Grocery shoppers will have to wait a while for North Vancouver’s first Whole Foods to open on the corner of 13th and Lonsdale Avenue.

Slated to open in early 2018, the 40,000-square-foot store will be in the same lot where Safeway is now and will anchor The Onni Group’s mixed-use development, which includes an 80-foot office building and two condo towers measuring 240 feet and 180 feet.

“We are deeply committed to creating a store that serves the unique needs of this community, and will reach out to ask for direct feedback about what our new neighbours would like to see in the store,” said Joe Rogoff, president of Whole Foods in the Pacific North West region, in a press release.

Know for its organic and natural selection of food, this will be the second Whole Foods on the North Shore, including a location already at Park Royal Village.

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I am pleased to have acted on behalf of both parties in the sale of this 23-unit apartment property in the West End, located at 1075 Nelson Street. The purchase price was $9,000,000.

Renters could have more options in West Vancouver if Hollyburn Properties’ infill project is given the green light.

An additional 49 purpose-built rental units in two low-rise buildings could be built beside an existing highrise in Ambleside at 195 21st St.

The development proposal, Hollyburn Gardens, brings a change of pace for West Van.

In the last 30 years, most developers have steered clear of building rentals. There are currently 1,900 purpose-built rental units in West Van, most built during the 1960s and ‘70s in the Ambleside Apartment Area.

Many are vulnerable to loss as new developers move in and want to maximize the return on their investment in expensive district land.

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