The old Rexall site on Sooke Road offered them an opportunity to build something in a community still small enough that personal relationships could be formed.
“I used to have people come on in here and sit down and talk to me for hours,” he said.
Ito said it’s no trouble, most people live more or less along his drive home.
“It’s very reminiscent of my youth and the local store,” he said.
As Colwood grows, his only fear is that it’ll become impossible to know every client in the future.