CHEK News

Capital Iron will close its downtown Victoria and Langford stores on Dec. 17, employees tell CHEK News.

“It probably gets [business owners] into a frame of mind about how they can be more resilient, the fact that they have opportunities to grow and be more engaged with what they do every day,” he said. “The outpouring of support has been great.” If people had decided to make purchases of items that they could have found at Capital Iron, but didn’t get them there,” he said. “No matter what my family did, the staff are what drove it.” “We weren’t set up for [online shopping] because we always relied on selling to people and the experience and being in the store,” he said. “We’ve been in business here in Victoria for 88 years and we’ve become a part of the fabric of the community. Capital Iron’s closure will have an impact on the business community in Victoria, but what exactly that is isn’t clear yet, said Williams. “We loved being in this area. We used to hundreds of thousands of dollars of fabric every year when people were sewing their clothes,” said Black, who joined the company more than three decades ago. Three heritage properties, which include the building where Capital Iron is located, would remain but all other existing buildings would be demolished. “It starts to add up,” he said. “It is very, very sad to see that happen,” he told CHEK News.