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Originally Posted by bomberjet
I asked a similar question recently and didn't get much response. More generalized to downtown. There doesn't seem to be much at the forefront. Wawanesa is moving. Noting happening with the earls land. The thing on Portage with the Boyd building seems dead or very quite. What else was their rumoured?
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Trying to remember what's been said about all the different projects/rumors over the past few months
Someone (I think Biff or TV) mentioned that the Boyd Building or Don's Photo building project was dead...either due to personal reasons or being unable to get TIF grants
I assume nothing will happen with the Earls land until after they move in to their new location, so I would guess a few years
Portage Place recieved final approval from all levels of government to be sold to Starlight Investments end of August/early September, so they are likely doing due diligence now and working out what will and won't work
Who knows about Hyatt Place on Portage East...it seemed like work had stopped even before the huge fire
There had been a few other things that were hinted at, but I don't know which if those were revealed already or if any are still going forward...one may have been Wawanesa. I remember Biff asking hypothetically if we would rather see a development on Graham or on one of the MPI lots...not sure what became of that...
Outside downtown there is that large 2 tower development on South Pembina that is still making its way through the approval stage, going by what was last posted on here. There's been pretty steady stream of medium to large scale multi family building going up around the U of M so maybe we see something else there in the new year? Also a pretty large project in SmartPark is supposed to be revealed 'soon' but based on it being in SmartPark I'm more apprehensive than excited about that one...
If anybody has any clarifications/corrections/updates to the projects I mentioned, or any other rumors to toss out go for it!