From left: Jasroop Gosal of the Surrey Board of Trade, Gopal Gupta, co-founder and chief produce officer at City Wide Produce, Fazleen Khan-Gupta, co-founder and operations director at City Wide Produce, Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke and Orion Construction President Joshua Gaglardi. @citywideproduce
SURREY – City Wide Produce has broken ground on a new 26,680 square foot facility in Campbell Heights in Surrey.
The new building will be equipped with temperature and humidity-controlled zones for fresh produce and will allow City Wide to increase the volume and variety of produce offerings to retailers and restaurants in Western Canada.
City Wide, which has been in Surrey for over 14 years, is building the new facility in collaboration with Orion Construction.
City Wide was founded by newlyweds Gopal and Fazleen Gupta in 2010, while the grocery store was purchased in 2007.
“The first little grocery store we owned in 2007 was our education. We learned how passionate we are about fresh produce,” they state.
City Wide carries a wide range of fruits, vegetables and herbs, and obtained Canada GAP Certification, which includes having a third party auditor from the certification body visit the operation, review the food safety manuals and related records, interview the operator and staff and assess the company’s conformity to the Canada GAP Audit Checklist.
Their current office is on 78th Avenue in Surrey.
Orion Construction is an award winning company that utilizes a unified design-build process on their industrial and commercial construction projects.
Director of Sales and Marketing Cameron Archer says “Businesses and companies are starting to realize the future of the landscape we’re living in, and businesses are right sizing and upsizing and realizing the opportunities.”
For example, one of their recent projects, One95 Business Park in South Surrey’s Campbell Heights is generating buzz with owner-users moving in.
“We’re seeing a lot of them (owner-users) active in the market, and investors are starting to reposition themselves,” he says. “Users are now buying, and recognizing it’s a great time to get back into the market. With the DCC changes, developers are now looking to achieve building permit submissions within the increased time constraints, and municipalities are looking to approve projects faster.”
Orion Construction was started in 2019 by President Josh Gaglardi. It was named the fastest-growing company in Canada in 2022 by the Globe & Mail and the fastest-growing construction company in B.C. last year by Business in Vancouver. Their growth includes expansion to Vancouver Island and the Okanagan.
Business Examiner Staff
