A bid to build B.C.'s largest shopping complex on former Agricultural Land Reserve near the Tsawwassen ferry terminal in South Delta appears a done deal after members of the Tsawwassen First Nation voted to proceed.
A proposed two malls would total more than 2.3 million square feet. This would be larger than the Metrotown Mall complex in Burnaby, the largest shopping centre in the province. The Tsawwassen First Nation voted more than 95 per cent approval on the two proposals, which don't require Delta's approval, on January 18.
Ivanhoe Cambridge and the Property Development Group plan to develop the shopping and office space just off Highway 17 at 52nd Street. The 180-acre site had been part of the Agricultural Land Reserve but was pulled out when it became part of the First Nation's treaty settlement lands.
from Western Investor March 2012
