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Fulcrum Beedie Proposes New Bingo Hall in Squamish Business Park

The District of Squamish Business Park will collaborate in the development of commercial and light industrial facilities, including a bingo hall if Fulcrum Beedie's proposal is approved and pushed through.

The Council of the District of Squamish authorized on Tuesday an exchange of a district Queens Way lot, which contains the town's sewage pump station with another lot in the vicinity. Acting Mayor Mike Jenson said that they want to encourage the development of the lot as soon as possible.

The largest industrial developer in Vancouver, Fulcrum Beedie, bid for the lot because it wanted to build a light industrial development in the area that might include a gaming facility like a bingo hall. Rob Fiorvento, the spokesman for Fulcrum Beedie, said that they are looking in the idea for a possible bingo hall in the area because they already got one in one of their facilities and they have looked in Squamish for many years now and they are looking at the possibility of it.

Acting Mayor Mike Jenson said that he does not know that the company is looking in the possibility that it might build a bingo establishment and he said that he is hesitant to support the idea. One of the reasons why is that the lot is close to a residential area. He might support a bingo facility, but if it is located in a place that does not have a high visibility to their tourist industry.

Rob Fiorvento said that they are considering five other prospects for the location. He added that they are just trying to determine what would be the best course of action for them. They are looking in all of the possibilities. Their main idea in mind is to make a service industrial/commercial industrial. They are still not set on the idea of having a bingo hall in the place. There are other types of commercial uses for the area that does not necessarily involved a bingo hall.

He added that they are interested in the site because Squamish is ready for a big industrial development. They think that the people that are coming over to live there will need for a good, distributing showing space.

What only remains is the tedious process of zoning ammendment or any rezoning activity that needs to be done before any real activity starts in the area. Rob Fiorvento said that they are open to any community consultation of the matter.