April 9, 1986 News 985-2131 Saturday.” ~-* Developers of Lonsdale Quay’s $25: million hotel-public market Complex are. holding their combination of ‘hotel’ legance will lead Lower -onsdale and“ North:: Vancouver nstruction of the project, said anadian _media interest ,| City ponders skate THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 40 pages 25¢ NV waterfront ; THE COMMERCIAL and social heart of the $140 ‘million Lonsdale: Quay development will be officially set beating By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter Of the hotel-market’s comple- tion, Evans said, ‘‘We are ecstatic. The Quay ncw has its people place. Before it was mainly offices ‘and businesses, but now. everybody has a reason to go to the Quay at any time." Evans said the compl xity of construction. involved in the multi-use hotel-market project rivalled anything in North ‘America, and is comparable, on a smaller scale, to the Canada Place project. ‘Concept for the project was of- ficially born January, 1983. Con- struction began in November, 1984. The 57-room Lonsdale Quay Hotel, its* intimate view : of . industrial North Vancouver waterfront snd . grand sweep of recreational Van- couver harbor, will provide ap- proximately 250 jobs for area resi- dents during Expo 86 and 200 jabs thereafter. : When the hotel’ $s management advertised available positions, it received a deluge of 2,200 upptica- tions. “The Nerth response from with its three restaurants, ” Shore kids was incredible,’ said the hotel’s general manger Michael Fuller. ‘‘They were the most aware and, overall, the best applicants.”' As of late March, the hotel was 80 per cent booked for Expo 86. “But really, we consider ourselves a North Skore hotel,’ Fuller said. The hotel’s unique character results from its design as an in- tegral part. of North Vancouver’s waterfront. Eastside room windows open onto a panoramic slice of in- dustrial North Vancouver, seldom featured on postcards, with the newly refurbished C.H. Cates and Sons Ltd. bobbing immediately nf SCAR adjacent and, further east, the in- dustrial gothic scaffolding of Ver-. satile Pacific Shipyards Ltd. From westside room, balconies, view is angled south across Bur- rard Inlet to -Vancouver's downtown urban skyline and north to North Shore mountains. ‘Per night room prices go from $85 for a single to $120 for a dou- - ble to $225 for the Carrie Cates executive suite, a. half-moon shaped, glass-enclosed suite pro- viding a .180-degree. waterfront view of North Vancouver and Vancouver. Hotel philosophy, according to Fuller, emphasizes intimacy over’ five-star formality and white-glove service. The concept to marry hotel ac- commodation with the vibrancy of a public market is unique to Western Canada, he said. “It reflects a, trend, towards waterfront revitalization ‘and.: ap- preciation begun: ina. few: American cities,’* Fuller said.’ “The. hotel is a seaside resort. It is attractive to people who like ‘the. water and like to be near it.’ - Loops is the hotel's main restau- rant and will be aimed at the ‘tca- sually elegant dining’? marker. Its 165 seats look south over North Vancouver harbor and Vancouver skyline from the hotels second storey. The hotel's 180-seat Waterfront Bistro Lounge overlooks the Cates’ tug operation from its second. storey vantage point. Tug's Pub, meanwhile, is deco- rated in a SOs diner motif. The 185-seat pub Jooks north over North Vancouver City and will See Lonsdale Page 10 INDEX Business ........... 16 Classified Ads.......35 Doug Collins.........8 Editorial’ Page........6° © Food ......ceeeeee 32> Bob Hunter. . wed res ee 13% 34 Lifestyles.... Mailbox..... Sports .... What's Going On.