Winnipeg Construction XI

[ColdRain&Snow]

Damn, a new Winnipeg Construction thread. Not everyday you see that. Build Baby Build!

[BAKGUY]

Originally Posted by trueviking

What about the Hampton Inn hotel tower?

Might you be referring to the 18 floor, Hilton Garden Hotel, proposed in a couple of years @ York & Donald adjacent to Hampton Inn?

[ColdRain&Snow]

If I may, I would like to suggest a few additions to the list:

-414 Gertrude Ave
-2675 Portage Ave
-That new apartment building at Main & Lansdowne
-1104 Corydon Ave
-160 Osborne St/424 Wardlaw Ave/425 Wardlaw Ave (the third building is still under construction)
-25 Post St & 55 Post St (Paragon Developments)
-490 Shaftsbury Blvd
-391 & 397 Provencher Blvd
-757 Rue St Joseph
-305 McKay Ave
-97-105 St. Anne's Road
-134 Plaza Drive

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Holy moley shit’s gettin real, we’ve upgraded! Turned the construction up to 11!!

At this rate we might get to 27 before Sutton does.

[The Jabroni]

It's been years since we got a new Winnipeg Construction thread.

See you guys in 6 years.

[neutroniks]

Originally Posted by BAKGUY

Might you be referring to the 18 floor, Hilton Garden Hotel, proposed in a couple of years @ York & Donald adjacent to Hampton Inn?

I liked the design of this tower especially with how desolate Donald looked. Hope this one is still on the table, as it really spreads out the concentration of the towers. And when they do move forward, hoping its more than 18 floors haha.

[Biff]

Maybe Hilton realizes that even if they start over with a new conceptual design they will likely have it built and filled with guests before the competition (Sutton Place) gets completed.

[WinCitySparky]

Sutton is a running gag second only to Biff’s Dark Tower Redux

[The Jabroni]

You know, I'm surprised the management in charge of the property of Sutton Place haven't seen a doctor yet with all the erectile dysfunction that's been happening on that site!

[BAKGUY]

Originally Posted by Biff

Maybe Hilton realizes that even if they start over with a new conceptual design they will likely have it built and filled with guests before the competition (Sutton Place) gets completed.

Likely. At this point, The Sutton Place Hotel seems like a joke, even to persons who are not an informed on what's going on. Mostly, because of the years pf idle cranes. .. I also liked the first rendering just as neutroniks mentioned... if they could add a few more floors, Great. Let them build a 27 or 28 floor tower instead. With Hyatt Centric planning to open next year, You would think that would light a fire so to speak with Sutton to be done before Hilton Garden which has 2028 as target date for stating I think. Northlands or whomever, They just do not give a KR_P. They also missed an opportunity to be open for The Grey Cup party this autumn.

[Wpg_Guy]

Spence Street
Location: Spence Street
Neighbourhood: West Broadway - Fort Rouge - East Fort Garry Ward (City Centre Community Committee)
Developer: The University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation
Architect: Prairie Architects Inc.
Status: U/C
Documents: Variance - March 27, 2025 | Conditional Use - June 18, 2025
Description: A three-storey mixed-use development is set to rise on Spence Street in Winnipeg's inner-city West Broadway neighbourhood. The project enhances the streetscape with five new trees, 15 street-edge shrubs, and 20 foundation shrubs, while incorporating sustainable waste handling through an in-ground bin and enclosed recycling carts. Fully funded with $11.3 million from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), $2.5 million from the Province of Manitoba (which also acquired the land), and $3 million raised from private sources, the initiative has garnered strong support across all three levels of government and was approved following a civic appeal process in mid-2025, promising to fill a long-vacant lot with integrated housing, care, and community services just south of Broadway.
Permits: #25-205584 MU-2026-03-09, Construct New. HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND – Construct new 3-storey, 20,588 ft² mixed-use multi-family dwelling with a 1,050 ft² rooftop patio.

[neutroniks]

The West Broadway glow up continues!! Great addition for that stretch. Right next to Wasabi too! Dangerous! hahaha.

[ColdRain&Snow]

Curious to see what happens to the project at 436 Balmoral St. The appeal hearing is on May 21. I've got to imagine that the appeal committee will side with Planning, Property, & Development and make the developer reduce the height of the building.

https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/ppd/PublicNotices/detail/APPEAL-25-117254%2FC

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

Curious to see what happens to the project at 436 Balmoral St. The appeal hearing is on May 21. I've got to imagine that the appeal committee will side with Planning, Property, & Development and make the developer reduce the height of the building.

https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/ppd/PublicNotices/detail/APPEAL-25-117254%2FC

It was approved as is by the appeal committee.

[FactaNV]

Good on council for making the right call.

[ColdRain&Snow]

Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy

It was approved as is by the appeal committee.

Just re-watching the hearing right now. I'm honestly shocked. Good on the city councillors who approved the project. It's not everyday you see city councillors approve a project that was denied by city planners. The building is going to look funny, it will be really tall and really skinny. But at the end of the day building more housing, in this case mostly student housing, is more important than a building looking kind of funny.

[Unbending]

New housing on a downtown surface parking lot. Sounds good to me!

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by Unbending

New housing on a downtown surface parking lot. Sounds good to me!

Is that downtown or technically Spence?

[bomberjet]

https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/ppd/Mapping/DowntownAreaMap/default.stm

It appears to be within the downtown boundary.

Edit: woops it appears just outside the downtown boundary based on the Clerks report. I thought it was on the empty lot on the south side of Ellice.

[Brule-le]

I'm happy they are filling in that parking lot with something tall.

Hopefully this spurs development of the triangle parking lot at Colony/Ellice.