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MARCH 2025
W I N D S O R ’ S F O R E M O S T B U S I N E S S N E W S P U B L I C AT I O N
PHOTO BY JOE SYMCHYSHYN PHOTOGRAPHIC
INSIDE TRACK
A local investment group has been investing in Sandwich Town, expected to undergo a renaissance. The team from left to right: Paul Serra, Mario Staccone, John Staccone and Sam Bazzi. By Ron Stang
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andwich Street is hot and it’s probably going to be the new Walkerville,” said Paul Serra, who spearheads an investment group which just purchased its latest high-profile property on Sandwich Street. The property contains the Haight Ashbury cannabis store, and at one time housed Courtesy Bicycles. Serra, a local dentist, purchased the property through a power of sale following a bank takeover from the former owner, who had great visions for the building along with another on Drouillard Road. This marks the third Sandwich Street property the group has purchased. Another is the three-storey grey and brick building on the corner of Sandwich and Mill streets. Known as the Robinet Building, it was originally a 19th century winery owned by Jules Robinet, credited with launching the winemaking industry in Essex County. “In bootlegging days it was a cellar,” Serra said. “We want to restore that to its original glory.” Continued on page 4