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TRADEWINDS | 108 WEST ESPLANADE

Pet restrictions:


An Owner, tenant or occupant is restricted to keeping:

a) 2 dogs;

b) 2 cats;

c) a combination thereof to a maximum of 2 pets.


About the building:


The Tradewinds building on the corner of Esplanade Avenue and Lonsdale Avenue is a 1998 reconstruction of the original Syndicate Block built in 1903. When the Western Corporation built the Syndicate Block, it was one of the first buildings in the area and is believed to have been home to the North Shore's first grocery store.


McMillan Grocers was one of the first tenants along with the North Vancouver Post Office and in 1905, the Express which was North Vancouver’s first newspaper. For a period of time, a dance hall and meeting hall operated upstairs.


Logging was a big industry in North Vancouver during these times. In 1903, due to the active logging business, a real estate boom was in full bloom and the Western Corporation was one of the main development companies in Vancouver with its offices in the Syndicate Block.


The Syndicate Block was designated as a heritage building and when redeveloped in 1996, this made it necessary by law to retain certain features and parts of the original building. By 1998, the Tradewinds building was ready for occupancy for 51 residential units and ten commercial addresses.



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