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Winnipeg | Hudson Bay Building | Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn
Hudson Bay Building | Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn
Location: 450 Portage Ave
Architect: Number TEN Architectural Group
Developer: The Southern Chiefs Organization
Status: U/C
Documents: Project Thread: Hudson Bay Building Redevelopment
Media:Renderings
Description: The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is leading a major transformation of the historic six-storey, 655,000-square-foot Hudson's Bay Company building in downtown Winnipeg. This project turns the old retail space into a vibrant multi-use development, helping to revive the downtown core while advancing economic and social reconciliation.The $310 million initiative includes more than 373 affordable housing units. Every unit will offer views either through the building's preserved historic facade or into a stunning new atrium—roughly the size of an NHL hockey rink—featuring unique designs inspired by all 34 SCO First Nation communities. The building will also include office and retail spaces dedicated to First Nations entrepreneurs. This project is a recipient of the Housing Accelerator Fund Capital Grant Incentive
Permits: #24-255803 RP-2024-11-15, Landlord work - Interior and exterior alterations in an existing multi-storey, multi-tenant building will include the demolition of escalators, elevator controls, and the central penthouse, as well as partial roofing demolition, temporary hoarding, and waterproofing. Structural work being done.
An aerial view last fall of the excavation of the centre of the former Bay department store in downtown Winnipeg
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Final Concrete Block Removal
The Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn project reached a major milestone.
After seven months of steady, careful work, the final concrete block has now been removed from what will become the atrium of our building.
This was a complex job—1335 concrete blocks, weighing a total of 13.5 million pounds, were safely taken out.
With this work complete, the team is now moving ahead with scaffolding and preparing to build the glass ceiling that will fully enclose the space.
Every step brings us closer to transforming the former Hudson’s Bay Company building into a living expression of reconciliation, pride, and First Nations strength.
Miigwetch, pidamaya ye, and thank you to the hardworking team at PCL, along with all subcontractors, for helping to bring our vision to life.
CBC News
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Last edited by Wpg_Guy; Jan 20, 2026 at 4:28 AM.
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