Payless Gas 500 Bay St Closed?

[Mr_E_Squirrel]

Gas station is closed. I assume permanently because it was fenced off with a sign referring to the Shell station. Nothing about a renovation etc. I assume the car wash is/was a licence to print money. The neighbor hood is sketchy at night so this might be driving them to close rather than renovating which may need an expensive site remediation

[supernaut]

Is that the last Payless left? I can't think of any others that are still running.

[Nparker]

Has the Spencer Road location closed? And isn't there a location on Goldstream near "downtown" Langford as well?

[Mike K.]

Originally Posted by Mr_E_Squirrel

Gas station is closed. I assume permanently because it was fenced off with a sign referring to the Shell station. Nothing about a renovation etc. I assume the car wash is/was a licence to print money. The neighbor hood is sketchy at night so this might be driving them to close rather than renovating which may need an expensive site remediation

I thought something was up when they went from 24 hours to late-night hours (11PM?) late last year.

The station was becoming so run down that it's not a surprise it was closed.

[bluefox]

Originally Posted by Nparker

Has the Spencer Road location closed? And isn't there a location on Goldstream near "downtown" Langford as well?

It's been a Shell for a while (long enough that I can barely recall it being a Payless), and no, the only gas stations on Goldstream are the Chevron at VMP and the Co-Op at Jacklin.

[G-Man]

It has been closed for awhile. The will be removing the tanks and leveling the site it will then have to be left alone for two years.

[Mike K.]

Despite the fact the property is in the middle of an industrial area, it's technically waterfront other than Bay Street running between it and the shore. A larger project on that site would have some great views of the city.

Just saying...