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The closures put approximately 800 people - 80 employees at the Cambridge store
– out of work. It was estimated at the time all Knob Hill Farms’ buildings and their
surrounding lands were worth more than $100 million. But rumours of the potential
closure of the Cambridge store were already circulating after media reports
surfaced in February of 1999 that Knob Hill Farms was considering a proposal to
convert the local site into a high-profile trade/convention centre and hotel.
The projected cost was pinned at approximately $60-70 million, including a
$25 million hotel. The proposal was later withdrawn, eventually paving way for
Canadian Tire and Home Depot.

Cambridge Knob Hill Farms facts:
• 350,000 square feet (seven acres inside)

• 18-acres of parking providing 1,500 spots
• Opened officially by Ontario Lieutenant
Governor Lincoln Alexander

• Included a continental café, European
bakery, fresh fish market, hair salon, shoe
repair shop, jewelry store and a Mennonite
furniture outlet

• Featured battery-powered shopping carts
and plastic baskets to take home food

• The new store was managed by John D’Urzo, CAMBRIDGE CITY ARCHIVES PHOTO
a 17-year Knob Hill Farms veteran The Knob Hill fountain, pictured here in 1990,
remains standing today.

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