facing an upcoming challenge as the building his store has called home since he first opened up in 1991 will be undergoing major construction work as an addition is put on.

The upcoming construction means the building will no longer be usable for the lengthy period of time it will take to do the work and into the future.

The situation has put Thomas in a position in which he will have to move his store to another location or close the business for good.

An area resident, Thomas said closing up after more than three decades in the community is not something he wants to do.

“We’re looking for a new site and want to stay in this neighbourhood. I want to stay and remain a part of the neighbourhood,” he told Beach Metro Community News in an interview at the store last week.

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Thomas is hoping to find a new location along Queen Street East in the Beach, but it will have to be one that meets his business’ needs and the amount of rent he is used to paying.

His move must be completed by the end of this July as that is when construction work at his current building at 1957 Queen St. E. (just east of Kenilworth Avenue) is set