Dear Editor:
I am not sure where Wendy Qureshi and others within the Lynn Valley anti-development crowd are getting their information. Once again they are alleging that Bosa, the owners of the Lynn Valley Centre, have been refusing to renew tenant leases.
I couldn't imagine any business case that made empty storefronts a positive thing for Bosa, so I took the time to ask them if these stories were true.Their response was pretty specific: "Bosa is not refusing to renew leases or. .. trying to force tenants out. Actually nothing could be further from the truth! Recently, the fellow who owned the dollar store did not renew his lease and Bosa even offered to lower the rent to keep him. In all of the planning we are constantly focused on how to do the project with as little disruption to the mall and the tenants as possible."
Ms Qureshi is right though when she says that "the "uncertainty" of the mall does not bode well for new tenants."
I trust that she agrees that the best way to remove that uncertainty is by finally moving ahead to redevelop Lynn Valley Centre.
Barry Rueger
North Vancouver
