ollarton barber
packs up, departs

Move leaves
mall executive
‘surprised’

Robert Galster

News Reporter
robert@nsnews.com

THE saga of the
Dollarton Shopping
Centre barber has run
its course.

Derrell Bickel has been
cutting hair in che Deep Cove
rocation for 35 years. Last

nonth he got the news that
his lease was being terminat-
ed. Following an outpouring
ef support from the surround-
ing community, the mall's

+ management company,
Anthem Properties, reversed
its initial decision and entered
into negotiations with Bickel.

In the meantime, the bar-
ber’s neighbor, Carousel
Cleaners, also got the boot.
Reaction from the drvcleaner
was fiery.

“They just shafted me
out,” said Carousel owner
Barb Houston, who has
owned the store for about two
years and was planning on

DERRELL Bickel, owner
of the Dollarton Barber
Shop, has called it a day.

selling it.

Houston contacted =a
lawyer, but like her hair-cut-
ting counterpart, she was also
legally powerless to do any-
thing abour the eviction.

Anthem evicted Houston
because they had leased the
barber space to another
drycleaner.

However, by fast
Wednesday, things started to
look up for both tenants.

Anthem Properties direc-
tor Eric Carlson paid Bickel a
visit and had his hair cut by
the experienced barber.

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Together they hammered
out a deal that would allow
Bickel to remain at thy site.
All that was left to do was a
last check of the agreement by
Bickel’s lawyer. However,
Bickel didn’t get a copy of the
final document until fast
Saturday,

On Sunday he abruptly
packed up his stuff and lefr.

“We thought we had a deal
with Derrell and were quite
surprised when he moved out
anyway,” said Anthem vice
president James Speakman. “1
don’t know what the lesson is
here. [ think everyone’s just
disappointed with the way it
has turned out.”

Bickel’s take on the situa-
tion is quite different. He said
he left because the final lease
he received did not contain
the items he thought: were
agreed upon.

“By the time they came
around I had already sold a
barber chair and a sink,” said
Bickel. “They just infuriate
me.”

Houston has been caught
op her own rollercoaster nde
of changing scenarios. She
started negotiating a lease
with Anthem late last year.
But shortly after making a
counter-ofter to the landlord

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BARB Houston of Carousel Cleaners was evicted from the Dollarton shopping cen-
tre. She follows in the footsteps of barber Derrell Bickel, who was evicted earlier.

she got her eviction papers.

“| don’t want co lose
everything, | work too hard,”
said Houston who also owns
Goadys Cleaners at the Park
and Tiltord mall. *T work 12,
14 hours a day to keep every-
thing going.”

But her fate was sealed
with Bickel’s departure on
Sunday.

North Vancouver District
Coun. Lisa Muri who has
been spearheading the com-
munity’s efforts in helping
both ousted businesses said
she was hopeful something
could be worked out.

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“Ef guess in the end Mr.
Bickel decided he had had
enough and made the deci-
sion,” said Muri. *You can’t
stay where you're not happy,
but in fairness to the property
company they came out and
responded.”

With the barber already
gone, Houston has until the
end of the month to leave her
premises. Speakman said the
Carousel Cleaners — space
remains open. He added there
is a lot of interest in the prop-

erty and hopes a delicatessen-
style tenant will be found to
take it over.

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