COSTCO Business Center Metro Vancouver

[SpongeG]

I often end up going to the Costco in Surrey, and every time no matter what day or time of day it's always a madhouse. Tonight at 6:30 pm or so it was packed, had to squeeze down aisles. Many of the shelves and produce etc were empty with just piles of empty boxes. Often end up leaving unable to buy what I went in for.

They really could use at least two more locations in Surrey alone, one in the north and one in the south would really help.

My preferred Costco and usual one is the old Burnaby location, no matter what time I go there it's steady but not that busy, lots of stock on the shelves and everything I go into buy is in stock.

[hollywoodnorth]

$15.7 million per acre for some North Vancouver industrial land

2.79 acres along West 1st

https://www.nsnews.com/real-estate-n...r-acre-3815744

This site could support a Costco I think above a 2 floored parkade. its blocks away from the other site they tried to build a store on 10 years ago.

thoughts?

[madog222]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

$15.7 million per acre for some North Vancouver industrial land

2.79 acres along West 1st

https://www.nsnews.com/real-estate-n...r-acre-3815744

This site could support a Costco I think above a 2 floored parkade. its blocks away from the other site they tried to build a store on 10 years ago.

thoughts?

I don’t think a below grade parkade would be feasible there for just a Costco.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

$15.7 million per acre for some North Vancouver industrial land

2.79 acres along West 1st

https://www.nsnews.com/real-estate-n...r-acre-3815744

This site could support a Costco I think above a 2 floored parkade. its blocks away from the other site they tried to build a store on 10 years ago.

thoughts?

I don't think the city would allow it because of the traffic. That's why they blocked the previous proposal.

[hollywoodnorth]

found this thread on Reddit >> https://www.reddit.com/r/SurreyBC/co..._south_surrey/

some interesting stuff there namely >>

1) According to one of the documents on Surrey's website, Costco owns the property located at 1891 164 St.

What some have said here contradicts that, does anyone know about this address?


2) Spoke to the Langley manager about a year ago, they we’re going to buy the lot across from Langley to make the Langley one bigger. Deal fell thru, they Kiboshed the idea and are now looking in Campbell Heights area ( South Langley 192/24 Ave) for an alternative warehouse. The idea is it would get all the white rock customers and relieve the Surrey/Langley/Abby stores at the same time


can anyone figure out if they so still own that land in South Surrey?

also ... Campbell Valley Business Park seems like a good location for both a regular store and a business store.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

found this thread on Reddit >> https://www.reddit.com/r/SurreyBC/co..._south_surrey/

some interesting stuff there namely >>

1) According to one of the documents on Surrey's website, Costco owns the property located at 1891 164 St.

What some have said here contradicts that, does anyone know about this address?


2) Spoke to the Langley manager about a year ago, they we’re going to buy the lot across from Langley to make the Langley one bigger. Deal fell thru, they Kiboshed the idea and are now looking in Campbell Heights area ( South Langley 192/24 Ave) for an alternative warehouse. The idea is it would get all the white rock customers and relieve the Surrey/Langley/Abby stores at the same time


can anyone figure out if they so still own that land in South Surrey?

also ... Campbell Valley Business Park seems like a good location for both a regular store and a business store.

The guy is probably just talking about the development application from 2018. You have to assume it's dead if they aren't actively working on building anything in the past three years.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

The guy is probably just talking about the development application from 2018. You have to assume it's dead if they aren't actively working on building anything in the past three years.

ya but they are big enough to shut down the application wait for a new council or change in attitudes and reapply. its going on 4 years if they still own the land I think that would show intent.

and I bet they still own the land. the size and everything about it is perfect for a store.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

ya but they are big enough to shut down the application wait for a new council or change in attitudes and reapply. its going on 4 years if they still own the land I think that would show intent.

and I bet they still own the land. the size and everything about it is perfect for a store.

Well history would say otherwise. They got denied in North Vancouver and never came back.

[hollywoodnorth]

stumbled upon this Costco in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It's a purpose built Costco from 1990 with a 2 floor parkade. this seems like the only way we will get a Costco in the Urban region or maybe something like the Superstore on 104th in Surrey or Number 2 road in Richmond. with the Store over the parkade.

But this Gaithersburg store interested me as other the Downtown Vancouver its the only other store in North America that seems to have parking other than in the typical big box ground level way. are there any other locations anyone knows of with not typical parking? (edit: looks like NYC has a couple)



pic from bigstockphoto.com

[WarrenC12]

Could we see a Costco along Marine drive in South Van? The Richmond store is bursting at the seams (as is Burnaby Willingdon).

Is anything happening on that old proposed Walmart site?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Could we see a Costco along Marine drive in South Van? The Richmond store is bursting at the seams (as is Burnaby Willingdon).

Is anything happening on that old proposed Walmart site?

They sold it it an industrial developer.

[jollyburger]

Asia of course has more compact multi-level versions of Costco



https://mg2.com/projects/costco-asia/

[SpongeG]

yes this Costco in Seoul is on two levels

• Video Link

South of the Fraser really needs two more. The old Burnaby location, in travel time is actually not much different than driving from Whalley to the Surrey store and its mush less busy.

[hollywoodnorth]

Interestingly enough .... I noticed this in a DailyHive article >>

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amaz...ivery-facility

“In addition to its central location in Metro Vancouver, we anticipate this announcement will encourage future positive investment into Golden Ears Business Park and the City.”

Amazon will be joining other tenants in the area, including Costco, Canadian Tire, and Keystone.



now the odd thing is Costco already has a fairly new and massive Distribution center across the Golden Ears Bridge from this location.

And looking at it this would be a great location for a Costco Warehouse location as it would take pressure off of the Langley, Surrey, Port Coquitlam and Abbotsford (Mission people coming to this location).

and Phase 4 of this business park has the room for a Costco on the north side of it fronting Airport Way.

thoughts?


pic from >> https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/def...uck_routes.jpg

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

Interestingly enough .... I noticed this in a DailyHive article >>

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amaz...ivery-facility

“In addition to its central location in Metro Vancouver, we anticipate this announcement will encourage future positive investment into Golden Ears Business Park and the City.”

Amazon will be joining other tenants in the area, including Costco, Canadian Tire, and Keystone.

I think they're referring to that new location across the bridge "in the area" and not Costco opening in that business park.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

I think they're referring to that new location across the bridge "in the area" and not Costco opening in that business park.

I figured as much. but still. prime location.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Asia of course has more compact multi-level versions of Costco



https://mg2.com/projects/costco-asia/

that South Korean store is amazing. I'm not gonna lie it aroused me a little bit

[CivicBlues]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

that South Korean store is amazing. I'm not gonna lie it aroused me a little bit

Looks like Taiwan to me

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by CivicBlues

Looks like Taiwan to me

Yeah image address said Taichung

A Korean Costco



https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tec...94_255019.html

[Colin4567]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

Interestingly enough .... I noticed this in a DailyHive article >>

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amaz...ivery-facility

“In addition to its central location in Metro Vancouver, we anticipate this announcement will encourage future positive investment into Golden Ears Business Park and the City.”

Amazon will be joining other tenants in the area, including Costco, Canadian Tire, and Keystone.



now the odd thing is Costco already has a fairly new and massive Distribution center across the Golden Ears Bridge from this location.

And looking at it this would be a great location for a Costco Warehouse location as it would take pressure off of the Langley, Surrey, Port Coquitlam and Abbotsford (Mission people coming to this location).

and Phase 4 of this business park has the room for a Costco on the north side of it fronting Airport Way.

thoughts?


pic from >> https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/def...uck_routes.jpg

That would go against the approved design for phase 4. It features the office in the centre with the loading bay fronting Harris Road and the employee parking in the back abutting the residential development. Studies were done for truck traffic here and not like "normal" vehicular traffic. Would trigger a redesign if that were the case.

You can see it on page 4 here https://pittmeadows.ca.granicus.com/...meta_id=146049