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SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - The rumours started to fly as soon as the "for sale" sign recently went up in front of Workplace Plus on 51 Street, according to owner and Shahram Yazdanmehr.

"Are you closing? Are you moving? What's going on?" people would ask.

Neither of the above, according Yazdanmehr.

Shahram Yazdanmehr, owner of Workplace Plus, plans to move his business from 51 Street to a warehouse on Old Airport Road in an effort to streamline his business' operations. - Guy Quenneville/NNSL photo

Rather, the eight-year-old business is streamlining its services, with plans to movie to a new building on Old Airport Road where it will no longer function as a store serving walk-in customers.

Instead, the business will focus on serving its regular customers who consistently order the same products.

The products will be housed in a warehouse adjacent to the building for Pioneer Supply House, a supplier of janitorial and cleaning supplies Yazdanmehr owned prior to buying Workplace Plus late last year.

Workplace Plus currently has five full-time staff members, and they will all survive the move the new space, continuing to handle client questions and concerns.

Workplace Plus will move at the end of December and reopen on Old Airport Road on Jan. 2, said Yazdanmehr.

He said he decided to take advantage of the typically slow business traffic during the Christmas holidays and he isn't fazed by having to cut down on his own holidays, insisting he will take some time for he and his family.

"I'll still have a couple of days off," he said.

Yazdanmehr said he's actually very excited by the move. He had been planning it since taking over Workplace Plus a year ago.

"This is something I had in mind for a while," he said, adding having several businesses close together will make operations smoother.

Yazdanmehr said he has invested a significant amount of money in software that will allow him to handle the financial records of Workplace Plus and Pioneer Supply House using the same program.

Asked if the streamlining had anything to do with the arrival of Business Depot in Yellowknife last December, he said no.