Article from today's CBC website:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...roup-1.5849653
Usually I am very much in favour of heritage organizations having a voice in Winnipeg developments, but in this case I fear their presence would be "heritage overkill" (if such a thing exists). The building is already protected to a certain degree. It's going to be difficult enough to re-purpose the structure within the limitations of the heritage designation, but having a voice/voices at the table that tries to rule on what is appropriate to have in the building could make the job economically impossible. It's a beautiful building, but it takes up so much space it also needs to serve as an economic driver for the downtown. Basically I fear that voices with no resources ($$) to contribute to the building redevelopment will somehow end up with a veto over how it's developed. Guess we'll just have to wait to find out.