LE FEVRE & COMPANY HISTORY
Le Fevre and Company is well known for it's creative and clever Vancouver Island developments. From resorts and condominiums on the wild West Coast near Tofino, to historic buildings in British Columbia's capital, Victoria to the award winning RailYards inner city residential development.
Winners of numerous awards, Le Fevre and Company re-constitutes century-old buildings into innovative living and working spaces and also creates new, modern, eye-catching, "green" buildings as the world adapts to the reality of the "global village".
In the 1901 Richard Biggerstaff Wilson hired the noted architectural firm of Hooper and Watkins, to design the Biggerstaff Building, a warehouse and office complex at 532 Herald Street. On the west side of the building he emblazened a large sign: Wilson Bro's Wholesale Grocers. In 1989 Le Fevre and Co. bought the disused Wilson Bros. building from David Wilson and converted it into thirty-one, seismically upgraded, loft style suites, with commercial space on the ground floor, within the original, re-strengthened outer framework.
The Biggerstaff suites proved an instant success attracting renters to the building's proximity to downtown Victoria, the enormously high ceilings, the huge wooden pivot windows, the exposed brick walls, the natural wood floors and the incorporation of period materials such as massive re-cycled timbers from an old bowling alley in Esquimalt.
A contemporary rental apartment infill project located in the heart of Victoria's Old Town.
Le Fevre and Company purchased the Leiser Building at 524 Yates Street and reconfigured it into thirty-two living spaces with commercial space on the ground floor. Built in 1896 by grocery wholesaler Simon Leiser, the building boasted the latest in technology. Two sets of tracks, complete with turntables, allowed freight to be loaded or unloaded in both directions to and from a large electrically powered freight elevator. It also featured: "…a well ventilated, cement-floored basement... hot water heating… cigar and smoking rooms". Now, with a spacious courtyard, the refurbished Leiser Building offers the latest in modern amenities to residents in the heart of downtown Victoria.
When Christopher Morley built his Soda Water Factory in Waddington Alley in 1884 it was one of the earliest masonry buildings in the area. From it, for the next twenty years, Morley ran a very profitable business, manufacturing soda water, lemonade, medical lake water, essences of peppermint and ginger and "all kinds of syrups."
In 2008 Le Fevre and Company purchased this historic edifice and added a third storey to create nine modern residential suites. As part of the renovation the builder created a wonderfully expansive green-space behind the Morley building amalgamating its inner courtyard with an already existing courtyard at the back of the adjoining Leiser Building which Le Fevre and Co. had reconstructed and renovated in 2007 and which backs onto the Morley Soda Water site. An oasis of greenery in the heart of downtown!
Middle Beach Lodge consisting of "Lodge at the Beach", "Lodge at the Headlands" as well as twenty family cabins, offer reasonably priced, rustic lodge accommodation for those wishing to experience the majestic beauty of the West Coast whether in the sunny summer or in the 'Storm Watching' winter time.
Magnificently situated on a spectacular headland that juts out into Templar Channel, Middle Beach Lodge offers stunning all-encompassing views and outstanding accommodation at affordable rates.
At Cox Bay Beach Resort, where the West Coast of Vancouver Island meets the full might of the Pacific Ocean, nature envelops you in a spiritual way. Powerful winter storms inspire awe while summer calm instills a sense of peace and tranquility.
Cox Bay Beach Resort offers forty West Coast decor one and two-bedroom beach house suites. The resort also boasts a well-appointed common-use fitness centre, sauna, outdoor hot tub overlooking the beach, a wi-fi-enabled lounge with an expansive stone fireplace, and an elevated look-out pavilion where guests can sit, read and enjoy the unrivaled views of Cox Bay Beach.
The RailYards waterfront community – bright, contemporary, award-winning buildings with lovely enduring streetscapes. Just think of this as your community – it is worth being a part of something so special.