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In anticipation of good things to come I thought I would start a thread for this project. Hopefully we'll see some renderings soon!
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Green light given to downtown high-rise apartment tower

By: Bartley Kives - Winnipeg Free Press

10/06/2010 10:14 AM | Comments: 0

WINNIPEG -- City hall has given a green light to downtown Winnipeg's first high-rise apartment tower since the late 1980s.

City council's downtown development committee voted this morning to approve a 25-storey residential tower at 300 Assiniboine Avenue, a parcel of riverfront land the city sold to Crystal Developers in 2008.

Crystal, which previously wanted to build an apartment tower next to the Upper Fort Garry historic site, plans to build 209 units in a complex called Heritage Landing on Assiniboine.

The design calls for 19 townhouses to be built along Assiniboine Avenue along with a 25-storey tower with three floors of commercial space and 22 floors of residential units.

Most of the units will be high-end apartments, but some may be sold as condos. The developer is still working out the ratio, a spokeswoman for Crystal said.

The plan approved this morning follows previous attempts that were withdrawn due to concerns about the pedestrian streetscape and access to the riverfront.

The downtown development committee councillors said they are now satisfied that public access to both the riverfront and Bonnycastle Park has been assured.

Every member of the downtown development committee praised the project for bringing more residential units downtown.

Fort Rouge Coun. Jenny Gerbasi, the area councillor, said she's thrilled to see living space for 300 more people added to downtown.

Committee chairman Justin Swandel also encouraged the developer to explore city tax credits that may allow some of the units to be more affordable.

The last residential high-rises built in downtown Winnipeg were Fort Garry Place and the towers north of Portage Place, both built in the 1980s.
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Old Posted Jun 10, 2010, 5:44 PM
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Harold Funk is designing this building.
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no offence but his stuff looks like bland chruches from his site
http://www.winnipeg.ca/CLKDMIS/ViewD...onId=&InitUrl= 2nd item on the agenda has the site plan
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^ can you post the site plan?...i cant seem to open it for some reason.

great news.

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how does one print screen on a mac at a friends atm
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An earlier design for this project called for a "20-foot high parkade wall" on ground level. Nice. PP&D thankfully sent that plan back to the drawing board, but just the same, I am not expecting this building to be a work of art, or make that neighborhood of downtown more vibrant.

Still, this is a good announcement for municipal tax coffers, and skyline photographers.
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An earlier design for this project called for a "20-foot high parkade wall" on ground level. Nice. PP&D thankfully sent that plan back to the drawing board, but just the same, I am not expecting this building to be a work of art, or make that neighborhood of downtown more vibrant.

Still, this is a good announcement for municipal tax coffers, and skyline photographers.
i'd say it looks pretty good to me...300 more people living downtown, a mixed use residential/commercial building with a combination of rentals and condo's, townhouses built to the sidewalk at a pedestrian scale....what more could you want?

i would take 30 more of these please....just hope it isnt ugly.
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Not sure this is deserving of its own thread, but what the hell, I like the lemonade you're serving, sir! *cheers*
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Glad to see people are beginning to live downtown again.
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Awesome!!!!!!

Our downtown seems to be finally turning the corner for the better
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theres some sorta comercial space on the ground floor
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i'm with viking keeps fingers crossed though from the site plan it prolly won't be a boxy thing will have some sorta lines to it
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I know this is great news, but I gotta admit that i'm super nervous about this project... Have any of you seen Harold Funk's previous work?!? Let's just say, I'm not holding my breath judging from his previous residential work.

But even if he comes up with something that not straight outta 1989 and not butt fugly, when is the last time you've seen any of our high-end condo buildings bring any vibrancy to the neighborhood? The Edge "affordable" apartments on Princess brings more foot traffic than all of the "high-end" waterfront condos combined. 300 more people living downtown you say?... Waterfront brought 500+ yet Exchange Cafe a block away has to now close on evening/weekends cause high-end folks are too busy driving to other parts of the city to spend their money.

But I know, I know... it's good news and all... more people downtown... a shiny new tower.... yada-yada...

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when is the last time you've seen any of our high-end condo building bring any vibrancy to the neighborhood?
i agree....but condo is better than no condo....hopefully developers start to get on the rental bandwagon as well...we really need both...it seems like it is begining to happen.
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^ i hear ya...

that skyline shot should look impressive with the CMHR popping up as well.
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speaking of skylines...






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The design they had for the failed Main Street location was cool--let's hope for a repeat.
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The design they had for the failed Main Street location was cool--let's hope for a repeat.
Agreed.

Although, I think a different firm was behind the old design.

Hopefully another commie block isn't in the cards. Besides, is glass really that expensive?

If I wasn't so lazy I would spend the day hunting through the bowels of the old 100 Main thread to find the original renderings.
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