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Quality Foods Earns Business of the Year Title Top Vancouver Island Companies Honoured at Business Excellence Awards Gala BY MARK MACDONALD BUSINESS EXAMINER
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ICTOR I A – Quality Fo o d s , w h i c h h a s 2 o f i t s 13 l o c a t i o n s i n G r e a t e r V i c t o r i a , w a s a nnounced as the Business of the Year the 17 th Annual Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awa rds, honou ri ng the best of the best in Island business Ja n u a r y 2 6 a t t h e s ol d-o u t Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort in Victoria. Q u a l it y Fo o d s wa s joi n e d by finalist in the Business of the Year category with Dodd’s Furniture & Mattress a nd Chemistry Consulting of Victoria, and The Coulson Group of Port Alberni. “A s we’ve come to ex pect, t here were some s p e c t a c ular success stories this year,” SEE BE AWARDS | PAGE 21
Jordan Schley, Store Manager of Quality Foods View Royal, left, receives the Business of the Year Award from Dan Little of Grant Thornton LLP PHOTOS BY TIM MCGRATH, ITS PHOTOGRAPHY.
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Finally: Progress for Oceeanview Golf Resort Development? Stalled Due To Lack Of Access, 517 Acre South Nanaimo Project May Have Found Solution BY MARK MACDONALD BUSINESS EXAMINER VANCOUVER ISLAND
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ANAIMO – Remember Oceanview Golf Resort & Spa? The planned multi-million dollar residential subdivision, golf resort and hotel on 517 acres of land just south of Harmac (think Bear Mountain in Langford) is back on the front burner. Initially known as Cable Bay Lands Inc., Oceanview received the necessary planning
approvals from the City of Nanaimo in February, 2010, but haven’t been able to obtain a critical access road to the property, and owners Canadian Property Investments (1997) Ltd. (CPI) have been patiently, quietly, trying any number of avenues to drive a road and servicing through. It’s now been over a decade since this began, and still no road access to property the city approved for development. Finally, CPI may have found a
way, as President Wilf Richard says they have reached an agreement to purchase property next to the Duke Point highway that will enable them to finally get the project rolling, with construction, and lots to market, to follow. “It’s been over 10 years since we started this process, and the delays have cost our company a lot of money, but we finally may have found a way to get this project started,” says Richard. It’s been a long and winding road.
Back in 2006, Richard recalls a meeting with then City of Nanaimo manager Gerry Berry, arranged by Roger McKinnon, when “we were asked by Mr. Berry to consider a larger development with density and perhaps a golf course. After some consultation with various parties we came up with a concept plan for development with density, a golf course and other amenities.” SEE OCEANVIEW GOLF RESORT | PAGE 39