Winnipeg - 258 Burnell St - 6 Storey Mixed Use Development - Page 2

borkborkbork · #21 Posted **Aug 10, 2023, 9:16 PM**

Why does there not seem to be any record of a variance hearing on the City website for this property? I went looking for renders and couldn't find any. There was one rezoning thing (changing to RMF) but I can't find the actual committee hearing for the building's variances.

Is this thing actually being built as-of-right with no variances needed? Or am I just not searching for the right thing here?

WinCitySparky · #22 Posted **Aug 10, 2023, 10:32 PM**

There were posters up a year or more back for a variance. I don’t have any other info though.

WinCitySparky · #23 Posted **Aug 10, 2023, 10:36 PM**

Nevermind I dug it up

morty · #24 Posted **Aug 11, 2023, 1:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by borkborkbork

Why does there not seem to be any record of a variance hearing on the City website for this property? I went looking for renders and couldn't find any. There was one rezoning thing (changing to RMF) but I can't find the actual committee hearing for the building's variances.

Is this thing actually being built as-of-right with no variances needed? Or am I just not searching for the right thing here?

The City's got a new-ish Public Notices page that's fairly hidden. They aren't in DMIS anymore because of the changes to the variance approval process.

Full variance report with attached plans is available here:

https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/PPD/Docum...-139674-VC.pdf

No renderings but there's elevation drawings on page 15 and 16.

East elevation (facing the street):

WinCitySparky · #25 Posted **Aug 11, 2023, 2:11 AM**

*burrrrp* Thanks Morty!

borkborkbork · #26 Posted **Aug 11, 2023, 4:57 AM**

Sad to have lost a beautiful brick building and replaced it with hardie, stucco, and corrugated metal

Good to have some new housing where it had been vacant for so long

WinCitySparky · #27 Posted **Aug 11, 2023, 12:44 PM**

Yeah it seemed like a previous developer attempted to do a loft conversion at one point a d obviously bit off way more than they could chew.

WinCitySparky · #28 Posted **Oct 18, 2023, 3:05 PM**

More machines on site and a job trailer has appeared. A sign that at least it’s likely some real activity will hopefully start soon.

Also wondering what the purpose of digging around the piles is; is that for access to trim flush to the ground and pour concrete around them as a topoff to mount columns to?

post_man · #29 Posted **Oct 24, 2023, 6:48 AM**

WinCitySparky · #30 Posted **Oct 24, 2023, 11:59 AM**

Intentional in order to demolish the remaining old foundation? The old bread factory foundation was tight into the sidewalk looked like with a drainage grate.

anthonyk · #31 Posted **Oct 24, 2023, 1:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Intentional in order to demolish the remaining old foundation? The old bread factory foundation was tight into the sidewalk looked like with a drainage grate.

I think if this was intentional, they would have run their fence on the outside of it.

WinCitySparky · #32 Posted **Oct 24, 2023, 3:16 PM**

I mean yeah sure, unless they were doing some initial jackhammering or something and it all just let go. Seems like quite a collapse to have just happened naturally. I’ll drive by in a but and see what’s up.

WinCitySparky · #33 Posted **Oct 24, 2023, 3:47 PM**

Stopped by and chatted with the GCs, apparently under that sidewalk is where water service ties into the property and a cap broke loose and flooded the shit out of that spot, washed er right out.

WinCitySparky · #34 Posted **Nov 2, 2023, 7:02 PM**

Just cruised by, like 5 different earthworks machines going full steam working away, site is seeing gradual earthworks progress daily now.

WinCitySparky · #35 Posted **Nov 3, 2023, 9:53 PM**

They’ve started trimming piles and installing rebar ahead of pouring tops on them.

WinCitySparky · #36 Posted **Nov 15, 2023, 8:03 PM**

Went by for a look today, the pile work is progressing steadily and appears to be around half finished. Didn’t wanna snap a shot with the workers so visibly in it without their consent or weird em out. But it’s moving along!

ColdRain&Snow · #37 Posted **Nov 15, 2023, 11:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Went by for a look today, the pile work is progressing steadily and appears to be around half finished. Didn’t wanna snap a shot with the workers so visibly in it without their consent or weird em out. But it’s moving along!

Thanks for the update!

WinCitySparky · #38 Posted **Nov 17, 2023, 11:26 PM**

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WinCitySparky · #39 Posted **Dec 10, 2023, 8:23 PM**

Visually not much has changed enough to warrant a pic, but noticeable ongoing weekly progress is definitely happening and they were working all day yesterday (Saturday) so I guess the push is on to finish the footings before it gets cold for real.

1ajs · #40 Posted **Dec 10, 2023, 8:45 PM**

they didnt even bother fixing the caved in wall?