One Delisle's balcony pattern creates a corkscrew. Normally, I'm a less is better type but, this addition incorporates balconies through enhancing the overall form. Well done.
I don't care for the main tower at Richmond Yard but, I still give the developer credit for the overall masterplan. Dartmouth skyline may rapidly grow in the next few years but, it will also look like a giant people warehouse from Canuckistan.
The construction of this project is finally going ahead after years of delays (building something inside the Old City walls is frustratingly difficult).
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Last edited by davidivivid; Jan 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM.
Posting to show how dense construction is in some areas of Halifax. There are seven major construction sites within 350 metres of MacDonald Bridge in Dartmouth. They range from 7 floors to 40 floors and all of the current construction sites are being built individually by developers and not part of a master planned area. Here are four of them as of last weekend. The others can be seen on my blog.
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.
Portage Place Phase 1 - Healthcare Centre of Excellence:
Location:375 Portage Avenue Status: U/C Description: The 265,000-square-foot Healthcare Centre of Excellence will serve as the anchor for the Portage Place redevelopment in downtown Winnipeg. It will provide primary care with integrated mental health services, surgery, diagnostics, and renal dialysis, while also housing expanded programs from the Pan Am Clinic. The centre is a partnership between Shared Health and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, supported by a 35-year lease commitment from the Government of Manitoba. Permits:2026-01-16, Partial foundation permit - Excavation and Piling Only
The nice thing about the Kevel is the lowrise masonry portion which has some detailing and tile mosaics. Then they're building another phase next door which will have a shorter tower, some more interesting lowrise bits, and a public waterfront portion. Then on top of that it's next to the canal daylighting project.
One weakness is that it's not integrated very well into the downtown for pedestrians due to some empty lots and curvy 70s era roads.
8 Elm makes me angry. The bronze trim is great. The window wall isn't mullion heavy and any spandrel panels are indistinguishable from the vision glass but it still looks bad without uniform panel widths. The venting which could have been hidden in the generous cantilevered balcony slabs cleaning up the facade too.
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