Vancouver, British Columbia — North America’s largest purpose-built Tesla service facility will be constructed in Vancouver’s Strathcona district, the automaker announced.
On Monday, Tesla announced that it has partnered with local developer Beedie to build the facility at 950 Raymur Avenue on a 1.6-acre vacant industrial site at the southeast corner of Prior Street and Raymur Avenue.
The new facility will be 11,148 sq.m. (120,000 square feet) and will provide servicing, vehicle preparation, delivery operations and a showroom.
According to Tesla, this will be the company’s most expansive service centre with the largest service capacity in Western Canada.
“We are pleased to have partnered with Beedie to build our future flagship British Columbia location in the heart of Vancouver. With this new facility we look to better serve our Vancouver-area customers and further support electric vehicle adoption in the province,” said Fereshteh Zeineddin, Tesla’s director of vehicle sales and service in Canada, in a statement.
“At Beedie we are committed to building legacies for our vibrant communities, so the opportunity to support the transition to electric vehicles through this partnership with Tesla is exciting. We have often collaborated with innovative companies on unique, built-to-suit projects and we look forward to working closely with Tesla and the local community in the coming years,” Ryan Beedie, the president of Beedie, added.
Construction on the facility is expected to begin in early 2024 for completion in early 2026.
When complete, the new purpose-built facility is expected to replace the nearby existing service centre which is within an industrial building at 901 Great Northern Way.
Tesla also has a partnership with Bosa Properties to build a new purpose-built delivery and service centre at a vacant 7.5-acre site at 1032 Nicola Avenue in Port Coquitlam, B.C. This site will be a 5,500 sq. m. (60,000-square-foot) facility with a vehicle parking capacity for about 650 stalls.
Tesla is making these further developments in Metro Vancouver as the city is home to some of North America’s highest rates of battery-electric vehicle adoption.
