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bon_vivant · #**13141** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 5:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

I stayed at the Hyatt in Minneapolis a while ago. Not sure what brand exactly it is. But it's got a big atrium in the centre as is definitely on the brutalist, dirty, downtown list haha. But the rooms and everything were nice for sure.

I think it's Hyatt's trendy boutique brand. Geared towards the hipster crowd.

bomberjet · #**13142** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 5:19 PM**

I checked and it's the Hyatt Place Minneapolis Downtown.

Based on the chart at the link, the Minnie one is ranked lower than the Hyatt Centric one.
https://www.hyatt.com/brands/hyatt-centric

plrh · #**13143** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 5:52 PM**

I stayed at a Hyatt Centric in Arlington, VA a few years ago. It was as nice as anything in Winnipeg, but with eclectic finishes. I don't know if that's the right word, but it looked very nice. It reminded me of a milder Soneston hotel. It also had updated brutalist architecture.

factis · #**13144** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 6:21 PM**

Drill crews were back at the Granite Curling Club parking lot this morning.

FactaNV · #**13145** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 6:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by factis

Drill crews were back at the Granite Curling Club parking lot this morning.

What are they doing there?

cllew · #**13146** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 7:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by FactaNV

What are they doing there?

Making holes

But seriously it may be related to the development that is proposed to go in next to the Granite CC. There was a zoning change notice in today's Free Press about that property.

bomberjet · #**13147** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 7:37 PM**

There was a public notice discussed here a while back and confusion about whether it was in the park next door or at the Granite parking lot. And we know where it is now. Maybe why they are not doing the beer gardens there anymore.

This guy shares old drawings on Facebook all the time and this one came up as a future hotel, IIRC, in a drawing from the 60's.

bon_vivant · #**13148** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

There was a public notice discussed here a while back and confusion about whether it was in the park next door or at the Granite parking lot. And we know where it is now. Maybe why they are not doing the beer gardens there anymore.

It's my understanding that the beer garden will continue. It's not operated by Granite. They lease the space to the folks who run it and it was extended for another five years. (Unless there are more recent developments I'm unaware of.)

bomberjet · #**13149** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 7:58 PM**

Oh right, maybe I'm not remembering correctly. They WERE cancelling it to run it by themselves (the curling club). But they reneged on that I guess.

I guess whatever plans they have for the lot arent happening very soon.

plrh · #**13150** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 10:26 PM**

This was in the Free Press today.

plrh · #**13151** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 10:30 PM**

Damn it. I hate posting images

zalf · #**13152** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 10:35 PM**

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Damn it. I hate posting images

Behind your link, copy where it says BBCode (the markup language used on this forum) and paste that here.

FactaNV · #**13153** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 10:54 PM**

Seems a little shortsighted to develop the money mine that is the Beer Can

1ajs · #**13154** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 11:12 PM**

fixed wink

pegster · #**13155** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 11:23 PM**

Unless I'm mistaken, the Beer Can is on the right-hand side of the "Riverbank Sector" (which is basically the curling club) in that map. The "Character Sector" indicated there looks mostly like the curling club parking lot.

bon_vivant · #**13156** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 11:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Oh right, maybe I'm not remembering correctly. They WERE cancelling it to run it by themselves (the curling club). But they reneged on that I guess.

Correct, they were considering doing it on their own but wisely changed their minds. Unlike the operators of the Beer Can, they don't have the experience to run something like that successfully. It's a lot of work. Better to just enjoy the passive income that leasing brings.

rdaner · #**13157** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 11:37 PM**

^Great to see so many active projects in central Winnipeg! As far as the project on Ellice I would think that it is a clever choice as it is halfway between downtown and Polo Park.

1ajs · #**13158** Posted **Jan 16, 2025, 11:48 PM**

people taking risks is how u change an area

KnickKnack · #**13159** Posted **Jan 17, 2025, 2:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by pegster

Unless I'm mistaken, the Beer Can is on the right-hand side of the "Riverbank Sector" (which is basically the curling club) in that map. The "Character Sector" indicated there looks mostly like the curling club parking lot.

Yeah that’s it.

The club has a larger parking lot on the left/west side and a smaller one one the east side (which is where the beer can sets up in the summers). Doesn’t look like the smaller lot will be impacted.

bomberjet · #**13160** Posted **Jan 17, 2025, 3:04 PM**

Ah, my mistake!