Great! Is Daoust Lestage still the architect?

Im a student at RRC next door and saw people milling about on site for several hours, there appears to be quite a lot being done.

Earlier, in nov/dec there was barely a peep, and hardly any equipment on site, so this seems to be ramping up.

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/new-deve...tion-1.6739061

Off to the races! Ground officially broken.

Ill try to take some more photos this afternoon. Piles being driven currently

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ce7b1484_b.jpg

Did I hear correctly on the news that there will be single room units renting for ~600 a month?
Is that the going price these day? Sounds like a deal to me, but ive been paying mortgage since the late 90s lol.

What about the other lots behind it? Have they been purchased?

Marketlands Inc. owns the entire parking lot. I don't believe it was ever subdivided and put up for sale. Marketlands Inc. is a joint venture between UWCRC 2.0 and Centre Venture.

News article is here:
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/new-deve...tion-1.6739061

In the interview, the CEO of UWCRC 2.0 mentions that the first building (95 units of mixed-income housing and a "Cultural Hub" home to 4 arts organizations) is the first of 3-4 phases for the overall development of the Public Safety Building lands. The "middle section" is being developed currently. This is being called phase 1 and is expected to be complete in about 2 years. The second phase of construction, which includes a building centered around food is expected to be completed 6 months after the first phase.

The portion of the site under construction (the south end on the right in the photo) is where the Market Lands Apartments and Market will go. The northern portion (everything to the left of the piling rigs in the photo) is being marketed to private developers.

The first round of proposals was unsuccessful to my understanding. In recent conversations I have had with people involved, it seems like there may be something positive upcoming for what would essentially be two parcels.

nice seeing a crane in the exchange like that

Interesting. A couple nice mixed use towers would be awesome there. Maybe something geared towards student residences for the College?

What a lovely stretch of the Exchange. All those heritage buildings make it look positively European. What a shame that brutalist eyesore was across the street for decades.

A view from higher up
https://i.imgur.com/5cpFYOF.jpeg

Hopefully once Marketlands is complete we'll start to see some more development in Chinatown. Lots of vacant and underdeveloped land just north of Marketlands.

Completely ignorant to this but is it prohibitively expensive to build in the Chicago/Art Deco style of the neighbourhood? All infill lately doesn't really seem to keep the local character in mind. That said, 127 Bannatyne's renders seem to do that better than most, at least on the "podium"

About time this project started! Let's just cross our fingers that this doesn't stall, because we all don't like that.

This was bugging me so i searched around and yes indeed that is the starting price. I cant see you getting that much at that price point but it sure would sell out fast.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...ederal-funding