The Starbucks in Downtown Windsor is looking to move.
The popular coffeehouse has been leasing space at the corner of Ouellette Ave. and University Ave. West for the past 15-years.
The space is owned by Joe Mikhail of Mikhail Holdings, and he tells AM800 News, Starbucks will be vacating the space at the end of July.
"Their lease ends July 31st and normal protocol is usually six months before, you let the landlord know, hey we're not going to be around sorry and there's a proper exchange and termination period, but this didn't happen," he says.
Mikhail doesn't believe the closure has anything to do with a rent increase.
"Anything to do with rent or so forth they would come to us to negotiate with that," he says. "There was never any indication whatsoever on anything to do with it. All we heard was they were rationalizing stores and they've un-rationalized this one I suppose."
A number of real estate agents tell AM800 News, Starbucks is looking for a larger location to consider a drive thru near the downtown core or in the Walkerville area.
After sending multiple requests for comment, AM800 News received the following statement from Starbucks Canada Corporate office. Requests for clarification have also not been answered.
"We continue to experience high growth in Canada and are proud of our success. As a normal part of doing business, every year we open many new stores, we close some, and relocate a few others. We consider many factors when we make these decisions. When we decide to close a store, we go to great lengths to minimize negative impacts: we offer affected store partners roles at other stores, we communicate to customers and community neighbors in advance and advise them how we will continue to support them moving forward." - Starbucks Canada