Petro-Canada Gas bar - Convenience Store - Post Office
The Petro-Canada Centre is a one story building composed of a full service Gas bar, a convenience/grocery store, and a full service Canada Post depot. The full basement of the main building includes public washrooms, storage area and 2 laundry facilities.
The centre caters to the residence of Spectacle and Shawnigan Lake sub-divisions as well as Langford and Mill Bay. The post office maintains 320 postal boxes for area residence thus providing a convenient one stop centre for gasoline, groceries, movie rentals and postal needs; making it a busy centre in all seasons.
Tourist, travellers and local campground facilities greatly appreciate the service and convenience as well as the panoramic ocean views afforded by this centre. The service centre is located on the Trans Canada Highway known as "the Malahat Drive" and is approximately 25 minutes from downtown Victoria.
Victoria
The Victoria capital region (pop. 300,000) is situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. The provincial capital is world known for it's immaculate gardens and great charm.Among the areas many attractions are some of the best diving waters in the world; whale watching; competitive rowing and mountain biking; theatre, art galleries as well as carvings from the Island's Aboriginal artist. It's parks and numerous hiking trails winding secluded from the hassles of life are the envy of most North American cities. Island and ocean mingle gently in this unique corner of the vast Pacific Rim.
The Property
The property is known as the Malahat Ocean View Motel and is located on 3.54 acres adjacent to the Trans Canada Highway. The business is the only facility of this convenience located midway on the 40 Km. stretch of the Highway between the capital city Victoria and the community of Mill Bay. Facilities that are part of this commercial complex are:
Gas Station, Postal Depot, Grocery/Convenience Store
Ocean View Motel
Residential Rental Homes
Mobile Home Rental Lots
Owners Residence
Wine / Liquor Store Outlet (pending)
Description of site:
Location:
Eastern side of the Trans Canada Highway at the midpoint of the Malahat Drive between Victoria and Mill Bay.
Size:
Total Area: 3.54 acres
Topography:
Commercial land Section A of this report refers to the 3.54 acres of presently developed property containing the Petro-Can gas station and Ocean View Motel. This section of developed land is graded and landscaped.
Services:
Property services include, B.C. Hydro, B.C. Telephone, cable vision, drilled well, septic tanks and fields, garbage disposal, fire protection), and RCMP police protection. Zoning
C-3 Zoning
9.3 C-3 ZONE - SERVICE COMMERCIAL
(a) Permitted Uses
The following uses and no other are permitted in a C-3 Zone:
(1) motor vehicle servicing, repair and rental; service station, excluding auto wrecking and storage of wrecked vehicles.
(2) retail and wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories;
(3) retail and wholesale of building and camping supplies, including ancillary outdoor storage ;
(4) sale, rental or servicing of mobile homes, power tools and household equipment
(5) parking garage and parking lot, bus depot, laundromats;
(6) commercial plant nurseries, horticulture, retail sale of gardening supplies and produce, accessory outdoor storage;
(7) restaurant, catering, including drive-in restaurants;
(8) office, wholesale sales and warehousing accessory to a use permitted in section 9.3(a)(1) to (7); and
(9) one single family residential dwelling per parcel accessory to a use permitted in section 9.3 (a)(1) to (7)
The Ocean View Motel
Bedroom Sitting Suites: Suites 7 and 8 are bedroom sitting suites complete with full kitchen with appliances, cable T.V., fireplace, heating system, full bath, carpeting, patio doors onto large open wood deck overlooking a private view of the Finlayson Inlet. One Bedroom Suites: Suites 9 and 10 are somewhat larger being one bedroom suites complete with kitchen and appliances, fireplace, heating system, full bath, cable T.V., carpeted, patio doors opening onto a large deck overlooking Finlayson Inlet.
Privacy Cabin:Privacy cabin # 6 is a bedroom sitting suite, with fully equipped kitchen and appliances, full bathroom, fireplace, cable T.V., individual heating systems and sun deck. This unit is favoured by long term guests.
Note: Under the present zoning, the Motel operation could be increased by the development of addition of Motel units.
Malahat
A view of the fiord like Saanich Inlet from the Malahat ridge at dawn. The
scenic Malahat drive across the ridge west of Saanich Inlet should be included in a circuit ofthe peninsula. A car ferry links the Malahat with the home of Butchart Gardens
in Brentwood Bay.
The Residential Rental Units
There are two duplex residential units each containing two units, units 1, 2, 3, and 4. These units have two bedrooms, living-room with fireplace and patio doors, dining room, kitchen complete with appliances, and full bath. Each unit has a view from the balcony that overlooks Saanich Inlet and unto the unspoiled "Highlands Parkland" protect area of Saanich Peninsula, access is from the living rooms. The units are of frame construction, being fully insulated with veneer core wood exterior siding. The duplex units are rented on yearly lease basis with an average rent of $750.00 dollars per. month., and are available furnished or unfurnished, complete with appliances. Three additional residential units occupy the rear of the commercial building.
Rental Unit 11, 12 & 13
The three residential apartments are located in the rear on the commercial building. These units consist of a large two (2) bedroom apartment with a full balcony, a one bedroom furnished apartment, and a furnished bedroom sitting room apartment. The one and two bedroom apartments have a panoramic view overlooking the Highlands and Finlayson Inlet.
Privacy Cabin No. 6
This cabin is a a bedroom sitting suite, with fully equipped kitchen and appliances, full bathroom, fireplace, cable T.V., individual heating system and sun deck. This unit is favoured by long term guests.
Residence
The three bedroom, 1,364 square foot single family residence is home to the owner/operators of the Ocean View Motel. The home contains 1 - 4 piece bathroom, 1 - 3 piece en suite bathroom, a large (20'x24') wooden sun deck with railing overlooking Saanich Inlet and a 12' x 14' storage building surrounded by a privacy wood fence. The home is well appointed including solar windows providing natural lighting into the kitchen area, equipped with all appliances, heated with oil forced air and is approximately 10 years old.
The Office portion of the residence has a separate entrance to a large foyer that serves as the check-in/check-out office for motel guests. This office area is fully surrounded with glass panels providing an inviting panoramic view of the ocean Inlet for motel guests.
Mobile Home Rental Pads
The property houses three mobile homes as the far south section of the property. This section is serviced by a separate private roadway and is secluded from the other sections of the commercial property. The three rental pads are leased to the individual owners of mobile homes on an annual basis.
To realize the full commercial potential of this area, this section of property is considered as the future site for additional Motel units development.
Financial Data
The existing income producing business known as the Ocean View Motel consists of a fully operational;
Motel Gas Station
Convenience / Grocery Store Post Office
Mobile Home Area Residential Apartment Rentals
Owners Residence
The Ocean View Motel and associated business is a positive cash flow, income producingturnkey operation and real estate investment.
This existing turn key business operation and commercial property(approx. 3.54 acres) is offered @
$1,750,000.00 Canadian Dollars
Business Listing
1.
The owners of the subject existing commercial business and development property are acting as their own agent and will consider a selling agreement subject to 1 (a) .
1(a) the owners of the subject existing commercial business and development property will sign a short term selling agreement at a two percent (2%) brokerage fee with bonafide real estate agents/brokers on condition that the agents/broker have and do represent a bonafide potential purchaser for any part of this two part offering.
2.
Financial information with respect to this business operation known as the Ocean View Motel will be provided in detail to a bonafide potential purchaser.
Contact: George and Leita Gibson (owner/operator)
Ocean View Motel
Box 397, Malahat, B.C.
V0R 2L0 250-478-9231 business index
Goldstream Provincial Park
The Goldstream Provincial Park is part of the Malahat. The massive trees, majestic waterfalls, meandering rivers that meets the sea, flowers and eagles are but a few of the attractions that draws local residence and world travellers alike. Rock formations visible from the Malahat Drive have been tilted vertically, andesites, argillites, and cherts of the Malahat volcanic formations laid down 275 million years ago. The Goldstream River, site of the annual salmon spawning that draws thousands of salmon (and people) every year. Gold was discovered in the Goldstream River in 1858. Old shafts and tunnels made by early miners are found along the trails and fine flake gold called "colours" by prospectors, can still be panned from the gravel of the Goldstream River.
The Aerie Resort
Spectacle Lake is home of the world famous "Aerie Resort" featured on the TV program "Runaway With The Rich and Famous" . The Aerie has been classed as one the North America's twelve best country inns. The Inn is perched on a 5 acre park like setting, a five minute drive from the Malahat Ocean View Motel and shares a spectacular view of the Saanich Inlet and surrounding secluded beauty of the
Malahat.
Potential Development Concepts
Restaurant
The potential for a successful fine cuisine establishment on this property is a valid consideration in a staged development. The beauty of the Malahat combined with the charm of the greater Victoria area draws artist, lovers of the outdoors, athletes-in-training and tourist from around the world. The island and ocean mingle gently in this unique corner of the vast Pacific Rim.
Seekers of a secluded inn would come to enjoy the spectacular views from the Malahat slopes over looking the fiord like Saanich Inlet.
9.4 C-4 Zone TOURIST RECREATIONAL COMMERCIAL
(A) Permitted Use
The following uses and no others are permitted in a C-4 Zone:
(1) restaurant, drive in restaurant ;
(2) golf driving range and mini-golf facilities;
(3) tourist accommodation and campgrounds;
(4) marina operations, including accessory boat sales, rental and servicing, but excluding boat building;
(5) recreational facility;
(6) accessory retail sales, gift shop; and
(7) one single family residential dwelling per parcel accessory to a use permitted in section 9.4 (a) (1) to (6)
In accordance with the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) Zoning bylaw no. 1025 (1987), amended up to and including Bylaw no. 1357, the subject property is located in a: C-4 z one-TOURIST RECREATIONAL COMMERCIAL and the property conforms with the bylaw uses and regulations
Site Description
Location:
Eastern side of the Trans Canada Highway at the midpoint of the Malahat Drive between Victoria and Mill Bay.
Size:
Total Area: 10 acres (approx.)
Topography:
Parcel B in this report refers to the 10 acres of undeveloped land. This area slopes to the east overlooking Finlayson Inlet. The subject 10 acres is in its natural wooded state with mature trees of varied species.
Services:
The services to the property include, B.C. Hydro, B.C. Telephone, cable vision, drilled well, septic tanks and fields, garbage disposal, fire protection, and RCMP police protection.
Legal Description
Legally described as: 231 Malahat Drive, Malahat BC
Parcel a; DD3589881; Malahat District, Plan 10271
and
Lot 2; Malahat District; Plan 6548
An unspoiled parkland
This 10 acre commercial development property is offered
@ $ 180,000 per acre for a total of
$1,800,000.00 Canadian Dollars