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For fun and because who doesnt like a little harmless Costco speculation, I took the image of what appears to be an intended anchor tenant for the South Brandon Village development from the VBJ Developments website. I found a few Costcos in Canada that seem to have a lot of similarities, which for all I know is a co-incidence (see right-hand column... view full-sized image for best comparison).

Have to stress that this is just a fun exercise and that Costco looks like they have a few different looks for their buildings and that not all look like this. It wouldnt be hard to start punching holes in the comparison by pointing out a difference in scale of some of the elements that are shown. Then even if the image happens to have been inspired by a Costco it doesnt necessarily mean that there's intent to build one there by the land owner and the company.... 

FWIW (and that isn't necessarily much from a Westman perspective given perpetual rumour mill and lack of hard info to substantiate) I see via the link below that Costco has plans to "expand aggressively" over the next year, opening seven new stores in Canada in fiscal year 2017. Statistically speaking, at the least that would mean that a Costco opening in Brandon is more likely in that year than any other year to date :)
 
http://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/costco-to-expand-aggressively-in-canada-over-the-next-year-adding-seven-stores-in-fiscal-2017