Lonsdale Quay

The SeaBus terminal at Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver, British Columbia, where the 12-minute passenger ferry across Burrard Inlet from Waterfront Station connects the North Shore residential community and the Vancouver day-visitor to the waterfront public market and commercial complex on the Esplanade, gives Lonsdale Quay a commercial identity shaped by transit arrivals and the independent artisan and food market culture of the Lower Lonsdale waterfront district. The Polygon Gallery, the North Vancouver contemporary art institution whose purpose-built building adjacent to the Quay gives it one of the most architecturally distinctive cultural presences of any waterfront shopping complex in the Lower Mainland, gives the property a fine arts and community culture anchor. Saje Natural Wellness serves the aromatherapy and wellness retail category for the North Shore community household. Keith Jack Studio and Gallery gives the property a Celtic-inspired fine jewelry identity. Artisan Wine Shop gives the property a specialty wine retail identity for the North Shore household’s entertaining and gifting occasion.

Shipyards Coffee and Artigiano Shipyards give the property locally-rooted specialty café identities for the SeaBus commuter and waterfront visitor’s daily beverage occasion. COBS Bread gives the property a BC-founded artisan bread identity. Butter Lane Bake Shop and Dilemma Bakehouse by Catch 122 give the property artisan pastry and bakery identities specific to the North Shore food culture. Blue Teapot Tea and Herb Company serves the specialty tea retail category. Reckless Shipyards gives the property an eBike and cycling specialty identity for the North Shore active outdoor household. Phoenix Books and Phoenix Toys give the property community bookshop and toy retail identities. Shoppers Drug Mart serves the pharmacy and daily personal care category. BCLIQUOR Esplanade serves the British Columbia government liquor retail category.

The property’s commercial role on the North Shore is the Esplanade waterfront public market and retail complex: a Polygon Gallery-Saje-Artisan Wine Shop arts and wellness platform whose Shipyards Coffee-Artigiano café identity, COBS Bread artisan food culture, and SeaBus terminus catchment give the North Vancouver community and Vancouver cross-harbour visitor a waterfront commercial and cultural destination whose independent operator concentration and artisan food market character reflect the commercial character of the Lower Lonsdale and Shipyards district.