Winnipeg Construction X

[WinCitySparky]

Like a marital divorce or a business divorce?

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Caspian Construction, owned by Babakhanians.

Right. That guy. Everyone check your wallets.

[DancingDuck]

https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-o...-moves-forward-with-gate-building-plans/

Cereals Canada moves forward with GATE building plans
Plans for a new downtown Winnipeg hub are proceeding; now they need the money

Published: June 27, 2024

Cereals Canada has proposed a new $100-million headquarters, which will also include processing and milling equipment.

Cereals Canada is moving ahead with its plans to building the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (GATE) in Winnipeg.

The cost of the new building projected at $100 million.

According to promotional materials for the project, GATE would “contain state-of-the art analytical milling, baking, noodle- and pasta-making, malting and brewing, oat processing and educational training facilities to support and train global customers about the quality, functionality, safety and sustainability of Canadian grains.”

It would house Cereals Canada and other grain industry bodies.

Before Cereals Canada can start construction though, it needs to line up the money.

The organization is launching a capital campaign that will “target contributions from industry groups, agribusinesses and individuals, as well as support from the three levels of government,” the June 27 release read.

The launch of that campaign was temporarily postponed due to scheduling conflicts

There has been internal strife within Cereals Canada in recent months, particularly after the GATE project was revealed to members several weeks ago. Feelings of financial pressure and conflict over treatment of members by the organization led several grain, seed and agrichemical companies to consider parting ways with Cereals Canada.


The organization argues that it badly needs a new home for processing and milling equipment, which was never a good fit for a downtown office building, where it is currently located. Cereals Canada also says it has to be out of its present building by 2027.

GATE is also slated for downtown Winnipeg, however, leading some members to question the chosen location. The mass balance of agriculture research and commercial operations already occur in the University of Manitoba’s research park, critics argue.

Others have questioned why existing empty structures in the city were not tapped.

The issue echoes housing shortcomings seen under the organization’s predecessor, the Canadian International Grains Institute.

If this is a serious proposal it sounds pretty substantial.
I'd assume whatever the facility ends up looking like it would be pretty big...not sure where in downtown it would fit, although between to the Richardson complex and the new Innovation Centre seems like a prime location.

[1ajs]

the mushroom buildong has all that infrastructure already no?

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

the mushroom buildong has all that infrastructure already no?

They're tapped out already with Ag Canada facilities.

[trueviking]

If I didn’t know better, I’d say that’s the smaller overhang of Richardson Innovation Centre in the foreground.

[ColdRain&Snow]

Originally Posted by trueviking

If I didn’t know better, I’d say that’s the smaller overhang of Richardson Innovation Centre in the foreground.

Good catch! That would be the logical location, that parking lot on the corner of Lombard and Westbrook.

[Biff]

Originally Posted by trueviking

If I didn’t know better, I’d say that’s the smaller overhang of Richardson Innovation Centre in the foreground.

Am I missing something? Are you guys looking at an image that I can’t see?

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by DancingDuck

https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-o...-moves-forward-with-gate-building-plans/

Cereals Canada moves forward with GATE building plans
Plans for a new downtown Winnipeg hub are proceeding; now they need the money

Published: June 27, 2024

Cereals Canada has proposed a new $100-million headquarters, which will also include processing and milling equipment.

Cereals Canada is moving ahead with its plans to building the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (GATE) in Winnipeg.

The cost of the new building projected at $100 million.

According to promotional materials for the project, GATE would “contain state-of-the art analytical milling, baking, noodle- and pasta-making, malting and brewing, oat processing and educational training facilities to support and train global customers about the quality, functionality, safety and sustainability of Canadian grains.”

It would house Cereals Canada and other grain industry bodies.

Before Cereals Canada can start construction though, it needs to line up the money.

The organization is launching a capital campaign that will “target contributions from industry groups, agribusinesses and individuals, as well as support from the three levels of government,” the June 27 release read.

The launch of that campaign was temporarily postponed due to scheduling conflicts

There has been internal strife within Cereals Canada in recent months, particularly after the GATE project was revealed to members several weeks ago. Feelings of financial pressure and conflict over treatment of members by the organization led several grain, seed and agrichemical companies to consider parting ways with Cereals Canada.


The organization argues that it badly needs a new home for processing and milling equipment, which was never a good fit for a downtown office building, where it is currently located. Cereals Canada also says it has to be out of its present building by 2027.

GATE is also slated for downtown Winnipeg, however, leading some members to question the chosen location. The mass balance of agriculture research and commercial operations already occur in the University of Manitoba’s research park, critics argue.

Others have questioned why existing empty structures in the city were not tapped.

The issue echoes housing shortcomings seen under the organization’s predecessor, the Canadian International Grains Institute.

If this is a serious proposal it sounds pretty substantial.
I'd assume whatever the facility ends up looking like it would be pretty big...not sure where in downtown it would fit, although between to the Richardson complex and the new Innovation Centre seems like a prime location.

[zalf]

Originally Posted by trueviking

If I didn’t know better, I’d say that’s the smaller overhang of Richardson Innovation Centre in the foreground.

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

Good catch! That would be the logical location, that parking lot on the corner of Lombard and Westbrook.

The mass balance of agriculture research and commercial operations already occur in the University of Manitoba’s research park, critics argue.

Building on that site, close to the Richardson lab on Lombard and the AAFC labs on Main at Pioneer certainly seems like it would balance that concern.

[Biff]

Please build there. Those are some of my most hated parking lots in the city...those and the Donald lots (St Mary's to Broadway), the Graham lots (across from the police station), the P&M lots (201 Portage) and Burton Cummings triangle.

[BlackDog204]

Drone photo of the new Buffalo Crossing nature centre at the south entrance of Fort Whyte Alive, off McGillivary, with the new bridge, lake, and old Fort Whyte in background.

[ColdRain&Snow]

^ Wow, I had no idea this was being built! Will have to go and check it out soon.

[Rutlander]

300 Tuxedo Blvd at Corydon

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by Rutlander

300 Tuxedo Blvd at Corydon

Thanks for the picture! Drove past there today and remarked to my fiancée that that tower will be a wicked place to live once its done. Tons of shops on one side and one of the nicest urban parks in Canada on the other. How tall will it be once completed?

[WinCitySparky]

13 storeys

https://atelierliving.ca/

[Biff]

Potential building collapse on McDermot.

https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2024/07/05/possible-building-collapse-daniel-mcintyre/

[bomberjet]

Oof. There's another image in that article which shows about half the length of the back wall is collapsing.

[FactaNV]

Sounds like a demolition by renovation. Dig a hole and let it sit for 8 months, ooops now this old building is collapsing. Was it a heritage building?

[drew]

Holy sh*t - that house next door needs to be vacated ASAP.