The trend now apparently is companies leaving the suburbs for downtown, to appeal to millennials; this correlates with the surge in young people flocking to downtowns to reside. Winnipeg is always late to the game, but you never know. Detroit is seeing great success at attracting so many people downtown.
In terms of attracting new companies, this article is bang on. Omaha, which I refer to a lot, has totally made its downtown and surrounding areas desirable. Winnipeg must take a note. For parts of the Exchange/Chinatown to look the way they do (barren), and especially Point Douglas, is embarrassing.
http://www.grantthornton.global/en/i...-to-your-city/