A prominent commercial space that’s sat vacant in North Vancouver’s Lynn Creek Town Centre for the last eight years will soon be home to the neighbourhood’s first real restaurant.
When council approved the construction of the Compass building in Seylynn Village in 2012, the commercial unit facing Seylynn Crescent and Mountain Highway was limited to personal services, office, retail or take-out food. No tenant ever moved after the building was completed in 2018.
The owners have been trying since 2022 to introduce a full-service, sit-down restaurant. When the proposal came before District of North Vancouver council in June, some residents wrote in with concerns about increased traffic, restaurant odours and potential rodent problems but elected officials had only positive things to say about it.
“There’s lots of people that have moved into that neighborhood, and I think this is exactly the kind of place that they’re looking for,” Coun. Jordan Back said at the time. “I see it as kind of a local restaurant.”
Up for approval on Monday, council members agreed unanimously to give the restaurant request the OK without any further debate.
The owners will construct more washrooms and a commercial kitchen, as well as a mezzanine inside the double-height space to accommodate more seating.
No specific tenant has been named to take over the restaurant space.
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