Business for sale · East Hastings at Nanaimo

Zayton Market

An operating Mediterranean and Persian grocery on a corner of East Hastings, offered as a going concern with its fixtures and fit-out in place.

Asking$198,888
MLS®C8081578
Retail floor3,046 sq ft
What sellsThe business

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What is being sold

A going concern, not a building

Zayton Market has been trading on this corner as a Mediterranean and Persian grocery — produce, dry goods, dairy, frozen, and a halal meat and deli counter. What is offered here is the business: the name, the fit-out, the shelving, the refrigeration and the trade that comes with them.

The photographs on this page were taken through the whole premises in September 2026, from the sidewalk displays to the cold rooms and the roof. They are the shop as it stands, on a working day, with stock on the shelves.

The real estate is not included. This is a business sale, so the building is not the real estate being transferred. Lease, inventory, equipment and financial information are shared with qualified buyers through the listing agents, under a confidentiality agreement, and are not published here.

Asking price: $198,888
MLS®: C8081578
Type: Business
Sector: General retail
Retail floor: 3,046 sq ftMeasured; the listing states about 3,000
Shop room: 73′1″ × 30′1″
Main ceiling: 11′6″
Upper level: 785 sq ftUnfinished; used for storage
Flat roof above: 1,614 sq ft
Zoning: CommercialListed as COM; confirm the district with the City
Address: 2438 E Hastings Street, Vancouver, V5K 1Z1
Listed by: Nazie Dakin · Christine Chong PREC*

The storefront

Green awning, produce on the sidewalk

The shop reads from both directions along Hastings, and the daily produce tables put the trade out on the pavement where the traffic is.

Zayton Market storefront from close in, the sign running over the open shopfront and the produce tables — Close in: the sign runs right over the open front.

The storefront from the east, sign running the width of the building — The sign runs the full width of the frontage.

Zayton Market storefront straight on, produce tables under the green sign — Straight on, with the produce tables out.

The store from the corner, neighbouring shopfronts beyond — From the corner, neighbours beyond.

The storefront seen along the parked cars on Hastings — Along the parking on Hastings.

The shop

Aisles, coolers and the counter

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The shop floor from the entry, produce tables and aisles beyond — From the entry: produce first, aisles beyond.

A full grocery aisle, shelves stocked floor to shoulder height — A stocked aisle, front to back.

Open produce cooler run along the wall — The open produce run.

Dry goods shelving with a chest freezer run alongside — Dry goods beside the chest freezers.

Two aisles seen from the back of the shop — Two aisles from the back.

Glass-front deli and meat display cases under the station sign — The deli and meat cases, under the station sign.

Chest freezer bank down the centre of the shop — The chest freezer bank down the centre.

Dairy cooler run with eggs and yogurt — Dairy, eggs and yogurt.

Close view of the stocked dairy and egg shelves — The same run, close up.

Upright glass-door coolers along the far wall — Glass-door coolers on the far wall.

The till counter and impulse display by the door — The till counter by the door.

Counter area with ice cream freezer and the wall of shelving behind — The counter, and the wall behind it.

Bakery and bread section against the lime green wall — Bread and bakery along the green wall.

Freezers and shelving in the middle of the floor — Mid-floor freezers.

The meat counter seen along the display cases — Along the meat counter.

Wide view across the shop floor from one side to the other — Across the floor: one room, 73 feet deep, under 11-foot-6 ceilings.

Back of house

Prep, cold rooms and storage

Behind the shop wall is the working half: stainless prep benches and a slicer, walk-in cold storage, dry stores, a staff washroom and the stair to the upper level.

Back prep area with stainless benches, sinks and a meat slicer on a cart — The prep area: stainless benches, sinks, slicer.

Prep area looking toward the back of the deli display cases — Toward the back of the deli cases.

Long prep counter against the lime green wall — The long counter on the green wall.

Strip-curtain entry to the walk-in cold storage — Into the cold storage.

Inside a cold room with wall shelving — Inside a cold room.

Dry storage room with steel racking either side — Dry stores, racked both sides.

Second storage room with shelving and a prep sink — A second store, with a sink.

Storage room with wire shelving and stacked crates — Wire shelving and crates.

Timber stair from the back of house up to the upper level — The stair to the upper level.

Staff washroom with basin and toilet — Staff washroom.

The premises

Measured: 3,046 down, 785 up, and the roof

We measured the whole premises for this floor plan. The retail room is one clear 73-foot span; behind it sit the office, the washroom and the stores; above it an unfinished upper level and a flat roof.

Measured floor plan of 2438 E Hastings: main floor shop, warehouse rooms, office and restroom; upper floor warehouse rooms; roof area

Area	Level	Size
Shop	Main	73′1″ × 30′1″
Warehouse	Main	16′9″ × 19′10″
Warehouse	Main	22′11″ × 9′9″
Office	Main	6′9″ × 10′11″
Storage	Main	4′9″ × 16′5″
Restroom	Main	6′ × 4′3″
Warehouse	Upper	15′4″ × 25′2″
Warehouse	Upper	13′9″ × 23′2″
Mechanical	Upper	4′9″ × 5′11″
Flat roof above	Roof	1,614 sq ft

Main floor 3,046 sq ft with 11′6″ ceilings; upper floor 785 sq ft with 9′0″. Measured for our plan and not guaranteed; which parts of the premises come with the business is a question for the listing agents.

The unfinished upper level: bare joists, timber framing and stacked building materials — The upper level is unfinished — bare framing and stored materials.

Upper level with a cold room door, stud framing and stacked panels — A cold room door and stud walls upstairs.

Upper level opening out to daylight over the rear of the building — The upper level opens to daylight at the back.

The flat roof: membrane surface, rooftop units and construction debris — The roof as it is: membrane, rooftop units, debris from the work.

The flat roof looking across to the treetops and the water beyond — Looking north from the roof, over the treetops.

The corner

East Hastings at Nanaimo, with the lane behind

The shop sits on the Hastings retail strip a few doors from Nanaimo Street, with a lane behind it. The R5 Hastings RapidBus stops at Hastings and Nanaimo in both directions, on this block; TransLink counted about 14,600 weekday boardings on the R5 in 2023. The City files the address in Hastings-Sunrise, and the business improvement area along this stretch trades as East Village. Breka Bakery & Café is the next door along at 2434, open around the clock.

Aerial view along Hastings with the green Zayton Market sign visible below — From above: the green sign on the Hastings frontage.

Aerial of the block showing the retail strip and traffic on Hastings — The block, and the traffic it sits on.

Top-down aerial of the building footprint and its flat roof — Straight down: the footprint and its roof.

Aerial showing the building between Hastings and the rear lane — Street at the front, lane at the back.

The retail strip along Hastings with neighbouring shops — The neighbours along the strip.

Wide aerial panorama looking north over the Hastings strip to the port, Burrard Inlet and the North Shore mountains, with 2438 E Hastings Street marked — Looking north: the Hastings strip, the port and the inlet, the North Shore beyond. The marker is 2438.

Wide aerial panorama looking west along East Hastings Street toward the downtown Vancouver skyline, with 2438 E Hastings Street marked — And looking west, straight down Hastings to downtown — the marker again on 2438.

The rear lane with loading area and bins behind the building — The lane behind the building, with the bins.

Rear of the building from further along the lane — The back of the building from along the lane.

R5 RapidBus, Hastings at NanaimoBoth directions, on this block70 m
Renfrew Street0.84 km
Callister Park0.95 km
Commercial Drive1.07 km
Pacific Coliseum1.09 km
Hastings Park & the PNE1.31 km
New Brighton Park1.64 km
Commercial–Broadway StationThe nearest SkyTrain, and not a walk2.26 km
Ironworkers Memorial BridgeHighway 1 to the North Shore2.89 km

Distances are straight-line from the shop’s own position; driving and walking routes are longer.

2438 E Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V5K 1Z1

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This listing

Asking$198,888

MLS®C8081578

ViewingsBy appointment

DetailsTo qualified buyers

ConfidentialityAgreement required

Nazie Dakin Royal Pacific Realty Corp. (604) 999-0765 Office (604) 266-8989
#100 – 1200 West 73rd Avenue, Vancouver

Christine Chong PREC* *Personal Real Estate Corporation Unilife Realty Inc. (604) 783-2083 Office (604) 232-0843
#100 – 1200 West 73rd Avenue, Vancouver

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