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University Gate - Starts with Car Dealership

Monday, April 30, 2007 07:21 PM

Watch for a new car dealership on the west end of the City of Prince George. Environmental and geo-technical work is already underway on the site where the Red Cedar Inn is located next to the Bon Voyage Plaza on Highway 16 West.

The site is being set up for a new foreign car dealership. The applicants appearing before Prince George City council wouldn't specify, but Brent Marshall, one of the principles, says it will be along the lines of a "Mazda, Nissan or Mistubishi".

Engineer David McWalter says this is an exciting new project which will be the first of "lots more to come" he says there will be a full service, new, paved frontage road for this dealership which the owners say will be "state of the art". Brent Marshall, the owner of Northland Dodge-Chrysler and the new Hyundai dealership says it will be a $5-$10 million dollar investment that will bring new services and new investment to the area to be called "University Gate".

Councilor Don Zurowski says this rezoning will allow for an improved entrance to the west end of the City.

Councilor Brian Skakun posed the only opposition, saying while this would likely pass, he worries that Prince George is going down the same path as Kelowna. "I'm not opposed to more development in the community, but I would like to see it in another location."

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Posted by: Runner46 on April 30 2007 9:24 PM

Progress comes with its problems, and celebrating the use of vehicles is one of them.....

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on April 30 2007 10:48 PM

Brian Skakun says .."I'm not opposed to more development in the community, but I would like to see it in another location."

HeeHee! Like maybe in Kelowna! Brilliant.

Posted by: lmorg on April 30 2007 11:32 PM

And who is going to buy all those cars once the forest industry shuts down? Real estate is already dying down ........

I think whoever sold out to the chrysler group did just that...sold out. Since the hot real estate is college heights to bears paw, the law the red cedar site is on would have been ideal for residential development instead of a lousy car lot...

The marshall group is, or has become quite the retail automobile monopoly in PG!
I hope they dont try to buy out toyota!

Posted by: lmorg on April 30 2007 11:34 PM

opps....the LAND the red cedar inn is on.....

Posted by: owl on May 1 2007 2:29 AM

"celebrating the use of vehicles"

I would drive around with ballons and banners flying from my antenna .... except mine is built into the back window ......

*pout*

Posted by: owl on May 1 2007 2:33 AM

I do not think the west end entrance to the city is an important one. Most of the people who enter the city from there have already seen the City ....

I would be more concerned about the south and the east.

From the south we have bison .....

from the east we have a jail ....

Posted by: gonefishing on May 1 2007 8:46 AM

The Westend Entrance is not important? That western route that takes you to the ocean and in turn takes the pacific northwest, bulkley and so on to YOUR doorstep....THAT route in particular isn't important? Curious.

Posted by: lmorg on May 1 2007 6:46 PM

I drove by the location of the red cedar inn on hwy 16 today and the site, which used to be well kept and a popular stop over for vacationing rv'ers appears to be in a sorry state of disrepair. Now if the Marshall group can come in with a design for a car lot which is innovative and asthetically pleasing..( west coast timber or whistler design exterior) something that compliments the surrounding greenery then I suppose it would be ok.