The Tri-City News, January 14, 2015

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Ioco lands part of sale of Anmore, Moody site BCG promises to consult with the community SArAh PAyne

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Imperial Oil has sold its 232-acre property in Port Moody and Anmore to a Vancouver-based company called Brilliant Circle Group (BCG), The Tri-City News has learned. The sale became official last week, nearly two years after Imperial Oil put the property up for grabs as one of the largest prime real estate development opportunities in Metro Vancouver. The undeveloped land — 150 acres in Anmore and 82 in PoMo, including the historic Ioco townsite

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RAVENS UPSET REBELS AT LEGAL BEAGLE

— sits on the eastern side of Imperial Oil’s 600-acre holdings in the area. “We’re starting with a blank piece of paper, we’re not coming in with any preconceived ideas,” said architect James Cheng, renowned as one of Vancouver’s leading residential tower designers. Cheng is representing Vancouver-based BCG and said the company’s principal, who asked that his name not be used, is a Canadian citizen with residences both here and in Hong Kong. BCG is well aware of the environmental, heritage and bylaw restrictions on the land, Cheng said, but the property was too enticing to resist. see ‘NEIGHBOURS’, page A3

HOMELESSNESS

Shelter to open by end of year GAry McKennA

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The organization tasked with building a homeless shelter in the city of Coquitlam said it is on track to open at the end of this year. But a backup plan will be in place if the shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave. is not completed before next winter, said RainCity Housing associate director Sean Spear. “We are definitely going

to have a contingency,” he told Coquitlam council during a committee meeting Monday. “If things look like they are going to be delayed, there will be a system in place.” Spear acknowledged the timeline is tight but added that pile-driving and some foundation work are already underway, and noted work could be done over weekends to speed up construction.

see 90 SPOTS, page A5

ELAINE FLEURY PHOTO

Terry Fox Ravens’ Mike West takes the ball to the hoop during his team’s 79-71 victory over the No. 1-ranked Burnaby South Rebels in the finals of the Legal Beagle AAAA high school basketball tournament last weekend. It is the first time since 1996 that Fox has won its own tournament.

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