THE NORTH mall parking lot at Park Royal Shopping Centre is in the midst of being resurfaced. This work is expected to be com- pleted next month. 1164-West 15th Street, North Vancouver, BC. Canada V7P IM9 Phone (604) 986-4104 BALLARD BATTERY SYSTEMS 16 years on the North Shore WINNER OF CANADA EXPORT AWARD Use our water wisely Despite recent rainfall, water levels in storage reservoirs remain low and careful use of water is still necessary. In the City and District of North Vancouver a complete ban continues on: ® lawn and garden sprinkling ® hosing down sidewalks and driveways. You may water gardens and plants using containers or a hand-held hose equipped with a spring-loaded shutoff device on odd or even days, according to your street address. Bylaw officers have been directed to enforce the ban, which remains in effect until further notice. With your co-operation the need for further, more drastic restrictions may be avoided. C.M. Gale, P.Eng. City Engineer E.J.Bremner, P.Eng. District Director of Parks and Engineering Services ow: NEWS photo $20M facelift creates a gateway THE GATEWAY to West Van- couver will have a new face this year as most of the $20-million fenovation project at Park Royal Shopping Centre is scheduled for completion by November. The 42-year-old shopping cen- tre is in the midst of a renovation program that will increase its leasable floor space by approxi- mately 40,000 square feet and see major changes to the facade and the overall look of the North Shore’s largest and oldest shopp- ing mall, according to Rick Amantea, director of Park Royal Shopping Centre Ltd. He pointed out, however, that in terms of srecharacterization, 100,000 square feet of the mall will have a new look. “A signifi- cant amount of space is being im- proved,"’ said Amantea. Other major changes will simplify access to the mall, im- proving the traffic flow on and off of Marine Drive. More emphasis will also be placed on pedestrian flow within the mall, particularly between the north and south sides. Changes will be made to the ex- terior and interior of both the north and south malls, with the addition of a food court and market to the south side. The Market at Park Royal is scheduled to be open by mid- November. This new feature will house 20 to 25 specialty food stores and gourmet food stores. ‘*We tried to choose stores best suited,’’ said Amantea, including current market tenants such as Peter Black and Sons, Fraserview Produce Mart and the North Shore Wine Cellar. The food court, also planned for the south mall, is scheduled for completion by the spring of 1993. Amantea said all significant physical changes should be com- ALLIED By Pamela Lang Features Reporter plete within the next year, al- though cosmetic changes within the mall will continue throughout 1993 and beyond. A facelift for the north mall will be 80% complete this fall, al- though he said the new feature entranceway will not be complete until next year because it will take the place of the Reyal Bank. The bank will move to the west end of the north mall to a new and larger home, joining London Drugs and the B.C. Liquor Store. Ail three are scheduled to open in November. Woodward's department store will remain at the east end of the north mall, but it will be expand- ed by 4,000 to 5,0G0 feet, in- cluding a new entrance. Amantea said most of the mall’s new tenants — both north and south — are expected to be open for the Christmas season: Although 20 to 25 tenants will be moved temporarily or perma- nently during the renovations, no major changes to the number of tenants or larger retailers are ex- pected. Canada Safeway closed its Woodward’s Food Floor last month, but its north mall location will be taken over by London Drugs. By the end of the project, retail outlets are expected to increase by about 30 from approximately 200 currently located in the mall. Regrading and resurfacing of the north mail parking fot is cur- rently under way, and is causing some inconvenience for shoppers since all street-level parking has been closed. But Amantea said they have on- ly eliminated 280 of the 1,900 stalls on the north side, repre- SHIPBUILDERS ESTABLISHED IN 1948 1870 Harbour Road North Vancouver Shipbuilders — Ship Repairers — Engineers senting 10% of. the parking north of Marine Drive, and 2% of the overail Park Royal parking. Resurfacing should be complete by August, he said, and the stal will be reopened. : As well, landscaping will use trees to hide the parked cars from passers-by and to discourage jaywalking. West Vancouver District Coun- cil favors the installation of a pe- destrian-controlled light to create a crosswalk midway along the mail where jaywalking is now quite common, The major renovation project was announced by Park Royal owners in September 1991 when a company spokesman said they in- tended to move the mall into the 21st century. The project was initially plan- ned to be built in phases over 2 two- or three-year period. Construction began in May, and Amantea said the project is on schedule for completion next spr- ing. : Renovation plans began in 1990 when the mall was sold to the Larco Investments Ltd. group of companies for an estimated $160 million. Larco owns the mail through {67 Sail View Ventures, an affiliate of its Jaffsons Proper- ties Inc. Although the former owners — the Ireland-based Guinness family through British Pacific Propertes Ltd. (BPPL) — saw the potential for expansion and upgrading of the mall, company representatives said they were not prepared to commit the necessary capital from their Canadian operation to make’ it happen. The first regional shopping cen- tre of its kind in Canada, Park Royal mal! opened in September of i950 with one major depart- ment store, 20 smaller tenants, and 750 parking stalls. so