The former Marine Inn, located above the BC Ferries terminal in Westview, in its heyday, was a spot for qathet locals to get a bite to eat, or maybe a drink at the bar, before continuing on with their evening.
Residents passing by the Marine Avenue location lately may have noticed some changes afoot and would be right to wonder what the future holds for the building. According to the BC LandPro Group, with its trademark of Marketing British Columbia to the World, the building is 20,000-square-feet along the waterfront that includes 23 hotel rooms, a 150-seat ocean-view restaurant and 125-seat bar.
The building was purchased by Evergreen Hospitality Group, and crews have been hard at work reconstructing the dilapidated building outside and in. The hospitality group from the Lower Mainland is family owned and operated and has been buying up old hotels and revamping them on the Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland.
Here is a list of hotels owned and operated by the group on the Sunshine Coast:
Rockwater Secret Cove Resort, Half Moon Bay; Oceanside Villas, The Spot at Porpoise Bay and The White House in Sechelt; and Sunshine Lodge in Gibsons.
Although the Marine Inn was bought in 2014 and revamped as a breakfast go-to for travellers heading to and from the ferry, the building fell into disrepair in the following years.
The Peak reached out to Evergreen Hospitality Group for more information and a representative said they are aiming to be open by late January or early February, 2025.
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