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CREDIT: Bill Keay, Vancouver Sun Trevor Linden takes in the view from the top floor of West, a condo development he is a partner in, along with his brother Jamie (bottom right), Jeff Watchorn (bottom middle) and architect Howard Airey. Rob Cadez (bottom left) of Formwerks Architectural is the project manager.

CREDIT: Bill Keay, Vancouver Sun Trevor Linden talks with architect Howard Airey (left), one of the four partners in a new condo development on West 10th Avenue in Vancouver. Airey is the founder of Formwerks Developments and his participation in the project sealed Linden’s involvement.

You are Andy Griffith, or at least will think you are when you stroll west on West 10th Avenue, between Trimble and Sasamat streets. The row of tidy, streetfront businesses on the north side includes, in order, a tea room and bakery, chocolate shop, toy store, a newsstand, barber shop and a small hardware store. Across the street and down a few doors is the library.

When did West Point Grey become Mayberry?

And where the heck is the ice cream parlor and fishing hole? You can even park on the street without needing to rob a panhandler to feed a meter. Among this quaint lineup of shops is the preview of Trevor Linden’s life after hockey.

Of course, Linden would come to Mayberry. His reputation is every bit as pristine as Sheriff Andy’s and he is more popular among the citizenry. Linden could do just about anything he wants when he finishes playing hockey with the Vancouver Canucks, probably after this season. We always figured he’d just be premier, unless he aspired to something higher, more noble.

But Linden may be headed to the dark side. And we don’t mean the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Nestled between the hardware store and a bistro, cloaked in black, is the emerging concrete frame of a four-storey retail-and-condominium building called West that represents the 37-year-old’s first foray as a land developer.

“I feel very strongly about what we’re doing,” Linden says, sitting in a sandwich shop a block away from the building site. “I want, at the end of the day, to have had a fun experience. If we make a little money, that would be great. If we break even, that’s the way it goes, but it’s a learning experience. I’ll have had an opportunity to learn and understand what this is all about.”

And be better prepared for his next development project. And the one after that.

Trevor Linden swears he never tires of being Trevor Linden — the autographs and lack of privacy, the iconic status earned in this city through longevity and deeds on and off the ice. The halo to uphold. But it is clear he longs for something more, too…..more

 

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