Tesla already has 4 places round Better Vancouver, but when their newest proposal is accepted, that can quickly grow to be 5 with the addition of a 60,000 sq. foot Gross sales, Service, and Supply Heart in Port Coquitlam.
The proposed growth could be positioned on a newly created lot at 1032 Nicola Avenue, in between Costco and Canadian Tire simply off Lougheed Freeway. Based on the proposal, which will likely be offered to council at a gathering on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, Tesla Port Coquitlam will grow to be the automaker’s “terminal vacation spot for automobiles shipped to Canada by way of the US and Shanghai,” with 75% or extra of the vehicles that arrive in Canada going by way of this location. (by way of TriCity Information)
That’s plenty of automobiles, and as such the event proposal consists of roughly 650 parking areas. The ability will even service as a elements storage and distribution middle for the area.
Credit score: Bosa Properties
Credit score: Bosa Properties
As soon as up and operating the brand new Gross sales, Service and Supply Heart will ship roughly 40 new vehicles every day, and repair round 50 vehicles per day, based mostly on knowledge from comparable services. The developer of the lot Bosa Properties says the ability will create about 80 excessive paying jobs for native residents with salaries for managers topping out at round $140,000.
Included within the package deal for council is a rendering of the constructing, it will likely be a “modern” tilt-up concrete design with in depth glazing on the Nicole Ave frontage. There is no such thing as a render of the rear of the constructing, however there’ll doubtless be a big Tesla emblem there as properly offering nice publicity to the passing motorists on Lougheed Hwy.
The render additionally consists of the Cybertruck, which by the point this constructing is accomplished will definitely be among the many automobiles on show and being delivered to clients.
Credit score: Bosa Properties
Tesla may have six places round Better Vancouver by the point this location opens in Port Coquitlam. Again in 2021 we instructed you a few new 30,000 sq. foot Gross sales, Service, and Supply Heart being proposed in Burnaby. That proposal was accepted, and Drive Tesla was in a position to uncover constructing plans in mid-2022, however we haven’t heard a lot of something taking place on the property since then. If any of our readers are within the space (2505 Eastbrook Parkway) and may test it out, please tell us if there was any progress (e-mail [email protected]).
Tesla isn’t targeted on simply increasing their presence in British Columbia. The corporate will even quickly be opening two different 60,000 sq. foot Service Facilities, one in Ontario and one other in Nova Scotia. The corporate can also be about to open a model new 35,000 sq. foot Service Heart on Vancouver Island.
You’ll be able to learn the total proposal going earlier than council tomorrow right here.