Gas stations.. and the empty lots they become..

Turn in at the sign of the big BA.....

I miss the old brands.

As a kid in Richmond in the 1970's we had Esso, Shell and Chevron (Standard), but also we had Gulf (taken by Petro Canada), Union 76 (taken by Husky), Home and Texaco (taken by Esso) and Pacific 66 (taken by who knows...) I may be missing one.

I know in Victoria the corner of Burnside and Douglas was a Union 76 station until the late 70's.

Soon it will be Co-Op only. Esso sold their stations in BC to 7-11 (still branded as Esso) and Chevron just sold theirs to Parkland
Fuel (will remain branded as Chevron)

Edited by johnk, 11 June 2017 - 11:02 AM.

Insight into the land remediation industry with Harm Gross of NEXT Environmental.

Ten on the 10th: land remediation Q&A with Harm Gross of NEXT Environmental

https://victoria.cit...-environmental/

for sale former payless gas and car wash high quadra 950k

https://www.realtor....toria-lake-hill

excellent exposure just north of McKenzie Avenue. Zone C9 but seller will consider offers subject to re-zoning. (21614458)

perfect place for a flatiron type highrise.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 October 2019 - 07:22 AM.

...perfect place for a flatiron type highrise.

In suburban Saanich? 

In suburban Saanich? 

why not?  in another thread i said nobody much cares about high density on busy traffic routes.  quadra is perfect.

here's a sample from "suburban langford" to go by.

it'd be shorter than a building across the road not far (50m?) at all south.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 October 2019 - 08:34 AM.

why not?  in another thread i said nobody much cares about high density on busy traffic routes.  quadra is perfect....

I'll start packing up my stuff for my big move now.

for sale former payless gas and car wash high quadra 950k

 

https://www.realtor....toria-lake-hill

 

 

excellent exposure just north of McKenzie Avenue. Zone C9 but seller will consider offers subject to re-zoning. (21614458)

 

 

perfect place for a flatiron type highrise.

Or electric charging station and a highrise.

Or electric charging station and a highrise.

 

not gonna happen. 

GLANFORD AUTO SERVICE $2.750M

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Save-On Gas in James Bay (Menzies Street) is now closed; the sign mentions a reopening in spring 2020, and I anticipate that there will be some renovations here (I recall that a prior rezoning request had asked for the addition of office space on this site).

Save-On Gas in James Bay (Menzies Street) is now closed; the sign mentions a reopening in spring 2020, and I anticipate that there will be some renovations here (I recall that a prior rezoning request had asked for the addition of office space on this site).

Yes, they had the rezoning adopted and DP issued last year. Archived presentation is here: https://pub-victoria...documentid=1671

That would explain why they had such decent gas prices over the last little while.

Rare opportunity to purchase a Service Station zoned corner property in a desirable residential neighbourhood. Excellent retail exposure on Vancouver Street with good access / egress. Price includes two electric hoists, air compressor, heavy duty work benches and more. Stage 1 and Stage 2 environmental work recently completed in 2019 - reports available on request. Extensively renovated in 2020. Perfect owner / occupier situation suitable for bespoke automotive (and possibly bicycle) service station with potential retail accessory use - to be confirmed. 

$1,495,000

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"bespoke automotive"...really? 

The Cunningham family, who have been fixing cars and selling gasoline on the Saanich Peninsula for 98 years and through five generations, have pulled down the bay doors and shut off the pumps.

The station on the Pat Bay Highway near Elk Lake was sold to a Vancouver buyer this month who will redevelop the site into a Chevron station, likely by September, says the family.

https://www.timescol...ears-1.24293890

^ there is some great history in that article.

sparky do you know this family?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 March 2021 - 06:23 AM.

^ Absolutely. Fantastic History. The Cunningham family lived across the highway from the gas station. Back in the day we would buy one or two dollars worth of gas for the jalopy there and then cruise the Tasty Freeze, Gas was 29.9 cents a gallon....a gallon!

We went to school with the kids and our kids went to school at Durance with their kids.

Two little known facts.

The Cunningham dad (can't remember his name) George? was a long distance runner and he used to run to Royal Oak and back along the Pat Bay Highway in the morning before work.

And my favourite ....the family would spend the entire year collecting and selling horse **** in bags in front of their house. Every winter they would take the whole family to Hawaii on the money they made selling ****.

The Oldfields (Prospect Lake), Cunninghams (Elk Lake), and Neufelds (the BA station across from Cunninghams) were the gas station families of rural Saanich.

where was the tasty freeze?  i think there was one at shelbourne plaza (shelbourne and cedar hill x rd.) back in the day.