Convenient Esso service station and car wash now shut after decades of operation.
A convenient and popular Alderwood Esso service station on Evans Avenue has been shut down and now surrounded by a fence.
A metal fence is now in front of the 540 Evans Avenue service station and car wash that has been in operation there for decades.
Community members are suggesting that the property has been sold and more condos are being built on the site since it is close to the highway and Sherway Gardens, which is seeking to build high rise condo towers in its parking lot.
The Esso website hasn’t been updated for months and has a notice stating that it is permanently closed.
Residents are wondering if the station is shut, undergoing renovation or have been sold.
Alderwood residents speculate the Esso site will soon become more condos since it is close to highways and Sherway Gardens.
“It’s closed, pumps are removed completely now,” wrote motorist Xander Cage on social media.
“It is barricaded now. Uncertain if it is being renovated or torn down,” Cam V. said. “It was a handy location especially for Esso station. Not many around.”
The Esso chain in Canada has been up for sale for some time.
Owner Imperial Oil says it has reached deals to sell its remaining 497 Esso retail stations in Canada to five fuel distributors for a total of $2.8 billion.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is set to buy 279 stations in Ontario and Quebec for nearly $1.69 billion. The company has acquired Esso stations in Quebec and Ontario.
Since 1923 the Esso name and oval brand have been used continuously in 50 countries, including Canada.
In 1907 the first Imperial Oil gas station was opened in Vancouver and it wasn’t until 1970 the self-serves were first opened in Montreal and Toronto.