THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

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April 3, 1987 Classified 986-6222

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WEST VANCOUVER will get a $10 million, specialty
shopping centre on Caulfeild Plateau after the B.C. Appeal
Court ruled in favor of the developers Thursday.

Eighteen residents and nearby
Dundarave merchants tried to pre-
vent the 70,000-square-foot shopp-
ing centre in their neighborhood by
appealing an earlier B.C. Supreme
Court decision.

The residents argued that West
Vancouver municipality was
wrong .to allow a large develop-

‘ment in the arca because its origi-

nal Jand use contract called for
small commercial developments
only.

But after hearing the appeal
Feb. 27, Madame Justice B.
McLachlin, Judge J. Taggart and
J. Aikins ruled in favor of the
developer -~ BCE Development
Corporation (BCED), formerly
Daon Development Corp.

Don Milliken, vice-president of
the shopping centre, said the cor-
poration was so confident that the
appeal court would rule in its favor
that construction began eight
weeks ago.

He said the centre, with about
30 shops, will open Sept. 22. ‘

“The site has been cleared and
levelled and our leasing program is
well under way,” Milliken said.

“We have the commitment of a
major drug store, bank, specialty
tiquor store and -large food store,
called Some Place Special, run by
Safeway, It’s the first of its kind in
North America catering specifical-
ly to the West Vancouver marketp-
Jace,’’ he said.

The centre will be built on 4.3
acres, with a one-acre green belt.

“We've planned the develop-
ment very carefully to meet the
neighborhood’s concerns. That’s
why we have a green belt. Secondly
we've eliminated any rear loading

By KihM{ PEMBERTON
News Reporter |

that would have been adjacent to
residents — all loading will be at
the front of the site,’’ said
Milliken.

The residents had argued that
the commercial land was improp-
erly increased from 3.5 acres to 5.3
acres by West Vancouver District
Council, which altered the land use
contract with a minor instead of a
major bylaw amendment.

This decision meant a_ public
meeting was not needed for the
developer's application.

The residents’ lawyer Richard
Goepel said the judges ruled that
the Caulfeild Plateau. could be
characterized as needing only a
minor amendment.

He said the judges alsu ruled
that the West Vancouver Com-
munity Plan, which deals with the
number of shopping areas in the
district, did not apply to Caulfeild
because it was in an existing land
use contract at the time the plan.
was drawn.

Group spokesman Russel
Precious said he accepts the court’s
ruling, but he is now interested in
seeing what results another skopp-
ing centre will have in West Van-
couver.

“Business is marginal right now
in West Vancouver,"’ he said. ‘‘I
don’t think anyone will benefit,
not even the developers.”’

But Milliken said shonving is
limited in the western section of
West Vancouver, and a strong in-
terest has been shown by retailers
wanting to lease space in the cen-
tre.

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