Popular Granville Island newsstand given 60 days to close up shop
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Granville Island's Smoke Shop has been in business for 30 years, but the island's management says its lease won't be renewed because it doesn't fit with the area's long-term plan.
The owner of a popular and long-running newsstand in Vancouver’s Granville Island says she feels like she’s been misled and bullied, after being given a two-month notice to move out of the Public Market.
Officially known as the Smoke Shop, but known to locals as the “tuck shop,” the business is functionally Granville Island’s only corner store.
“This store has been here for over 30 years. We provide all the necessities. Anything — medicine, lottery tickets. That’s its reason to stay,” owner Chia-Ning Chen told Global News.
Chen’s lease expired in 2019, and she says she’s been trying to renew it with landlord the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) since then.
She said her multiple attempts to have the issue resolved were put off first with claims that officials were busy with other matters, then due to the pandemic.
“I asked them again, last year in December, saying is there anything going on with my lease, is there any problem? They kind of assured me no, there’s no problem, we’re going to contact you soon,” she said.
Then, last Friday, she was told her lease would not be renewed because it did not align with the Granville Island 2040 strategy, which will focus on food, art and culture in the market.
“I was shocked. I think I’ve been bullied by CMHC,” she said.
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