It was there for a century but has made way for an eventual new development in Ladner Village.
Most recently occupied by a barber shop before it was torn down in 2019, the building at 4868 Delta St. formerly housed the Ladner Meat Market, located next to Granny Wilson's house.
The meat market business was located there from 1913 to 1942. The building was later occupied by a bicycle shop and then other businesses.
The structure was on the city’s heritage inventory but was unnamed, simply listed as a commercial building circa 1918.
Council three years ago approved for a redevelopment for the property and an adjacent vacant property that would have seen a new two-and-a-half-storey mixed-use building at the combined sites.
It was subsequently torn down, but the sites sat vacant as the owner, and then a new owner, couldn’t find a developer who considered the project feasible.
Council last year approved a new zoning amendment and a development permit for another mixed-use commercial/residential building application, but this time with increase in height and a reduction in strata lot area.
The new proposal was for a three-storey mixed-use building with retail commercial use on the ground level and four residential units above.
The changes will not only result in an increase in storey height, but also a reduction of commercial area and an increase of residential area, while the total floor area would increase slightly.
The three-storey building will be compatible with other buildings along Delta Street, according to the planning department.
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